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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 American Idol: Season 1
Nikki McKibbin. She's got a son, Tristan, and is from Grand Prairie, TX. This finalist is the "wild child" of the group. Simon says: "You look like you've had a daytime TV makeover."
Jim Verraros. For his Pasadena performance, he signed while he sang, so his parents would understand. Simon says: "If you win this competition, we [the judges] will have failed."
AJ Gil. He says he wants to win for his mom and his brothers, who live in Tacoma, WA. Simon says: "I think you're a boring performer. I think you've blown it."
Ryan Starr. She hails from Sunland, CA, originally with the name of Tiffany Montgomery. Simon says: "The song was terrible, but I understand why people voted."
Tamyra Gray. She's from Maryland. Simon says-- only nice things! "This girl goes past the X Factor. She has Zed factor."
EJay Day. When one of the finalists was discovered to be lying about his age, they called in one of the runner-ups, EJay Day (who's from Georgia). Simon says: "Good, yes. American Idol, no." Also-- "You're not winning any points for that awful hat."
Justin Guarini. Justin's the one with the curly blonde afro and is from Doylestown, PA. Simon says another nice thing: "We were asked what the X Factor is. It's very simple. It's you."
Christina Christian. She's a very straightforward, honest performer. Though her auditions can be hit or miss, she won Simon over by singing "Isn't he lovely?" right at him the first audition she had. So, he says: "I think I've got a crush."
RJ Helton. He's the one that Simon and Randy got in a fight over. He returned to compete in the Wild-Card show and proved himself worthy of the final round. Simon says: "You've got to raise the game...mechanical."
Kelly Clarkson. She's the adorable one. Simon says: "I don't know what to say. I don't actually remember you from the previous round."
simon . He's the one providing all the nasty comments; he's blunt, but honest, so I just love him.
randy . Randy Jackson is the one who almost got into physical fighting with Simon. He should pick on someone his own size-- might be tough finding somebody like that, though.
paula . She was once pretty famous-- now, she's a judge on a reality TV show. Don't feel too bad, though, she's been mean to Simon.
Motown. It put some of the finalists at a disadvantage, because Motown wasn't really their best genre to perform in. Nikki, Jim, and AJ all had trouble with their songs. Thanks for playing, and don't forget to keep watching!
"Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)". "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)" made Nikki McKibbin wail for the live studio audience. Justin Guirani sang "Route 66" and RJ Helton sang "I Won't Dance". Tamyra Gray sang "Minnie the Moocher" to open the "Big Band Show". Nikki almost made it to the finals-- missing it by one show. She was the 8th person voted off. She was picked up by RCA/ 19 Entertainment after the end of the show.
Kelly Clarkson. According to Kelly, after her first stint in LA, she was very wary of coming back. Her friends heard about auditions in Dallas, Texas, and filled out the paperwork for her. Kelly went on to become one of the "favorites" of the competition. Kelly ended up being crowend THE American Idol on September 4, 2002. Her first single "A Moment Like This" made the biggest leap in the Billboard Charts history-- debuting at 52 the week after the show only to jump 51 places to number one the next week. "American Idol" indeed!
Last Dance . Fate stepped in and chose the disco hit "Last Dance" by Donna Summer for Ryan Starr's last performance on "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar". She was the fourth person voted off on July 31, 2002.
Samuel L. Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson announced on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that he was pulling for his "cousin, Justin" to win "American Idol: The Search for a Supestar". Justin became the runner up in "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar".
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Justin Guarini. Showing that even "favorites" can fall from grace, Justin was almost voted off the next week after apologizing to Simon. He later redeemed himself the week after apologizing, pulling out a show-stopping performance.
Tiffany Montgomery. After becoming one of the final 30 contestants, Tiffany Montgomery changed her name to "Ryan Starr". Although no explanation was given by the show, it is thought that she might have changed it because people remembered her name from the show "Popstars", which she was in with other fellow Top 30 contesants, Tenia Taylor, Alexandra Bachelier, and Angela Peel. Ryan, however, was the only one to make it to the final 10, finally being cut in round four.
Kelly Clarkson . On September 4, 2002, Kelly Clarkson of Burleson, Texas became THE American Idol on national television. The final show was watched by a staggering 28 million people. Congratulations Kelly!
29. EJay Day took his place and went on to reach the Top 10.
Justin. Justin had the harmonica as an intro to that song. According to the DVD, he was only pretending to play it, but he was the one doing the motions.
Justin Guarini. Kelly and Justin made it to the final 2, and Kelly beat Justin with 58% of America's vote.
15 . 10 finalists, 2 hosts, 3 judges.
Final 8. Originally recorded by the Mamas and the Papas.
Final 2. This was Justin and Kelly singing together.
Final 6. This was after the "Big Band" show.
Final 5. This was after the Burt Bacarach show.
Final 3. Nikki, Justin and Kelly.
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