season 1!! now with the new seasons all of them have agents. like in seasons 1 and 2 it was people who had been working joe jobs trying to make it big. like waitressing. kelly is the perfect example of what american idol contestants should be. also the newer ones are more rigged. there are american idol hate sites where they vote the worst one through all season (like scott last year, or was it 3rd season? i dont remember...) and now the judges are just becoming cruel and making decisions not on whose the best singer but who would bring in the most ratings. i think american idol has been corrupted and no other idol has even dare compare or even begin to live up to kelly's voice and achievements.
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