Are contestants in reality musical Tv shows real singers?

The question can be tricky, but what I tried to mean is if even they just compete to these kind of shows can they be consider as a singers? A professional ones?

For me the answer is simple: Yes.

I believe that even they just appear in a competition like this and not afterwards they don't become a formal and popular artist, they still remain as singers.

Their version or covers of the songs they perform in the shows can be consider as an alternative new version...sometimes quite better than the original one.

In Mexico, we have had for the past 7 years or so, different kind of musical reality shows, but the most popular is called The Academy (La Academia).

Each year, a new generation of people compete to reach the top of the contest and become popular in the country.

So far, the show has had 6 different generations of people, loads of singers have had struggled to get to the top but just a few of them have reached that place.

Here are some examples of female contestants that for me were the most talented in these generations...none of them become the most popular but have the talented required to be a professional singer in Mexico.

And yes, they are singers even though they were not quite popular, they have the talent to sing quite well and they can be seen as Mexican Singers.

Enjoy their voice and a piece of good mexican talented singers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHTwMVGEUMk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft5lfKk4I0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJ4ObZVGVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGHVjmIt08&feature=PlayList&p=175302097E48C269&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BexHCqaQ8gY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHjafmytZM0