Season 2 Top 12 Contestants

• Ruben Studdard

  

  Age: 25

  Birmingham, AL

  Winner!

• Clay Aiken

  

  Age: 24

  Raleigh, NC

  Voted off 5/21/03

• Kimberley Locke

  

  Age: 25

  Nashville, TN

  Voted off 5/14/03

• Joshua Gracin

  

  Age: 22

  Oceanside, CA

  Voted off 5/7/03

• Trenyce

  

  Age: 23

  Memphis, TN

  Voted off 4/30/03

• Carmen Rasmusen

  

  Age: 18

  Bountiful, UT

  Voted off 4/23/03

• Kimberly Caldwell

  

  Age: 21

  Katy, TX

  Voted off 4/16/03

• Rickey Smith

  

  Age: 23

  Keene, TX

  Voted off 4/9/03

• Corey Clark

  

  Age: 22

  Nashville, TN

  disqualified 4/1/03

• Julia DeMato

  

  Age: 24

  Brookfield, CT

  Voted off 3/26/03

• Charles Grigsby

  

  Age: 24

  Oberlin, OH

  Voted off 3/19/03

• Vanessa Olivarez

  

  Age: 22

  Atlanta, GA

  Voted off 3/12/03

Season 2 Best of the Rest

• Aliceyn Cooney

  

  Age: 22

  Columbus, IN

  Performed on 3/4/03

• Ashley Hartman

  

  Age: 17

  Ladera Ranch, CA

  Performed on 2/25/03

• Bettis Richardson

  

  Age: 19

  Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  Performed on 2/4/03

• Candice Coleman

  

  Age: 22

  Toledo, OH

  Performed on 2/11/03

• Chip Days

  

  Age: 22

  Hartsville, SC

  Performed on 2/25/03 and 3/4/03 (Wild Card)

• Equoia Coleman

  

  Age: 22

  Memphis, TN

  Performed on 2/18/03

• George Trice

  

  Age: 21

  Henderson, TN

  Performed on 2/18/03

• Hadas

  

  Age: 21

  Woodland Hills, CA

  Performed on 2/11/03

• Jacob John Smalley

  

  Age: 19

  Edmond, OK

  Performed on 2/11/03

• Janine Falsone

  

  Age: 22

  Staten Island, NY

  Performed on 3/4/03

• J.D. Adams

  

  Age: 21

  Burbank, CA

  Performed on 2/4/03

• Jennifer Fuentes

  

  Age: 19

  Homestead, FL

  Performed on 2/11/03

• Jordan Segundo

  

  Age: 18

  Honolulu, HI

  Performed on 2/18/03

• Juanita Barber

  

  Age: 22

  Memphis, TN

  Performed on 2/25/03

• Kimberly Kelsey

  

  Age: 18

  Macon, GA

  Performed on 2/18/03

• Louis Gazzara

  

  Age: 18

  Folsom, NJ

  Performed on 2/18/03

• Meosha Denton

  

  Age: 20

  Murfreesboro, TN

  Performed on 2/4/03

• Nasheka Siddall

  

  Age: 19

  New York, NY

  Performed on 2/25/03 and 3/4/03 (Wild Card)

• Olivia Mojica

  

  Age: 18

  Royse City, TX

  Performed on 3/4/03

• Patrick Fortson

  

  Age: 22

  Terre Haute, IN

  Performed on 2/4/03

• Patrick Lake

  

  Age: 25

  Athens, GA

  Performed on 2/25/03

• Rebecca Bond

  

  Age: 23

  Phoenix, AZ

  Performed on 2/11/03

• Samantha Cohen

  

  Age: 20

  Boulder, CO

  Performed on 2/18/03

• Sylvia Chibiliti

  

  Age: 20

  Sacramento, CA

  Performed on 2/25/03