I am a huge fan of the show American Idol, and I always wonder what happens to the contestants on the show once the so called 15 minutes of fame is up. One night when I was interning at WCVB TV Channel 5 for my co-op program at college I started researching past American Idol contestants. I used the net to see whether ot not contestants had their own websites. This is part one of a series which I titled "American Idol............. Now What?"
Of course some names will be more obvious than others like Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson, and Carrie Underwood just to name a few; others are not quite so obvious like Jasmine Trias, Ryan Starr, Joshua Gracin, and Bucky Covington.
So here it goes:
Season 1 (2002)
Winner: Kelly Clarkson- http://www.kellyclarkson.com , has released three albums: Thankful, Breakaway, and My December. She currently has two Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, and eleven Billboard Music Awards. Ms. Clarkson will be going out on tour this fall to promote her most personal album to date, My December.
Runner Up: Justin Guarini- http://www.justinguarini.com , has released two albums. Justin has two movies slated for release: Fast Girl and Frankie the Squirrel.
3rd: Nikki McKibbin- http://www.nikkimckibbin.com , her debut album, Unleashed was released this past May.
4th: Tamyra Gray- http://www.tamyra-gray.com , released her debut album, The Dreamer, in 2004. Ms. Gray acted in Boston Public in 2003, and currently has a role on Broadway as Mimi Marquez in "Rent" which she will hold through November of this year. She is in the process of recording a new album which she calls more "hip hop based" and finding a new record label.
5th: R.J. Helton- http://www.rjheltonmusic.com , released his debut album, Real Life, in 2004. He is focusing more on Christian oriented music.
6th: Christina Christian- http://www.myspace.com/christinachristian , has yet to release her debut album, but you can listen to her new single on her website. She also is playing the young Celia Cruz in a documentary, Celia: The Queen slated to be released this year or in 2008.
7th: Ryan Starr- http://www.myspace.com/ryanstarrofficialpage , has done everything from releasing singles to being a member of a rock band to modeling (check out her personal myspace page http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=19204099 ).
8th: A.J. Gil- http://www.aj-gil.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/ajgil , the youngest Season 1 finalist has released a few singles and is currently at work on a new album.
9th: Ejay Day- the last I heard Mr. Day was performing on cruise ships.
10th Jim Verraros- http://www.myspace.com/jimverraros , released his debut album, You Make it Better, in 2005.
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