Justin Guarini, a singer, reached the final of American Idol’s first season. However, he lost to pop singer Kelly Clarkson.
Now, he has written a memoir, Centre Stage Confidence: How to Own Your Story and Command Any Room.
In the book, he looks back on his time on American Idol, now that he is a keynote speaker and confidence coach.
He said, “So for me, my confident moment in American Idol was stepping out onto that stage, stepping in front of Simon [Cowell] and Paula [Abdul] and Randy [Jackson], stepping forward and just doing what it is that I know how to do.”
“Even though I was so afraid I was shaking at certain points, I trusted that I could handle whatever the outcome would be,” the singer added.
After American Idol, Guarini moved into movies. From Justin to Kelly, he starred alongside Clarkson.
His acting talent led him to Broadway. There, he made his debut in 2010’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
He also starred in American Idiot, Romeo and Juliet, Wicked, In Transit, and Once Upon a More Time.
Since 2015, he’s starred in Dr. Pepper commercials as the comical character “Lil’ Sweet.”
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