Every year, thousands of people from diverse background auditioned for a seat in the Top 12 to Top 20 of the shows. In which they will walk through several elimination process until a winner is selected at the end and becomes the newly born "Indonesian Idol". The harsh truth is, eventhough it connotes the end of the competition, it is actually also the start of the competition, a competition of breaking into the entertainment industry and of making it big.

Of the 310 contenders that made it to the top 12 of 31 different seasons of competitions only 150 of them were able to break into the industry after the competition. Whether it is as a solo artist, band member, TV soap opera actor or even TV host.

Getting an "entertainer" predicate isn't the end of the journey, having faithful listeners will keep the stars shine. Only 48 contenders successfully attracted more than 1000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

The sense of competition is discerned more when it came to awards, as this time they did not only compete with their fellow contenders but also with other singers, some who had established well reputation in the entertainment industry. Only 14 contenders had been nominated for an award or more during their career.

At the end, it shrinked to only 10 (roughly 3%) of them got the recognitions they deserve and won the awards they were nominated for.