American Idol 2002 Season 1

American Idol


Birthname	Kelly Brianne Clarkson
Years As Winner	September 4, 2002 - May 21, 2003
Genres	Pop, Rock, Alternative rock, R&B
Successor	Ruben Studdard

The first season of American Idol has commenced on June 11, 2002 with the full title American Idol: The Search for a Superstar plus persistent until September 4, 2002. It was won by Kelly Clarkson. This season was co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman, the last of whom left the show after this season.

Auditions: Auditions were held in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, and Seattle in the spring of 2002.

American Idol Season1 ScoreCard

Semifinal Group1	Semifinal Group2	Semifinal Group 3
Tamyra Gray	Alexis Lopez	R. J. Helton
Jim Verraros	Gil Sinuet	Kristin Holt
Adriel Herrera	Angela J. Peel	Mark Scott
Rodesia Eaves	A. J. Gil	Nikki McKibbin
Natalie Burge	Tenia Taylor	Christopher Badano
Brad Estrin	Alexandra Bachelier	Melanie Sanders
Ryan Starr	Jazmin Lowery	EJay Day
Justinn Waddell	Jamar	Tanesha Ross
Kelli Glover	Kelly Clarkson	Khaleef Chiles
Christopher Aaron	Justin Guarini	Christina Christian

Wild Card	Top 10 (Motown)	Top 8 (1960s)
Kelli Glover	Ryan Starr	R.J. Helton
Chris Aaron	R.J. Helton	Tamyra Gray
Alexis Stone Lopez	Nikki McKibbin	Nikki McKibbin
R.J. Helton	EJay Day	A.J. Gil
Angela J. Peel	Tamyra Gray	Kelly Clarkson
	Justin Guarini	Christina Christian
	Jim Verraros	Justin Guarini
	Kelly Clarkson	Ryan Starr
	A.J. Gil	Result show
	Christina Christian

Top7 (1970s)	Top 6(Big Band)	Top 5(Burt Bacharach Love Songs)
Nikki McKibbin	Tamyra Gray	Kelly Clarkson
Ryan Starr	Justin Guarini	R.J. Helton
Christina Christian	Nikki McKibbin	Tamyra Gray
Justin Guarini	Christina Christian	Justin Guarini
Kelly Clarkson	R.J. Helton	Nikki McKibbin
R.J. Helton	Kelly Clarkson
Tamyra Gray

Top4(1980s/1990s)	Top 3 (Idols choice, Judges Choice)	Top 2 (Finale)
Tamyra Gray	Nikki McKibbin	Justin Guarini
Nikki McKibbin	Justin Guarini	Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson	Kelly Clarkson
Justin Guarini

Winner: Kelly Clarkson

Runner-up: Justin Guarini

American Idol Season 1 Elimination Chart

Legend

Did Not Perform

Top 30

Wild Card

Top 10

Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Semi-Finals			WC	American Idol Season 1 Finals
Week:		6/12	6/19	6/26	7/3	7/17	7/24	7/31	8/7	8/14	8/21	8/28	9/4
1	Kelly Clarkson		Top 10										Winner
2	Justin Guarini		Top 10					Btm 2					Runner-Up
3	Nikki McKibbin			Top 10		Btm 3		Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 2	Btm 2	Elim
4	Tamyra Gray	Top 10									Elim
5	RJ Helton			WC	Top 10				Btm 2	Elim
6	Christina Cristian			Top 10			Btm 3		Elim
7	Ryan Starr	Top 10					Btm 2	Elim
8	A.J. Gil		Top 10				Elim
9-10	Jim Verraros	Top 10				Elim
9-10	EJay Day			Top 10		Elim
Wild Card	Chris Aaron	WC			Elim
	Kelli Glover	WC
	Alexis Lopez		WC
	Angela J. Peel		WC
Semi- Final 3	Christopher Badano			Elim
	Khaleef Chiles
	Kristin Holt
	Melanie Sanders
	Mark Scott
	Tanesha Ross
Semi- Final 2	Alexandra Bachelier		Elim
	Jamar
	Jazmin Lowery
	Gil Sinuet
	Tenia Taylor
Semi- Final 1	Natalie Burge	Elim
	Rodesia Eaves
	Brad Estrin
	Adriel Herrera
	Justinn Waddell

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