American Idol (season 2)

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American Idol (Season 2)
Format Interactive reality game show
Created by Simon Fuller
Directed by Bruce Gowers
Starring Ryan Seacrest
Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell
Randy Jackson
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 38
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Nigel Lythgoe
Ken Warwick
Simon Fuller
Running time Varies
Broadcast
Original channel FOX, CTV
Original run January 21, 2003 – May 21, 2003
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The second season of American Idol premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was won by Ruben Studdard.

Contents

[edit] Auditions

Auditions were held in New York City, 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.

Another auditioner named Bryan Washington auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia, and made it to Hollywood, but did not make it into the top 32. He is now too old to audition, at the age of 29. He was also overweight at the time of his American Idol audition, which is why he would later be a contestant on The Biggest Loser (Season 4.)

[edit] Semi-finals

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

Soul, Gospel
Successor 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.

[edit] American Idol 2 Scorecard

[edit] Semi-final Group 1

Top 3: Julia DeMato, Kimberly Caldwell and Charles Grigsby

Advancing to the Top 12: Charles Grigsby and Julia DeMato

[edit] Semi-final Group 2

Top 3: Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke

Advancing to the Top 12: Ruben Studdard and Kimberley Locke

[edit] Semi-final Group 3

Top 3: Vanessa Olivarez, Rickey Smith and Equoia Coleman

Advancing to the Top 12: Vanessa Olivarez and Rickey Smith

[edit] Semi-final Group 4

Top 3: Josh Gracin, Corey Clark and Patrick Lake

Advancing to the Top 12: Josh Gracin and Corey Clark

[edit] Wild Card

Advancing to the Top 12: Kimberly Caldwell (Randy's choice), Trenyce (Paula's choice), Carmen Rasmusen (Simon's choice) and Clay Aiken (Public Vote)

[edit] Top 12 (Motown)

Bottom 3: Vanessa Olivarez, Julia DeMato and Kimberley Locke

Bottom 2: Vanessa Olivarez and Julia DeMato

Eliminated: Vanessa Olivarez

[edit] Top 11 (Movie Soundtracks)

Bottom 3: Julia DeMato, Charles Grigsby and Corey Clark

Bottom 2: Charles Grigsby and Corey Clark

Eliminated: Charles Grigsby

[edit] Top 10 (Country)

Bottom 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato and Rickey Smith

Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Julia DeMato

Eliminated: Julia DeMato

[edit] Top 8 (Disco)

Bottom 3: Kimberley Locke, Trenyce and Carmen Rasmusen

Bottom 2: Trenyce and Carmen Rasmusen

Eliminated: No one, due to the dismissal of Corey Clark

[edit] Top 8 (Billboard Number Ones)

Bottom 3: Kimberley Locke, Kimberly Caldwell and Rickey Smith

Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Rickey Smith

Eliminated: Rickey Smith

[edit] Top 7 (Billy Joel)

Bottom 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Carmen Rasmusen and Trenyce

Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Carmen Rasmusen

Eliminated: Kimberly Caldwell

[edit] Top 6 (Diane Warren)

Bottom 3: Carmen Rasmusen, Trenyce and Josh Gracin

Bottom 2: Carmen, Josh Gracin

Eliminated: Carmen Rasmusen

[edit] Top 5 (1960s/Neil Sedaka)

Bottom 2: Trenyce and Ruben Studdard

Eliminated: Trenyce

[edit] Top 4 (Bee Gees)

  • Result show - Bee Gees Medley

Bottom 2: Kimberley Locke and Josh Gracin

Eliminated: Josh Gracin

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

  • Result Show - Medley

Eliminated: Kimberley Locke

[edit] Top 2 (Finale)

Winner: Ruben Studdard

Runner-Up: Clay Aiken


The two night season finale was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California.

[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 results suspect. [2] Since then the voting methods have been modified to help 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] Elimination Chart

Legend
Did Not Perform Top 32 Wild Card Top 12
Stage: Semi-Finals Wild Card Finals
Week: 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/18 3/25 4/1 4/8 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/6 5/13 5/21
Place Contestant Result
1 Ruben Studdard Top 12 Btm 2 Winner
2 Clay Aiken Wild Card Top 12 Runner-Up
3 Kimberley Locke Top 12 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 2 Elim
4 Josh Gracin Top 12 Btm 3 Elim
5 Trenyce Wild Card Top 12 Btm 2 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
6 Carmen Rasmusen Top 12 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
7 Kimberly Caldwell Wild Card Top 12 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
8 Rickey Smith Top 12 Btm 3 Elim
9 Corey Clark Top 12 Btm 2 DQ
10 Julia DeMato Top 12 Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
11 Charles Grigsby Top 12 Elim
12 Vanessa Olivarez Top 12 Elim
Wild
Card		 Aliceyn Cooney Did Not
Advance
Chip Days Wild Card
Janine Falsone
Olivia Mojica
Nasheka Siddall Wild Card
Semi-
Final
4		 Juanita Barber Did Not
Advance
Sylvia Chibiliti
Ashley Hartman
Patrick Lake
Semi-
Final
3		 Samantha Cohen Did Not
Advance
Equoia Coleman
Louis Gazzara
Kimberly Kelsey
Jordan Segundo
George Trice
Semi-
Final
2		 Rebecca Bond Did Not
Advance
Candice Coleman
Jennifer Fuentes
Hadas
Jacob John Smalley
Semi-
Final
1		 J.D. Adams Did Not
Advance
Moesha Denton
Patrick Fortson
Bettis Richardson
  • None of the bottom 3 were eliminated on the April 1st results show due to the disqualification of Corey Clark.

[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)
  • George Trice (George Trice) - released in the summer of 2007

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. ^ Realitynewsonline.com
  4. ^ Reality TV world
  5. ^ Reality TV world
  6. ^ CCN
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Season 1 (2002)		 American Idol
Season 2 (2003)		 Succeeded by
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