Keeley Bolger looks at life after the reality TV shows for both winners and losers – and comes to some surprising conclusions! After all, Hear'Say won but Girls Aloud lost!
Exploring all the major UK TV talent contests the author interviews contestants, record label executives and some of the established pop stars who were challenged in the charts by the newcomers.
She reveals the ongoing fortunes of acts that have appeared on Pop Stars, Pop Idol, Fame Academy, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent to discover just who got what out of appearing and just what the public thinks about the winners and losers.
Fame at Any Cost is a fascinating exploration of a phenomenon that turned the pop world and the charts upside down and made the modern day counterpart of those sedate early TV talent shows of the 50s and 60s a huge commercial force to be reckoned with.
