American Idol (season 2)

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The second season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2003 and continued until May 20, 2003. It was won by Ruben Studdard.

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[edit] Auditions

Auditions were held in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville, and Austin in the fall of 2002.

At the Miami auditions, a young man named Edgar Nova auditioned with an off-key and lyrically incorrect rendition of Enrique Iglesias' "My Love." None of the judges put him through to the Hollywood round.[1] Instead of leaving the audition venue, Nova re-entered the line, telling other hopefuls that the judges had asked him to do so. Security was eventually called to escort him from the premises. Nova then flew at his own expense to Los Angeles to attend the auditions there. Sporting a different hairstyle than he had in Miami, he hoped that the judges would not recognize him from before. His ruse was a failure, but the judges allowed him to try out one more time. Nova's audition was again unsuccessful. He would resurface during Season 3 with yet another unsuccessful audition (which was not televised). Simon Cowell did, however, compliment him on his tenacity. Nova tried to enter yet another audition venue during Season 4, but security staff was shown advancing on him in a stairwell, causing him to leave hurriedly.

[edit] Semi-finals

The second season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2003 and continued until May 20, 2003. It was won by Ruben Studdard.

American Idol Season 2 Winner
American Idol Season 2 Winner
Birthname Christopher Ruben Studdard
Years as winner May 21, 2003 - May 26, 2004
Genres R&B,

Soul, Gospel
Succeeded by Fantasia Barrino
Predecessor Kelly Clarkson

The format changed slightly in Season 2; instead of three groups of 10, the semi-finalists were grouped into four groups of 8.

The 32 semi-finalists (increased from 30 in Season 1) were:

[edit] American Idol 2 Scorecard

[edit] Semifinal Group 1

Kimberly Caldwell - Come To My Window (by Melissa Ethridge)

Patrick Fortson - Unbreak My Heart (by Toni Braxton)

J.D. Adams - All In Love Is Fair (by Stevie Wonder)

Trenyce - Love Sneaking Up On You (by Bonnie Raitt)

Meosha Denton - How Do I Live (by LeAnn Rimes)

Bettis Richardson - Thank U (by Boyz II Men)

Charles Grigsby - Overjoyed (by Stevie Wonder)

Julia DeMato - Son Of A Preacher Man (by Dusty Springfield)

Top 3: Julia, Kimberly, Charles

Advancing to the Top 12: Charles, Julia

[edit] Semifinal Group 2

Clay Aiken - Open Arms (by Journey)

Candice Coleman - Piece Of My Heart (by Janis Joplin)

Rebecca Bond - Rapture (by Anita Baker)

Jacob John Smalley - Anytime (by Brian McKnight)

Hadas Shalev - You Light Up My Life (by Debby Boone)

Ruben Studdard - Superstar (by Luther Vandross)

Kimberley Locke - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (by Judy Garland)

Jennifer Fuentes - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (by Whitney Houston)

Top 3: Ruben, Clay, Kimberley

Advancing to the Top 12: Ruben, Kimberley

[edit] Semifinal Group 3

Kimberly Kelsey - It's All Coming Back To Me Now (by Celine Dion)

Jordan Segundo - For Your Love (by Stevie Wonder)

Vanessa Olivarez - Out Here On My Own (by Irene Cara)

Rickey Smith - One Last Cry (by Brian McKnight)

Samantha Cohen - Something He Can Feel (by Aretha Franklin)

Lou Gazzara - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (by Michael Bolton)

Equoia - The Way We Were (by Barbra Streisand)

George Trice - Unchained Melody (by The Righteous Brothers)

Top 3: Vanessa, Rickey, Equoia

Advancing to the Top 12: Vanessa, Rickey

[edit] Semifinal Group 4

Sylvia Chibiliti - Didn't We Almost Have It All (by Whitney Houston)

Chip Days - A Song For You (by Donnie Hathaway)

Juanita Barber - What About The Children (by Yolanda Adams)

Patrick Lake - When I See You Smile (by Bad English)

Nasheka Siddall - Open My Heart (by Yolanda Adams)

Josh Gracin - I'll Be (by Edwin McCain)

Ashley Hartman - Touch Me In The Morning (by Diana Ross)

Corey Clark - Foolish Heart (by Steve Perry)

Top 3: Josh, Corey, Patrick

Advancing to the Top 12: Josh, Corey

[edit] Wild Card

Kimberly Caldwell - I Feel The Earth Move (by Carole King)

Clay Aiken - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (by Elton John)

Nasheka Siddall - Wind Beneath My Wings (by Bette Midler)

Carmen Rasmusen - Can't Fight The Moonlight (by LeAnn Rimes)

Olivia Mojica - Because You Loved Me (by Celine Dion)

Janine Falsone - We Belong (by Pat Benatar)

Chip Days - Rock With You (by Michael Jackson)

Aliceyn Cooney - Angel (by Sarah McLachlan)

Trenyce - Let's Stay Together (by Al Green)

Advancing to the Top 12: Kimberly (Randy's choice), Trenyce (Paula's choice),

Carmen (Simon's choice), Clay (public vote)

[edit] Top 12 (Motown)

Kimberley Locke - Heatwave (by Martha & the Vandellas)

Josh Gracin - Baby I Need Your Loving (by The Four Tops)

Charles Grigsby - How Sweet It Is (by Marvin Gaye)

Kimberly Caldwell - Nowhere To Run (by Martha & the Vandellas)

Rickey Smith - 1,2,3 (by Len Barry)

Julia DeMato - Where Did Our Love Go (by The Supremes)

Clay Aiken - I Can't Help Myself (by The Four Tops)

Vanessa Olivarez - You Keep Me Hanging On (by The Supremes)

Corey Clark - This Old Heart Of Mine (by The Isley Brothers)

Carmen Rasmusen - You Can't Hurry Love (by The Supremes)

Trenyce - Come See About Me (by The Supremes)

Ruben Studdard - Baby I Need Your Loving (by The Four Tops)

Result show - Heatwave (by Martha & the Vandellas)

Bottom 3: Vanessa, Julia, Kimberley

Bottom 2: Vanessa, Julia

Eliminated: Vanessa

[edit] Top 11 (Movie Hits)

Corey Clark - Against All Odds (from Against All Odds, by Phil Collins)

Ruben Studdard - A Whole New World (from Aladdin, by Peabo Bryson)

Trenyce - I Have Nothing (from The Bodyguard, by Whitney Houston)

Clay Aiken - Somewhere Out There (from An American Tail, by James Ingram & Linda Rondstadt)

Kimberly Caldwell - Shoop Shoop Song (from Mermaids, by Cher)

Josh Gracin - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (from Armageddon, by Aerosmith)

Carmen Rasmusen - Hopelessly Devoted To You (from Grease, by Olivia Newton-John)

Charles Grigsby - You Can't Win (from The Wiz, by Michael Jackson)

Rickey Smith - It Might Be You (from Tootsie, by Stephen Bishop)

Julia DeMato - Flashdance (from Flashdance, by Irene Cara)

Kimberley Locke - Home (from The Wiz, by Diana Ross)

Result show - Footloose (from Footloose, by Kenny Loggins)

Time Of My Life (from Dirty Dancing, by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes)

Bottom 3: Julia, Charles, Corey'

Bottom 2: Charles, Corey

Eliminated: Charles

[edit] Top 10 (Country-Rock)

Josh Gracin - Ain't Goin' Down Till The Sun Comes Up (by Garth Brooks)

Trenyce - I Need You (by LeAnn Rimes)

Kimberley Locke - I can't Make You Love Me (by Bonnie Raitt)

Corey Clark - Drift Away (by Dobie Grey)

Carmen Rasmusen - Wild Angels (by Martina McBride)

Rickey Smith - I've Done Enough Dyin' Today (by Larry Gatlin)

Kimberly Caldwell - Anymore (by Travis Tritt)

Ruben Studdard - Sweet Home Alabama (by Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Julia DeMato - Breathe (by Faith Hill)

Clay Aiken - Someone Else's Star (by Brian White)

Result show - Where The Blacktop Ends (by Keith Urban); God Bless The U.S.A. (by Lee Greenwood)

Bottom 3: Kimberly, Julia, Rickey

Bottom 2: Kimberly, Julia

Eliminated: Julia

[edit] Top 9 (Disco)

Rickey Smith - Let's Groove (by Earth, Wind & Fire)

Carmen Rasmusen - Turn The Beat Around (by Vicki Sue Robinson)

Kimberly Caldwell - Knock On Wood (by Amii Stewart)

Clay Aiken - Everlasting Love (by Carl Carlton)

Trenyce - I'm Every Woman (by Chaka Khan)

Ruben Studdard - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (by Barry White)

Kimberley Locke - It's Raining Men (by The Weather Girls)

Josh Gracin - Celebration (by Kool & the Gang)

Result show - A Night To Remember (by Shalamar); Boogie Wonderland (by Earth, Wind & Fire)

Bottom 3: Kimberley, Trenyce, Carmen

Bottom 2: Trenyce, Carmen

Eliminated: No one, due to Corey's dismissal

[edit] Top 8 (Billboard Number Ones)

Clay Aiken - At This Moment (by Billy Vera & the Beaters)

Kimberley Locke - My Heart Will Go On (by Celine Dion)

Rickey Smith - Endless Love (by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross)

Kimberly Caldwell - Everything I Do, I Do It For You (by Bryan Adams)

Josh Gracin - Amazed (by Lonestar)

Carmen Rasmusen - Call Me (by Blondie)

Trenyce - The Power Of Love (by Celine Dion)

Ruben Studdard - Kiss And Say Goodbye (by The Manhattans)

Result show - All Night Long (by Lionel Richie)

Bottom 3: Kimberley, Kimberly, Rickey

Bottom 2: Kimberly, Rickey

Eliminated: Rickey

[edit] Top 7 (Billy Joel)

Kimberly Caldwell - It's Still Rock & Roll To Me

Ruben Studdard - Just The Way You Are

Kimberley Locke - New York State of Mind

Carmen Rasmusen - And So It Goes

Josh Gracin - Piano Man

Trenyce - Baby Grand

Clay Aiken - Tell Her About It

Result show - For The Longest Time

Bottom 3: Kimberly, Carmen, Trenyce

Bottom 2: Kimberly, Carmen

Eliminated: Kimberly

[edit] Top 6 (Diane Warren)

Kimberley Locke - If You Asked Me To (by Patti LaBelle)

Clay Aiken - I Could Not Ask For More (by Edwin McCain)

Trenyce - Have You Ever (by Brandy)

Josh Gracin - That's When I'll Stop Loving You (by NSync)

Carmen Rasmusen - Love Will Lead You Back (by Taylor Dayne)

Ruben Studdard - Music Of My Heart (by Gloria Estefan & NSync)

Result show - Shine

Bottom 3: Carmen, Trenyce, Josh

Bottom 2: Carmen, Josh

Eliminated: Carmen

[edit] Top 5 (60's/Neil Sedaka)

Ruben Studdard - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (by The Temptations)

Trenyce - Proud Mary (by Ike & Tina Turner)

Josh Gracin - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (by The Casinos)

Kimberley Locke - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (by Marvin Gaye)

Clay Aiken - Build Me Up Buttercup (by The Foundations)

Ruben Studdard - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (by Neil Sedaka)

Trenyce - Love Will Keep Us Together (by The Captain & Tennille)

Josh Gracin - Bad Blood (by Neil Sedaka)

Kimberley Locke - Where The Boys Are (by Connie Francis)

Clay Aiken - Solitaire (by Neil Sedaka)

Result show - 60's Medley; What The World Needs Now

Bottom 2: Trenyce, Ruben

Eliminated: Trenyce

[edit] Top 4 (Bee Gees)

Josh Gracin - Jive Talking (by The Bee Gees)

Clay Aiken - To Love Somebody (by The Bee Gees)

Kimberley Locke - I Just Want To Be Your Everything (by Andy Gibb)

Ruben Studdard - Nights On Broadway (by The Bee Gees)

Josh Gracin - To Love Sombody (by The Bee Gees)

Clay Aiken - Grease (by Barry Gibb)

Kimberley Locke - Emotions (by The Bee Gees)

Ruben Studdard - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (by The Bee Gees)

Result show - Bee Gees Medley

Bottom 2: Kimberley, Josh

Eliminated: Josh

[edit] Top 3 (Random, Judges' Choice, Idol's Choice)

Kimberley Locke - Band Of Gold (by Freda Payne)

Ruben Studdard - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (by Stevie Wonder)

Clay Aiken - Vincent (by Don McLean)

Kimberley Locke - Anyone Who Had A Heart (by Dionne Warwick)

Ruben Studdard - Smile (by Nat King Cole)

Clay Aiken - Mack The Knife (by Bobby Darin)

Kimberley Locke - Inseparable (by Natalie Cole)

Ruben Studdard - If Ever You're In My Arms Again (by Peabo Bryson)

Clay Aiken - Unchained Melody (by The Righteous Brothers)

Result Show - Medley

Eliminated: Kimberley

[edit] Top 2 (Finale)

Ruben Studdard - A House Is Not A Home (by Luther Vandross)

Clay Aiken - This Is The Night

Ruben Studdard - Imagine (by John Lennon)

Clay Aiken - Here, There & Everywhere (by The Beatles)

Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings

Clay Aiken - Bridge Over Troubled Water (by Simon & Garfunkel)

Result Show - One Voice (with Kelly Clarkson); Judges' Medley; Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Winner: Ruben

[edit] Finals

In season two, Seacrest surfaced as the lone host. Brian Dunkleman reportedly hated working on the show and the studio was dissatisfied with his performance. Kristin Holt was a special correspondent.

This time, Ruben Studdard emerged as the winner with Clay Aiken as a very close runner-up. Out of 24 million votes recorded, Studdard finished just 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken. The accuracy of the reported results remains controversial. There was much discussion in the communication industry about the phone system being overloaded, and that more than 150 million votes were dropped, making the voting invalid. [2] Since then the voting methods have been modified to avoid this problem. In an interview prior to the start of the fifth season, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed for the first time that Aiken had led the fan voting from the wild card week onward until the finale. [3] Despite Studdard's win, Aiken has enjoyed more widespread popularity, emerging as the season's true breakout star.

A mini-controversy emerged after the finale when Simon Cowell alleged that Clay Aiken knew the results of the show nearly an hour before they were announced on-air because he had snuck a peek at Ryan Seacrest's handheld cue card backstage. On Larry King Live the next day, Aiken admitted he had indeed seen the card but could not read it in the backstage light; however, he had seen enough to determine that the name on it was too long to be "Clay Aiken". On the live broadcast, Aiken can be seen turning his body to face Studdard and whispering something in his ear right before the results were announced, a visual clue fans took as confirmation that Aiken had somehow found out he was not the winner.

During the course of the contest, Ruben became known for wearing 205 Flava jerseys representing his area code; when asked about them early in the season, Ruben told Ryan Seacrest that he was "just representing 205". Shortly after the end of the contest, Ruben sued 205 Flava, Inc. for $2 Million dollars for using his image for promotional purposes. 205 Flava responded by alleging that Ruben had accepted over $10,000 in return for wearing 205 shirts, and produced 8 cashed checks to validate their claim. The allegations, if true, were a clear violation of the American Idol rules. [4] The lawsuit was settled out of court. [5]

The rumor mills were buzzing once again in 2005 when Season Two contestant Corey Clark -- who was himself kicked off the show because of a police record he had not disclosed to the show -- alleged that he had had an affair with judge Paula Abdul. Clark also alleged that Abdul gave him preferential treatment on the show because of their alleged romance. A subsequent investigation by Fox found no evidence to support Clark's charges. [6]

[edit] Bottom Three Chart

Date Theme Guest Judge(s) Bottom Three
March 11 Motown Lamont Dozier Vanessa Olivarez Julia DeMato Kimberley Locke
March 18 Movies Gladys Knight Charles Grigsby Corey Clark Julia DeMato (2)
March 25 Country Music Olivia Newton-John Julia DeMato (3) Kimberly Caldwell Rickey Smith
Corey Clark (disqualified)
April 1 Disco Verdine White Carmen Rasmusen Trenyce Kimberly Locke (2)
April 8 Billboard #1 Hits Lionel Richie Rickey Smith (2) Kimberly Caldwell (2) Kimberley Locke (3)
April 15 Billy Joel Smokey Robinson Kimberly Caldwell (3) Carmen Rasmusen (2) Trenyce (2)
April 22 Diane Warren songs Diane Warren Carmen Rasmusen (3) Joshua Gracin Trenyce (3)
Bottom Two
April 29 Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka Trenyce (4) Ruben Studdard
May 6 Bee Gees Songs Robin Gibb Joshua Gracin (2) Kimberley Locke (4)
Final Three
May 13 Random/ Judges' choice/ contestant's choice Kimberley Locke (5)
May 20 Finale Clay Aiken Ruben Studdard

Paul Anka made an appearance during the Season finale.

[edit] Releases

[edit] Major releases

[edit] Minor or independent releases

(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)

  • The One (Vanessa Olivarez)
  • Jordan (Jordan Segundo)
  • Charles Grigsby (Charles Grigsby)
  • Use Your Gift (Quiana Parler)

Source: Idolsmusic.com

[edit] External Links

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kinney, Aaron., The importance of being humiliated, Salon.com, 2003-01-22, Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
  2. ^ American Idol Outrage: Your Vote Doesn't Count, Broadcasting & Cable, May 17, 2004.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ [4]
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Season 1 (2002)		 American Idol
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Hosts and judges Ryan Seacrest · Randy Jackson · Paula Abdul · Simon Cowell · Brian Dunkleman
Winners Kelly Clarkson · Ruben Studdard · Fantasia Barrino · Carrie Underwood · Taylor Hicks
Runners-up Justin Guarini · Clay Aiken · Diana DeGarmo · Bo Bice · Katharine McPhee
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