Recyled Idols:  New Gigs for Former Idols
Tenley Woodman
Boston Herald, May 7, 2007
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=198903

"IDOL TONIGHT"

Justin Guarini, Season 1 runner-up:

Guarini has bounced back from the post-"Idol" film flop "From Justin to Kelly" to co-host "Idol Tonight."

"The exposure that people are getting now is just huge," he said. "When you were top 20 on that first season, when it got down to six or seven (contestants), people didn’t really remember you. Now you have 31 million viewers watching you."

But Guarini doesn’t regret where "Idol" has taken him: "I’d say it’s been 100 percent good. It has given me the opportunity to do what I love for five years. It has been a roller-coaster ride, (but) I wouldn’t trade that experience."