An article in the Daily Telegraph says that Australian Idol winner Damien Leith sold 300,000 records, yet he didn't make a penny. How can this be? The record, titled The Winner's Journey, was a compilation of his performances on Australian Idol. 19 Entertainment and Fremantle (the same companies who run American Idol) own the rights to the show's performances, and fine print in the Idol contracts state that the contestants will make no money off of any of those sales. So to transfer this to American Idol, the ridiculous number of American Idol performance iTunes sales have not made Kris Allen and company much. Leith is quoted as saying, "It's in the past. I would be lying to say I wasn't really angry about it; I hate the fact it was done and it's not what the show is advertised to do." So think twice before "supporting" your favorite Idol contestant by purchasing their show performances. They're not making a penny off of it. And if 19E is that greedy with the performances, we can only imagine how little the contestants make for their albums.