Proudly repping his hometown then and now, Scripps News caught up with "American Idol" Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard in Birmingham, Alabama, where he's gotten married and started a family.

That’s a no from Clay Aiken, dawg. The American Idol season two finalist, who lost to Ruben Studdard in 2003, shared his candid thoughts on the show’s approach to judging compared to the ...