20 years after sharing theAmerican Idolfinale stage as opponents, season 2 winnerRuben Studdardand runner-upClay Aikenhave reunited once again.
“We don’t get to choose our family,” Aiken wrote in anInstagrampost last December.
“Most family is predetermined by blood; some are predestined by God to come into our lives.
Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken on American Idol.ABC/Eric McCandless
The post commemorated the day the duo first met, a memory thatStuddard recalled to EW in 2016.
And he’s like, ‘Hi, I’m Clay Aiken.’
We’ve been really cool ever since.”
Watch the performance below.
