kelly clarkson was the cohost along with ryan seacrest on the first season of american idol.
who was the cohost along with ryan seacrest on the first season of american idol?
kelly clarkson
in 2002, seacrest accepted the position as co-host of a new fox reality television series "american idol" with comedian brian dunkleman. the following year, he became the sole host. when the show increased in popularity, seen by some 26 million viewers weekly, seacrest became recognizable around the world. in 2003, seacrest hosted the spin-off show, "american juniors." in july 2009, seacrest inked a deal with ckx for $45 million to continue to host "american idol," making him the highest paid reality television host at that time. in april 2012, he signed a two-year, $30 million deal to stay on as host of "american idol". in may 2014, "deadline hollywood" reported that seacrest had signed a one-year deal with the option of another year. he remained host of the series until the end of its run in april 2016. the following may, it was announced that abc had won a multi-network bidding war for the rights to the show. on july 20, 2017, seacrest announced on "live with kelly & ryan" that he would be the host of an "idol" reboot. his initial multi-year deal was reported to be worth over $10 million.
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ryan john seacrest (born december 24, 1974) is an american radio personality, television host, and producer. seacrest is known for hosting the competition show "american idol", the syndicated countdown program "american top 40", and iheartmedia's kiis-fm morning radio show "on air with ryan seacrest".





























in 2006 seacrest became co-host and executive producer of "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve". seacrest remained a co-host and executive producer following clark's death in 2012.





























he began co-hosting "live with kelly and ryan" on a permanent basis may 1, 2017.
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