She's right, they were so young and so was American Idol, so it makes sense that she didn't know what she was getting into. Plus, Clarkson joked that the reason it was so easy to win in early seasons was because not as many people were watching it. Of course, she wound up being one of, if not the, best vocalist to come out of American Idol.

Kelly Clarkson truly had no idea what she was getting into when she signed up for Season 1 of American Idol. The singer appeared on the Thursday, March 27, episode of Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast and made a surprising confession about her time on the show.