# American Idol (seconda stagione)

La seconda stagione di American Idol iniziò il 21 gennaio 2003 e finì il 21 maggio dello stesso anno. Fu la prima stagione presentata esclusivamente da Ryan Seacrest. Il vincitore fu Ruben Studdard e fu la prima stagione in cui vinse un uomo e la prima in cui gli ultimi due concorrenti erano entrambi uomini, seguita dalla settima stagione con David Archuleta e David Cook, e dall'ottava con Adam Lambert e Kris Allen.

## Audizioni

le audizioni si tennero a New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville e Austin nell'autunno del 2002.

## Finali
### Top 12 - Motown

* Kimberley Locke - "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" (Martha and the Vandellas)
* Josh Gracin - "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Four Tops)
* Charles Grigsby - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Marvin Gaye)
* Kimberly Caldwell - "Nowhere to Run" (Martha and the Vandellas)
* Rickey Smith - "1-2-3" (Len Barry)
* Julia DeMato - "Where Did Our Love Go" (The Supremes)
* Clay Aiken - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (Four Tops)
* Vanessa Olivarez - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes)
* Corey Clark - "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (The Isley Brothers)
* Carmen Rasmusen - "You Can't Hurry Love" (The Supremes)
* Trenyce - "Come See About Me" (The Supremes)
* Ruben Studdard - "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Four Tops)
* Ultimi 3: Vanessa Olivarez, Julia DeMato, Kimberley Locke
* Eliminata: Vanessa Olivarez

### Top 11 - Colonne Sonore

* Corey Clark - "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) (da Against All Odds)
* Ruben Studdard - "A Whole New World" (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle) (da Aladdin)
* Trenyce - "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) (da Guardia del Corpo)
* Clay Aiken - "Somewhere Out There" (Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram) (da An American Tail)
* Kimberly Caldwell - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (Cher) (da Sirene)
* Josh Gracin - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"(Aerosmith) (da Armageddon)
* Carmen Rasmusen - "Hopelessly Devoted to You"(Olivia Newton-John) (da Grease)
* Charles Grigsby - "You Can't Win"(Michael Jackson) (da The Wiz)
* Rickey Smith - "It Might Be You" (Stephen Bishop) (da Tootsie)
* Julia DeMato - "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Irene Cara) (da Flashdance)
* Kimberley Locke - "Home" (Diana Ross) (da The Wiz)
* Ultimi 3: Julia DeMato, Charles Grigsby, Corey Clark
* Eliminato: Charles Grigsby

### Top 10 - Country Rock

* Josh Gracin - "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" (Garth Brooks)
* Trenyce - "I Need You" (LeAnn Rimes)
* Kimberley Locke - "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Bonnie Raitt)
* Corey Clark - "Drift Away" (Dobie Gray)
* Carmen Rasmusen - "Wild Angels" (Martina McBride)
* Rickey Smith - "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" (Larry Gatlin)
* Kimberly Caldwell - "Anymore" (Travis Tritt)
* Ruben Studdard - "Sweet Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
* Julia DeMato - "Breathe" (Faith Hill)
* Clay Aiken - "Someone Else's Star" (Bryan White)
* Ultimi 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato, Rickey Smith
* Eliminata: Julia DeMato

### Top 08 (1ª Settimana) - Disco music

* Squalificato: Corey Clark
* Rickey Smith - "Let's Groove" (Earth, Wind & Fire)
* Carmen Rasmusen - "Turn the Beat Around" (Vicki Sue Robinson)
* Kimberly Caldwell - "Knock on Wood" (Amii Stewart)
* Clay Aiken - "Everlasting Love" (Carl Carlton)
* Trenyce - "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan)
* Ruben Studdard - "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (Barry White)
* Kimberley Locke - "It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls)
* Josh Gracin - "Celebration" (Kool & the Gang)
* Ultimi 3: Kimberley Locke, Trenyce, Carmen Rasmusen
* Eliminati: nessuno a causa della squalifica di Corey Clark

### Top 08 (2ª Settimana) - Successi Billboard

* Clay Aiken - "At This Moment" (Billy Vera & The Beaters), 1987
* Kimberley Locke - "My Heart Will Go On" (Céline Dion), 1998
* Rickey Smith - "Endless Love" (Diana Ross & Lionel Richie), 1981
* Kimberly Caldwell - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Bryan Adams), 1991
* Josh Gracin - "Amazed" (Lonestar), 2000
* Carmen Rasmusen - "Call Me" (Blondie), 1980
* Trenyce - "The Power of Love" (Céline Dion), 1994
* Ruben Studdard - "Kiss and Say Goodbye" (The Manhattans), 1976
* Ultimi 3: Kimberley Locke, Kimberly Caldwell, Rickey Smith
* Eliminato: Rickey Smith

### Top 07 - Billy Joel

* Kimberly Caldwell - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
* Ruben Studdard - "Just the Way You Are"
* Kimberley Locke - "New York State of Mind"
* Carmen Rasmusen - "And So It Goes"
* Josh Gracin - "Piano Man"
* Trenyce - "Baby Grand"
* Clay Aiken - "Tell Her About It"
* Ultimi 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Carmen Rasmusen, Trenyce
* Eliminata: Kimberly Caldwell

### Top 06 - Canzoni Scritte da Diane Warren

* Kimberley Locke - "If You Asked Me To" (Céline Dion)
* Clay Aiken - "I Could Not Ask for More" (Edwin McCain)
* Trenyce - "Have You Ever?" (Brandy)
* Josh Gracin - "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" ('N Sync)
* Carmen Rasmusen - "Love Will Lead You Back" (Taylor Dayne)
* Ruben Studdard - "Music of My Heart" ('N Sync & Gloria Estefan)
* Ultimi 3: Carmen Rasmusen, Trenyce, Josh Gracin
* Eliminata: Carmen Rasmusen

### Top 05 - Anni 60, Canzoni Scritte da Neil Sedaka

* Ruben Studdard - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (The Temptations)
* Trenyce - "Proud Mary" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
* Josh Gracin - "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (The Casinos)
* Kimberley Locke - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye)
* Clay Aiken - "Build Me Up Buttercup" (The Foundations)
* Ruben Studdard - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka)
* Trenyce - "Love Will Keep Us Together" (Captain & Tennille)
* Josh Gracin - "Bad Blood" (Neil Sedaka)
* Kimberley Locke - Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis)
* Clay Aiken - "Solitaire" (Neil Sedaka)
* Ultimi 2: Trenyce, Ruben Studdard
* Eliminata: Trenyce

### Top 04 - Bee Gees

* Josh Gracin - "Jive Talkin'"
* Clay Aiken - "To Love Somebody"
* Kimberley Locke - "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
* Ruben Studdard - "Nights on Broadway"
* Josh Gracin - "To Love Somebody"
* Clay Aiken - "Grease"
* Kimberley Locke - "Emotion"
* Ruben Studdard - "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
* Ultimi 2: Kimberley Locke, Josh Gracin
* Eliminato: Josh Gracin

### Top 03 - Scelta a Caso, Scelta dei Giudici, Scelta dei Concorrenti

* Kimberley Locke - "Band of Gold" (Freda Payne)
* Ruben Studdard - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder)
* Clay Aiken - "Vincent" (Don McLean)
* Kimberley Locke - "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick) (Scelta di Randy Jackson)
* Ruben Studdard - "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) (Scelta di Simon Cowell)
* Clay Aiken - "Mack the Knife" (Bobby Darin) (Scelta di Paula Abdul)
* Kimberley Locke - "Inseparable" (Natalie Cole)
* Ruben Studdard - "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (Peabo Bryson)
* Clay Aiken - "Unchained Melody" (The Righteous Brothers)
* Eliminata: Kimberley Locke

### Top 02 - Scelta dei Concorrenti, Singoli

* Ruben Studdard - "A House Is Not a Home" (Luther Vandross)
* Clay Aiken - "This Is the Night"
* Ruben Studdard - "Imagine" (John Lennon)
* Clay Aiken - "Here, There and Everywhere" (The Beatles)
* Ruben Studdard - "Flying Without Wings" (Westlife)
* Clay Aiken - "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel)
* Vincitore: Ruben Studdard
* Secondo: Clay Aiken

## Tabella Eliminazioni

| Settimana: | Settimana: | 12/03 | 19/03 | 26/03 | 02/04* | 09/04 | 16/04 | 23/04 | 30/04 | 07/05 | 14/05 | 21/05 |
| Posizione | Concorrente | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato | Risultato |
| 1 | Ruben Studdard | | | | | | | | Ult 2 | | | Vincitore |
| 2 | Clay Aiken | | | | | | | | | | | Secondo |
| 3 | Kimberley Locke | Ult 3 | | | Ult 3 | Ult 3 | | | | Ult 2 | Elim | |
| 4 | Josh Gracin | | | | | | | Ult 2 | | Elim | | |
| 5 | Trenyce | | | | Ult 2 | | Ult 3 | Ult 3 | Elim | | | |
| 6 | Carmen Rasmusen | | | | Ult 2 | | Ult 2 | Elim | | | | |
| 7 | Kimberly Caldwell | | | Ult 2 | | Ult 2 | Elim | | | | | |
| 8 | Rickey Smith | | | Ult 3 | | Elim | | | | | | |
| 9 | Corey Clark | | Ult 2 | | SQ | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Julia DeMato | Ult 2 | Ult 3 | Elim | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Charles Grigsby | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Vanessa Olivarez | Elim |