Beyoncé lost on Star Search despite winning local talent shows, a setback that led to changes and later success. Ed McMahon noted that many Star Search losers, including Justin Timberlake, Usher, and Christina Aguilera, restructured and went on to bigger careers.
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Beyonce had won 30 plus consecutive talent shows for singing. And then they finally went to Star Search, which is for those of you that don't know, like American Idol. Right. And they lost. And that was devastating because she had never lost before. And I Talked to Ed McMahon. What does a dad do? He says, I don't know. All the people that are successful on my show every week go on professionally, then do nothing. It's the people that lose. And he went on and talked about all the people that had lost. Justin. They went on to do something. Justin, Timberlake, Usher, Christina. I mean, you could go on, on and on. The great names lost and went on to be successful. Why do you think that's so? Because I think. And he said this people went back and they rededicated, they restructured and they made the changes in the organizations. Like he said. Boys to Men that performed on Star Search went back and the Boys to Men that we know now was a different trio and they made changes. I eventually had to make changes in Destiny's Shop.