Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series "American Idol" in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album "Thankful" (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album "Breakaway" (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, …

Kurt Erik Nilsen, won the Norwegian version of the television show "Pop Idol", aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He won with 53 % of the votes against Gaute Ormåsen. His subsequent single, "She's So High", written by Tal Bachman, went straight to number one in the Norwegian singles chart and is among the biggest-selling singles in Norway to date. His debut album was simply called "I". He subsequently won the vote for the "World Idol" title on January 1, 2004, …

William Robert Young BA (Exon) (born January 20, 1979) is an English singer and actor. He catapulted to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural UK "Pop Idol" contest. He has continued to work very successfully in music, and also as an actor.

Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first "Australian Idol" TV talent competition quest in 2003. Since winning the competition, he has released three top five albums and seven top twenty singles and has sold over a million albums and singles in Australia alone. He has also had substantial success overseas with number one hits in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Ryan Michael Malcolm (born October 13, 1979 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian singer best known as winner of the first "Canadian Idol". Ryan grew up in a small town just west of Kingston called Amherstview. The son of John and Sharron, Ryan had two older siblings, Kim and Sean. At the age of 9, Ryan's parents split and John re-married. Throughout the 90's, Ryan's father owned and operated many restaurants, which in turn is where Ryan started singing.

Simon Fuller (born May 17 1960 in Hastings, England) is an English record and television producer who was known as the manager of the Spice Girls and S Club 7, as well as the creator of the Idol series, first seen as Pop Idol and over 50 other versions including "American Idol", "Australian Idol", "Canadian Idol", and "World Idol".

Alicja Janosz was the winner of Polish Idol in 2002. She also appeared in "World Idol", where she sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from "Jesus Christ Superstar". In November 2002, her debut album, "Ala Janosz", was released. In 2003, she recorded a song for the Polish version of "Jungle Book 2," "Przyjaciel dobra rzecz" ("A friend is a good thing").

Alexander Klaws (born September 31983 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German pop singer, who came to fame as the winner of the first season of the television show "Deutschland sucht den SuperStar", the German version of "Pop Idol".

Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler (born 22 March 1978) was the winner of the first series of "Idols". Born the eldest of three children in Stellenbosch, South Africa, he went on to study law at Stellenbosch University. After winning the South African "Idols" competition in June 2002, he discontinued his studies to devote time to a musical career.

Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki – Polish journalist, showman and comedian. Kuba Wojewódzki was a judge on "Idol (Poland)". He also was the Polish representative during "World Idol" on December 25, 2003. He was criticized for being extremely harsh on contestants. Since 2006, he is working in TVN.

Peter Evrard (born October 19, 1974) is the winner of the first season of "Idool 2003", the Belgian version of "Pop Idol". Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing punk rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardless, he managed to win the series, and in 2003 he placed third overall in the World Idol contest. Evrard lives and works in Beerse, Belgium. He is married and has 2 sons.

Jamai Loman (born June 30, 1986 in Gouda, the Netherlands) was the winner of the first series of Idols the Dutch variant on Pop Idol, pop singer and Dutch musical artist.<br

Diana Karazon is a Jordanian singer.

Shona Fraser (born on 9 July1975 in Newcastle, England) is a music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. She was a judge on "Deutschland Sucht Den SuperStar", the German version of "Pop Idol" and also represented Germany as a judge on "World Idol".