Season 1 Top 10 Contestants

• Kelly Clarkson

  

  Age: 20

  Winner!

• Justin Guarini

  

  Age: 23

  Voted off 9/4/02

• Nikki McKibbin

  

  Age: 23

  Voted off 8/28/02

• Tamyra Gray

  

  Age: 23

  Voted off 8/21/02

• RJ Helton

  

  Age: 21

  Voted off 8/14/02

• Christina Christian

  

  Age: 21

  Voted off 8/7/02

• Ryan Starr

  

  Age: 19

  Voted off 7/31/02

• A.J. Gil

  

  Age: 17

  Voted off 7/24/02

• EJay Day

  

  Age: 20

  Voted off 8/14/02

• Jim Verraros

  

  Age: 19

  Voted off 7/17/02

Season 1 Best of the Rest

• Christopher Aaron

  

  Age: 23

  Columbus, GA

• Alexis

  

  Age: 17

  Modesto, CA

• Alexandra Bachelier

  

  Age: 20

  Miami, FL

• Christopher Badano

  

  Age: 18

  Parsippany, NJ

• Natalie Burge

  

  Age: 17

  Morton, IL

• Khaleef Chiles

  

  Age: 20

  Plainfield, NJ

• Rodesia Eaves

  

  Age: 21

  Los Angeles, CA

• Brad Estrin

  

  Age: 24

  San Francisco, CA

• Kelli Glover

  

  Age: 19

  Cranford, NJ

• Adriel Herrerra

  

  Age: 18

  Odessa, TX

• Kristin Holt

  

  Age: 20

  Plano, TX

• Jamar

  

  Age: 21

  Atlanta, GA

• Jazmin Lowery

  

  Age: 19

  Hempstead, NY

• Angela Peel

  

  Age: 20

  Chicago, IL

• Tanesha Ross

  

  Age: 24

  Auburn, WA

• Melanie Sanders

  

  Age: 21

  Atlanta, GA

• Mark Scott

  

  Age: 18

  Portage, IN

• Gil Sinuet

  

  Age: 23

  Manhattan, NY

• Tenia Taylor

  

  Age: 20

  Orange Park, FL

• Justinn Waddell

  

  Age: 20

  Dayton, NJ