ACCOUNTING FOR SUCCESS IN REJECTION: Renaldo Lapuz

In a recent episode of AMERICAN IDOL, a Filipino American –Renaldo Lapuz– got rejected and gained instant global fame.
AI judges, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, for 15 minutes on the show, danced to the song of Renaldo Lapuz –We’re Brothers Forever– as he was turned down for the AI Hollywood Round. Simon Cowell commented that he had “a horrible feeling that Brothers would be a hit.” Interviews in Fox News followed. An enterprising netizen put up www.renaldolapuz.com which reported 20,000 hits in the first 24 hours and more than 100,000 a week …read more