Melanie Amaro won a $5 million record deal. Her debut album never came out.

Fifth Harmony carried third place into a group career

On July 27, 2012, Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello were put together as a five-piece group in Miami. On January 17, 2013, Fifth Harmony signed with Syco Music in a joint deal with Epic Records. Throughout July and August 2013, Fifth Harmony played a mall tour titled Harmonize America.

Miss Movin' On was released on July 16, 2013, and later reached number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Better Together was released on October 18, 2013, and later reached number 6 on the Billboard 200. Reflection was released on January 30, 2015, and reached number five on the Billboard 200.

Worth It, featuring Kid Ink, reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. 7/27 came out on May 27, 2016, and reached number four on the Billboard 200. Work from Home, featuring Ty Dolla $ign, reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

Camila Cabello left Fifth Harmony in December 2016. The self-titled album Fifth Harmony was released on August 25, 2017, and later reached number 4 on the Billboard 200. On March 19, 2018, Fifth Harmony announced an indefinite hiatus to pursue solo projects. On August 31, 2025, Fifth Harmony, without Camila Cabello, performed as a surprise act at a Jonas Brothers concert at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas.

Camila Cabello built a separate solo catalog

On May 19, 2017, Cabello released her debut solo single, Crying in the Club. On January 12, 2018, her debut album Camila was released and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. In January 2018, Havana reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

In August 2019, her duet Señorita with Shawn Mendes reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Romance was released on December 6, 2019, and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. The Romance Tour planned for 2020 was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 8, 2022, Familia was released and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200.

In September 2022 she departed Epic Records and signed to Interscope Records. On June 28, 2024, her fourth studio album C,XOXO was released on Geffen and Interscope. In 2025 she headlined the Yours, C Tour.

The surprise: Melanie Amaro’s planned debut stayed unreleased

On January 3, 2012, Epic Records announced that it had signed Amaro to a recording contract. Amaro released her debut single Don’t Fail Me Now on August 1, 2012. Its video premiered that October. Long Distance came out on December 3, 2012. Amaro performed it on The X Factor three days later.

Truly was scheduled for December 2012, then delayed to March 2013. The album was never released. Amaro premiered Fuel My Fire on SoundCloud on June 19, 2014, then released it independently as a download on June 26. On February 17, 2016 she released The One.

Tate Stevens released his winner’s album

Stevens won season two in 2012. His self-titled album came out in April 2013, and the EP Sweet Life followed in May 2016 on Nizzers Music.

A news release reported on January 15, 2013 said Stevens had signed a deal with Syco Music and RCA Records Nashville. The album Tate Stevens debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 with 17,000 copies in its first week. On February 10, 2013, Holler If You're With Me aired in a Pepsi commercial during the Grammy Awards.

The Dixie Cadillacs, with Stevens as lead singer, released an album in June 1996 on Calf Creek Records. Around 2005 Stevens became lead singer of the Outlaw Junkies with Steve Koken and Robert Harmon. He left in 2008.

Alex & Sierra continued after losing their label deal

The season-three winners released It’s About Us through Columbia in October 2014, reaching number eight on the Billboard 200. The EP As Seen on TV came out in September 2016 and reached number 183.

On October 6, 2016, Alex & Sierra said that they had been signed to Columbia and Syco and had been dropped. On September 1, 2017, Alex & Sierra announced that they would no longer make music together and would each work alone.

Alex & Sierra played The Good Guys & A Girl Tour with Andy Grammer and Paradise Fears, from The Showbox in Seattle on February 24, 2015, to the House of Blues in West Hollywood on April 3, 2015. Their Take Me Tour with JOHN.k followed, from Slim’s in San Francisco in February 2017 to The Roxy in Los Angeles in March 2017.

Jeff Gutt became the singer of Stone Temple Pilots

On November 14, 2017, Stone Temple Pilots announced Jeff Gutt as lead singer. That night he performed with the band for the first time, at the Troubadour. Stone Temple Pilots released the single Meadow on November 15, 2017.

The band’s self-titled 2018 album came out on Rhino and reached number twenty-four on the Billboard 200. Perdida followed on Rhino in February 2020.

In mid-2018 Stone Temple Pilots co-headlined a tour with Bush and the Cult. In 2024 the band co-headlined a summer U.S. tour with Live.