HER SEATTLE AUDITION Idol viewers met the then-16-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., on the Jan. 17 episode, as she wowed Paula and Randy with her rendition of Celine Dion's ''Because You Loved Me.'' While Randy called her audition ''perfect,'' Simon was harder to convince: ''Sometimes I like to put one sugar in my coffee, to make it slightly sweeter. That was the equivalent of putting 11 spoonfuls in.''
Jordin Sparks' ''American Idol'' journey: Relive the ups and downs the 17-year-old experienced on her way to the season 6 title