Justin Guarini- NYC audition (w/ rare footage)

[JesusMusic93]

Stevie Wonder is one of my favorite singers of all time, but Justin made "Blame it On the Sun" his own!

[0elma0]

How old was he in this audition?

[cannoir]

22

[TheWayshowerTube]

He has the same grandmother as Michael Jacksons!!

[jdepp102]

Thumbs up if you think that Justin should have won. I was really young when American Idol started, but still, he really should have won.

[JONSTERLEE]

what's the name of the second song he sang?

[discovery781]

talentless....he oversings

[yanis3]

@discovery781 That statement is half true. Indeed he does oversing.

[MagicMusic0]

Most singers on American Idol dont last that much, they only get 15 minutes of fame.

[hotdogofred]

0:49, Paula gets wet.

[hasonopinion]

Paula is definitly high!! she cannot speak without a slur!

[dominicutie]

Wow, Simon really liked him.

[williamkatt81]

Justin should have been a star damn it! He sings so great and I MET THE MAN at the first AI Concert in columbus Ohio that day and he was awesome... I still have his the others autographs along with the Justin poster from the concert that is STILL on my wall to this day....

[liest100]

hes sexy!!!! mm

[1996gymnasticsfan]

@liest100 he was my first crush OMG HE IS STILL FINE

[Bigbadben7]

Justin was the man from the start and many don't realize that American Idol in it's infancy was sustained by the summer of 2002 phenomenon that was justin Guarini.

Sadly, by the shows finale so many people tuned in who never watched it before and voted for Kelly based on one night.

[lilhater1019]

who sings blame it on the sun???

[Bigbadben7]

Stevie Wonder

[b0ssLaDy78]

He's beautiful...sideshow bob hairdo and all.

[saltbear]

what happened with him???is he still singing

[meganicole91]

he is amazing.. i want to marry him

[waspjerk1]

lol at simon stuffing his english ass with candy

[Anvilofsteel]

@waspjerk1 that would make him a 'Candy Ass'

[Volcompat21]

Sideshow Bob!

This dude is great.

[AndreaCharlaine]

My mom just saw him at CVS today! He's getting married...

[fifthluck]

he makes me.....god damn ....my man...:)

[earlbuluran]

lol!!he's very good..idol!

[sochisochi]

He is so Amazing OMG And I luv Paula's expression too love Justin and Love Paula .

[vplovesRP]

awsome singer - and he is so fresh and sexy in an innocent and sweet way.

[DeathFromAbove6282]

he grew up down the street from where i live haha thats sooo cool

[RONDA114]

reallyyyy

[DeathFromAbove6282]

Yea hes parents live a block away and i see his parents like every day i think there divorced though

[bigpimp205]

what the hell is simon eating? lol

[Dhk4]

wow...idol had NO money back then lol.

[musicchord44]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW he's just awesome!

[1kydde2]

LOL!

[ISoSmooth111]

one of my favorite on american idol EVER!Should have won that damn season!

[hereispj57]

my sentiments exactly. i was shocked he didnt

[nessituby]

"You've seen a star there" - the guy in the background was damn right with that....

TALENTED, INTELLIGENT, GORGEOUS

[nolarae1929]

nolarae1929 The runnerup,on AmnIdol

good job.Loved the "Route "66"rendition

he did in the finals.Peppy and upbeat.

Wish you well young man.

[MRSBWEEZY]

i love him.i always come watch dis video.and dats right...da good singers never win...wht do paula nem be listening too.ive heard sum bad singers they said were good.and simon is a bitch...money make ppl act so shady...fuck him he aint american no damn way

[itsmegandarling]

the good ones never win.

[Anointed7]

Justin you are too bad.

You are a star.

[pharesite]

paula wanted to jump his bones sooo badly, just look at her face omg lol

[fashionprogucci32992]

:40-:55 amazing

[stephaniemcmahon8]

Justin Justin Justin Justin

[FeceMcGee]

this show is funny... sometimes the judges love this type of singing, other times they'll say something like "You do too many runs, it doesn't tell me what type of artist you are"

Simon has an Uncle Jesse hairdo

[linkytink15]

simon's voice was higher back then lol

a bit annoying..

i love him now tho!

[nachosluvsu7]

american idol was so cheap then.....

look at how nice and how much money they put into it now.

[kingjames81895]

he looks like the boy/girl contestant and sings like them too

[kevinlimmmy]

haha, melego

[livekayla]

love the outfit

:)

haha

[pulsatingdisco]

talentless wanna-be

[Bigbadben7]

Look you Piece of shit, Justin is the only reason the show made it through the 02 Summer.

He was the first with signs in the audience and was the front runner till due to wrod of mouth tons of people who didn't watch the show all season tuned in on the finale and say Kelly do songs written for the show that were Diva in nature and Justin wasn't allowed to do his style.

On these 2 songs all 3 judges love him.

Kelly had to turn to Rock to get critical acclaim.

They Fucked J to endorse her.

[GoHaliGo]

no need to get all personal

everyone's entitled to their own opinion lol

[Yugomaniac]

They're called trolls, learn not to feed them :)....oh wait :/

[legelhcs1]

Doylestown PA

hometown.

[melego]

Paula is such a damn man eater.

[Musicalbowlrkat300]

over the top

still good

[jilliansiz]

i still get goosebumps from that performance...your the best Justin...jilliansiz

[carolyn625]

my mom knows his dad [=

[pup101]

want a cookie???

[jacob1234223]

My friend Robert Guarani is his nephew.On our Christmas party he is so awesome i got his autograph!

[heartXshrds2]

What ethnicity is he?

Just wondering :)

[dls]

Italian/Black/Irish

[blackstersherron]

@dls Which means he is black, once u have black in you they consider u black.

[ledesma001]

@dls thats hot >xD

[blinkcamlove]

hot

[spurnthemuse]

@heartXshrds2 He has negro hair, so he is partly black. Nostrils tend to go toward the side, which also suggests negro. Mostly white, from his features, and shape of his skull. The surname is in the Italian speech. Black Irish means pixie or pict sidhe, or bean sidhe.

[FullmetalGirl23]

is he black or white...but lol he great

[princessanna57]

Paula absolutely loves him

[em3thompson]

how come he's not makin c.d.s it makes me sad. i would buy one! :) he's cute.  CHECK OUT ME SINGIN a moment like this AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK PLEASE!

[TheSilentWarrior]

he should be making records, ppl from later seasons with less talent are getting out there, he needs new management or sumthin!

[iskrew]

I'm amazed!!!

by SIMON HAHAHAHA.

Justin's good btw.

[unique1girl]

i love him!

[Canolli45]

I never saw every episode of season 1, but did they have 2 auditions?

[dls]

No. Sometimes a performer sings two songs when they go in for the first audition, but the show doesn't initially air both. In Justin's case, one song (WLY) was shown early on, the other later in the season as a clip.

[tagcheeta1992]

did they have to audition twice cuz he has diff close on

[justanotherrater]

OMG when i look at him he reminds me of side show bob too! He doesnt act like him because he is really nice. He did good. Hes not my favorite but i think he should have an album.

[somehowwe]

When I first watched American Idol I was convinced that he was gonna win the whole thing.. I still think he should have won.. But Kelly Clarkson has really proved she is worth her wieght in Platnum... So.. Still tough luck Justin.. You are still my fav male vocalist ever on AI.. Wish you would have stayed away from side show bob thing...

[WindyPanda]

justin guarini is very talented and also piping super-hot!!! justin get a new manager or publicist-one that could really catapult you !!-you know the deal!!!

[Cheersfreak]

His publicist is Ryan Seacrest's old publicist from the first season of Idol.

[erthghst]

What is Simon eating?????!!!!

[unicoforever]

i see him as a host on the TV Guide Network. He is so down to earth and funny!

[soljahboy1]

It boggles my mind how to this day he still hasn't become a star all over the world with so much talent. He needs to go under the wing of a top producer.

[ninetyninenightmares]

@soljahboy1it's funny that some people want to be an american idol so bad, but they've never have written a song in there whole life... i'm going to try to do it right like oasis if it kills me my throats sore, my fingers have blisters

[tomarkenfan83]

I MET This man... He was so sweet and I got to kiss him AFTER I met him..

[midsummergirl]

Lucky you. He's so cute.

[kitrik23]

Winner or not he should be so famous right now.

[nightsaturn]

totally right!!!! His 1st album should have been a total smash!!! Justin deserves it

[BloodShotNow]

@kitrik23 THE POINT MOST AMERICAN'S DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WATCHING AMERICAN IDOL IS WHETHER OR NOT THE SINGER CAN WRITE SONGS NOT HOW GOOD THEY CAN SING... A GOOD SONG WRITER OUT WEIGHS A GOOD SINGER 1000x

[Merche74]

check out the cheap coke paper cups...wow they made some big bucks to help them upgrade from 7 years ago

[Cheersfreak]

justin guarini. com is his official website

[toucheyang]

best male vocalist ever on american idol. doesnt matter if you like him or not, he by far has the best control in his voice. no male singer has even come close.

[murp1403]

I agree... no one can match in from the show "vocally" from the males...

[wondergirl9847]

I also agree. Justin is definitely the best vocalist AND entertainer AI ever saw and probably ever will.

[leefo]

The show no longer has the excitement it had, with Justin on it. I can't get into the nice, but ok performers on the later shows.

[lostlyrarose]

I actually didn't really like him, but I love this audition.

[PimpCoop]

Also he showed that people around Bucks County can really sign like him. Rock on my good man!

[PimpCoop]

DAMMMMMMMMMM he should of won and I was rooting for him all the way. He was living around were I live right now Newtown PA and he lived in Doylestown PA!

[lilmizzie27]

I know he released one album, and is a correspondant on a show that talks about American Idol, but PLEASE PLEASE tell me his hair has grown back out and that he's making a new album ... [ and omg look at simons hair!]

[Cheersfreak]

He made a second album which was jazz called "Stranger Things Have Happened" which was reeased in 2005 off of his website and he's working on another album right now. You can here a few songs on his myspace.

[lilmizzie27]

I didn't know he had another album! He needs a better publicist if you ask me.

[Cheersfreak]

Well he produced it independently himself.

[tomarkenfan83]

I met this man when the idols were on the first tour... He's very sweet and I got to hug and kiss him.

[nunyalvr]

HeZ Gorgeous!!! TOOO GORGEOUS MUUUAHHH!!!

[korrego]

he's so sexy!

[1Peach]

He's fine as wine and twice as potent.

[phoxxy1]

OMG, he is hot in all aspects! :P

[mereteg]

SEXY

[queenofapples]

My piano teacher played piano for his choir in high school! Oh, and his mom once visited my mom's frame shop to frame a picture of Justin. xD

[jreindy]

prize...or a cookie?

[DancingMutant007]

*shakes head* He should be huge.

[fdesignr]

i love his vocals! and him of course!

[SillyDawnOwnsMe]

When they showed us this originally on air in 2002. We were shown him singing "Blame It On The Sun." which he had sung with the executive producers. Then they spliced in the judges' comments from after he sang "Who's Loving You." We saw him actually sing "Who's Lovin You." when they ran the special Where Are They Now? in 2003 after Idol's second season was over.

[nhejolea]

just can't stop watching this... I watch it over and over again!!

[JamitaS]

amazing voice!

[blackstersherron]

The hard part about being a singer is signing a contract where others take over your career.Justin has good talent he needs somebody who knows how to write and pick out the right songs for him. I still feel he will make a comeback. I sure hope so sad to see good talent like that not get notice.

[lupiO525]

Paula looks YOUNG!!!

[MrOscarDaSilvaVieira]

Paula looks HUMAN!

[Odymull]

Justin was the true American Idol in my opinion. He had it ALL. Charm, talent, looks, showmanship, etc. I wanted him to win. I hope he never gives up. He's got it.

[MindFuLL]

he was alright

[Tristan1002]

Justin is an underrated talent. It's a shame that we Americans pass the real thing like Justin over for what is easily placed into a preset "category". The best US talent always has more success in other nations than in their own. That's just wrong.

[SelenaKK01]

Deffinatly agree with you 100%. He's amazing. He should be just as big as Kelly.

[Tristan1002]

If not bigger.

[CeeStyleDj]

wow! You never hear Simon like that!

[bluesnaketb]

whats the name of the 2nd song Justin sang????????

Anyone know???

[dls]

'Blame it On the Sun'

[ardydelrosario]

Paula looked so horny in this video

[JoulseyCupid]

LOL

[lightbright33]

he is in my top 5 r&b singers,like prince,jon b,carl thomas,floetry,trey songz

[lidia06]

hahaha pauila is like yep yep his good yep ...but in her mind shes thinking "DAM HIS HOTTT"

[LilSuzyOnTheUp]

Sounds so beautiful - and love that little gap in his teeth!

[Bigbadben7]

Justin was the reason the show even stayed on the air the first season. Kelly beat him becasue of one nights perforances where she got to sing Diva like songs which were written for a females range and he had to sing that same shit.

If he would have been able to pick all 3 songs the final night he would have smoked her ass like he did all season.

Kelly is a run of the mill same ol same ol lund mouth dive, Justin had unique talent and this is coming from a guy.

[bluesnaketb]

I agree with you man bigbadben7

[LilSuzyOnTheUp]

I agree. Justin stirred up most of the initial interest.

[videowatcher765]

Wow, I watched this and I am blown away, wow is all i can say, it's a shame he didnt win ai1 because kelly clarkson is more the prototypical pop star, while justin's look is cute but unique with a great voice, in some ways he reminds me of clay aiken, but i think clay captured the hearts of america with his "unique nerdy humble" persona while justin is "cooler" and perhaps as a result went less noticed for his talent

[sonydemo]

what is justin's origin, is he jewish?

[freakshow67]

Whooooooooooa!

[amk0227]

wow! he's great ..and not to mention adorable

[smyer825]

If Justin had picked songs throughout the competition that let him sing like this, he would've won. That sweet falsetto is pretty untouchable. I would venture to say there has never been a guy in any American Idol season that could sing like Justin did in this preliminary audition. AMAZING.

[LilSuzyOnTheUp]

I think you're right. He should have stuck with more serious songs in the genre that showcased his voice.

[greg2230]

do they always film 2 songs?

[dls]

This compilation vid is from both AI Rewind (which is showing additional footage) and the original airing. Contestants normally sing more than one song (the good ones at least), but not everything can make it on the air during the season. On AI Rewind, both songs from several contestants were shown.

[Carrigail]

what is simon eating?!! mmmm love justin!!! when i saw this the first time i guess i didnt like justin then or didnt remember him cuz bak then i had kiddy rules, like since kelly is a girl vote for her since im a girl...n stuff. but now im 12 and wooot!! gooo justin!!! I LUB HIS VOICE!!

[trijoy]

To receive a compliment from Simon is more than words can say. Wow. What an honor. Justin's voice is amazing. He just needs to get a better agent.

[outforawalkbitch]

I'm English and Simon is right. England have amazing bands and legends in the music biz, but the only people that enter our pop idol competitions are averages Jo's who want to be famous. In the pop market, USA have a far greater talent. Rock's another matter though...

[wondergirl9847]

He NEVER fails to amaze me, even though I've seen this over and over. Privileged indeed.

[leefo]

As soon as Justin steps onto a stage, it only takes a few moments to recognize that Justin is a star; and, these judges were thrilled to have one suddenly appear. Very few people in this business ever obtain that star -power that mesmerizes you from the first moment you see them, even after years of success in the business.

[JiniBottle]

oh thank you for posting this, so pure and beautiful the first time i saw Justin i loved him then and still love him even more now. superstar all the way!

[philates]

That day in NYC a star was born.

[jgluvsjg]

in my opinion, there has never been a more talented, more gracious contestant on that show than Justin Guarini. Justin was the one who captured my attention, and has continued to amaze me for 4 years, since this very first moment of witnessing his star power. i love seeing the full version of "who's lovin' you?", too! fantastic!

[putuontheposter]

Meh...he's str8,he has great voice control true,but his voice alone isn't really amazing,but he's good.