The 44-year-old Season 1 contestant chose to stick with a potential shot at super-stardom on the then-little-known reality competition.
, and subsequently faced numerous career setbacks in the following years, including a failed debut album and the 2003 movie bomb “From Justin to Kelly,” which also starred Clarkson.
“Oh, just say it: My album was a flop. The movie that I did after that was an absolute flop,” Guarini said. “It was really painful. Like, I remember it being something that justme, because I had always wanted to have a record deal. I had always wanted to be a recording artist.”“I have benefit of 20 years of hindsight to be able to see that, oh my goodness, this business is truly cyclical,” he said.
Guarini waited but in the meantime got a slot on a “show that nobody’s ever heard of called ‘American Idol,'” the Georgia native recalled, nabbing a “golden ticket” to Hollywood. “And I remember sitting in my car, and it was about a week before I had to go to LA — a place I’d never been before. And I get this call and they’re like, ‘Hey, we finally have the role for you. We want you. How soon can you start?’”While Guarini knew he “might get cut” from the competition, he felt he had to make the decision of a lifetime, as he had already advanced to the show’s top 30 roster.
“I looked up at the stage. I saw the ‘American Idol’ logo, the smoke, the lights, the dais where the judges sit, and I just startedHe stood on the platform of the Pasadena Civic Center and pondered how it was the same stage where“So many of my heroes have been on this stage. I don’t know why, but I just
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