I voted "He would have done a little worse." I think he was better off not winning because it might have allowed him more creative freedom. Also when he got booted off early it made fans mad enough to run out and buy CDs to prove he is the real winner and outsell Kat and Taylor. On the other hand, I think Kellie would have sold more if she won Idol and made the same album, because she would have received more exposure and promotion. So why else did Daughtry sell more than Kellie? Because he was TPTB (Simon, Clive, etc) favorite from season 5, he got more promotion, and he gets airplay in formats that are much larger than country plus crossover (top 40, alt/rock, pop, AC, Christian) - many millions more listeners hear his songs.

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