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, who of course would go on to become the singing competition series' first winner, recalled in a new interview on the Not Gonna Lie With Kylie Kelce podcast that neither she nor the other contestants realized they were auditioning for a TV show — at first.