Jordin Sparks has confirmed she did receive a car after winning American Idol.
The Tattoo singer became the youngest person to take the crown on the show when she was victorious in the sixth season at the age of 17, and after original winner Kelly Clarkson recently caused a stir when she revealed she hadn't received the prizes she'd been promised, Jordin has now waded into the discussion.
She confirmed on Jenna and Sheinelle: "I got my car. I wasn't a part of season one. But you know, the first season of anything is a little crazy."
Jordin, now 36, called for Kelly to still receive her car after other previous winners received Ford Mustangs, for whom the contestants had recorded commercials during the show.
She said: "Somebody send her one now. Someone send her a Ford."
Kelly, 43, revealed she was still waiting for her prize, 24 years after winning American Idol, on her talk show last week.
During an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Traitors season four winner Rob Rausch, 27, told the host how he is yet to receive his $220,800 prize for winning the game show, to which Kelly responded: "I relate to this so hardcore."
She continued: "You probably weren’t alive when I was on American Idol, but I was literally on the show, and they were like, ‘Oh, you win a million dollars,’ or whatever.
"No, you didn’t. They lied. You did not, no. It was like a million dollars' worth of investment in you."
Kelly, 43, then claimed she never received the car as part of her prize.
She added: "And then they said you get a car, and I needed it ‘cos my car is bashed in, and I couldn’t afford the [insurance] deductible. And then, no! I did not get a car!"
Referring to American Idol season two runner-up Clay Aiken, 47, Kelly continued: "And then Clay Aiken, who didn’t win the second season, got a car - and [so did] his mom!
"I was like, ‘What the f***?’ I remember Clay telling me that second season … he was like, 'Yeah, they gave my mom one.' I was like, ‘I’m gonna actually kick your a** right now.'"
In March 2023, American Idol series four champion Carrie Underwood revealed she still has her blue Ford Mustang convertible prize - 21 years after she won the show.
She revealed on Today’s Country Radio With Kelleigh Bannen: "I do still have the car that I won when I won American Idol.
"So I have my blue Mustang. And every once in a while, something will happen where I’ll have my car getting serviced or whatever, and I’ll get to drive that car."
