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I like and respect Carrie, who has a sweet countenance and beautiful voice and was a clear winner from day one, but no one mentioned her difficulties with Hello Young Lovers or Piece of My Heart. I believe the judges weren't too happy with either one. Carrie was called wooden and Farmbot because she did not show emotion or move much on stage. Kelly was never accused of not emoting or knowing how to perform on stage and I don't remember her ever getting a negative or iffy review such as Carrie got. Admittedly the judges had 3 years to think up new and insulting phrases to throw at the kids by season 4.

Carrie was one of those contestants who gained weight during Idol and then lost it afterwards (a lot). Kelly was the opposite, she lost weight during Idol and then gained it afterwards (then lost, gained and lost). They obviously had different eating habits, workout regimes and stresses.

Kelly was the obvious and true winner because she and Tamyra were both sick, but Kelly still gave a bravura performance that night and Tamyra didn't. Justin was slated to win but his weaknesses showed through and Kelly zoomed past him since she was more than Vegas mannerisms, flirting and a mop of hair. In the final two, Justin clearly lost to Kelly when they sang the same 2 songs.

Carrie was the obvious and true winner; however, during the final two, Bo outsang her, and Simon admitted it at least 2 out of 3 songs (I don't have the tape handy to check). However, it was probably because Carrie was sick. Whatever the case, she was a bit off key that night. Yet Simon said to Carrie: I think you've done enough to win. He was referring to the whole season. Not that night.

Kelly is the original idol and for me the best, but Carrie in some ways transcended the whole concept, since before (season 3), Simon had said he hated country music. (Country and rock were both despised in season 1, and gradually were allowed in a little bit at a time). When Carrie came along he adored it, and her. He jumped on the bandwagon and continued to look for more like her and send them to Hollywood each season (Kellie Pickler et al).

Carrie and Kelly BOTH brought respectability to the concept of the American Idol, which was at first a teen summer replacement show, and no one believed Kelly would amount to anything. It happened due to her own grit and determination to make her first album something decent. She had to make the horrible movie out of contractual obligation. She didn't want her album to be a throwaway too. Kelly was the first to be accepted mainstream, not just as a contest winner, and Carrie was the second. Both are awesome and lasting talents. Ruben and Fantasia are usually not included in these discussions because they sang gospel or soul, which were counted on different charts and played on different stations, and usually appeal to different types of music lovers. So here we discuss mainstream pop radio. Carrie's country album was indeed a crossover pop album. BTW Kelly's next (fourth) album is said to have a country influence. I heard the 4 leaked demos and one of them is very country-pop.

On the car radio, on mainstream FM pop stations, these are the only idol contestants I have ever heard: Kelly, Carrie, Clay, Elliott, Kimberley Locke, Chris Daughtry. No one else: ever. In department stores/supermarkets' piped in music, this is the only idol I've ever heard : Kelly.

If I've made any mistakes here I apologize. This is my understanding of these two fantastically talented girls.