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The second season of American Idol premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was the first season hosted by Ryan Seacrest exclusively. It was won by Ruben Studdard. It was the first season to crown a male winner, and the first season to have a finale with two male contestants, being followed by the seventh season with David Archuleta and David Cook, and then the eighth season with Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. [edit] AuditionsAuditions 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-finalsThe format changed slightly in Season 2; instead of three groups of 10, the semi-finalists were grouped into four groups of 8. [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] Finals[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 Rock)[2]
Bottom 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato and Rickey Smith Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Julia DeMato Eliminated: Julia DeMato [edit] Top 9 (Disco)Disqualified: Corey Clark
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 Rasmusen and Josh Gracin Eliminated: Carmen Rasmusen [edit] Top 5 (1960s/Neil Sedaka)
Bottom 2: Trenyce and Ruben Studdard Eliminated: Trenyce [edit] Top 4 (Bee Gees)
Bottom 2: Kimberley Locke and Josh Gracin Eliminated: Josh Gracin [edit] Top 3 (Random, Judges' Choice, Idol's Choice)
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] FinalsIn 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. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] The lawsuit was settled out of court. [6] The rumor mills were buzzing once again in 2005 when Season Two contestant Corey Clark, who was disqualified from the show because of claims made by the Idol producers that Clark had a police record he had not disclosed to the show, alleged that he had had an affair with judge Paula Abdul during the competition. Clark also alleged that Abdul gave him preferential treatment on the show because of their alleged romance. A subsequent investigation by Fox found that Fox was unable to corroborate any evidence or witnesses provided by Clark to support his charges. [7] [edit] Elimination chart
* None of the bottom 3 were eliminated on the April 2nd results show due to the disqualification of Corey Clark on previous day. [edit] Releases[edit] Major releases
[edit] Minor or independent releases(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)
Source: Idolsmusic.com [edit] External links
[edit] See also[edit] References
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