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CRAFT.
>> I ALWAYS HAD THAT SOMETHING
INSIDE ME THAT SAID I'M GOING TO
DO IT, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT."
>> AND AMERICAN IDOL WINNER
KELLY CLARKSON...
>> I DESILDED TO EXTEND THE
KISS.
THE LOOK OF SHOCK ON HER FACE
WAS PRICELESS.
>> HEY, BEFORE THEY WERE ROCK
STARS, THEY WERE WORKING STIFS
JUST LIKE Y
RUN ♪
>> AFTER A STRING OF HITS, PAULA
TOOK SOME TIME OFF BEFORE
RETURNING TO THE SPOTLIGHT WAS A
CELEBRITY JUDGE ON THE HIT SHOW
"AMERICAN IDOL."
JUMP-STARTING THE CAREER OF THE
COUNTRY'S NEWEST YOUNG POP STAR
KELLY CLARKSON.
THIS SHAWL TOWN SWEETHEART
MANAGED TO NOT ONLY WIN THE
APPROVAL OF PAULA AND THAT
CREEPY SIMON GUY, BUT THE REST
OF AMERICA, AS WELL.
>> I THINK AMERICA REALLY
EMBRACED FOR THE FIRST TIME
SOMEONE WHO WAS JUST VERY
MATTER-OF-FACT AND SIMPLE.
♪ WHAT HAPPENS MISS INDEPENDENCE
♪
>> YEP, KELLY CLARKSON'S GOT
PLENTY TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
HER DEBUT ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN
APRIL, 2003 AND HAS ALREADY GONE
PLATINUM.
BUT BEFORE KELLY BECAME THE
FIRST AMERICAN IDOL, SHE WAS
HONING HER SKILLS BACK HOME IN
BURLESON, TEXAS.
>> ANY TIME THERE WAS A TALENT
SHOW OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO
PERFORM AT SCHOOL, SHE WAS
INVOLVED.
>> I'LL BE HIGHLY PLEASED YOU'LL
BE THERE.
>> WILL YOU?
WHY?
>> BECAUSE I JOUST TOLD YOU I
LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR,
KELLY REALLY KNEW HER WAY AROUND
SHE TUNE.
HERE SHE IS HAVING HER WAY WITH
THE SCORE FROM "BRIGADOON."
♪ DREAMING... ♪
♪.
>> HER VOICE WAS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
IT WAS A PRETTY EASY CALL TO
CAST HER.
>> EVEN BACK THEN, SHE SHOWED
THE MAKINGS OF AN IDOL.
SHOW IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY'S NOT
TOO COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT SHE'S
GOTTEN HERSELF INTO HERE.
>> THE LAST NIGHT OF SHOWS ARE
ALWAYS THE EXCITING NIGHTS TO DO
BRANCHES ON PEOPLE, AND THAT
NIGHT I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING
TO EXTEND A KISS THAT WAS
USUALLY RATHER SHORT.
I STOPPED HER ON THE STAIRS, I
WOULDN'T LET GO AND SHE'D TRY TO
PULL AWAY AND I JUST HELD HER
REALLY TIGHT FOR A GOOD MINUTE
OR SO.