جاستین گارینی
گارینی در کاروان موتوری، در والت دیزنی جهانی
اطلاعات پس‌زمینه
نام شناسنامه‌ای	جاستین الدرین بل
نام(های) دیگر	جاستین گارینی
زاده	۲۸ اکتبر ۱۹۷۸ ‏(۴۲ سال) کلمبوس، جورجیا، ایالات متحده
ژانر	جاز، موسیقی سول، فانک، ریتم و بلوز، موسیقی پاپ
ساز(ها)	پیانو، گیتار، آواز، صداخوانی
سال‌های فعالیت	۲۰۰۲_ تاکنون
ناشر(ان)	آرسی‌ای رکوردز
وبگاه	www.justinguarini.com

جاستین گارینی (به انگلیسی: Justin Guarini) (زاده ۲۸ اکتبر ۱۹۷۸) نفر دوم از فصل یکم از سری مسابقات امریکن آیدل، خواننده، بازیگر، ترانه‌سرا و میزبان برنامه‌های تلویزیونی است.

او در سال ۲۰۰۲ مقام دوم را در اولین فصل از مسابقات امریکن آیدل بدست آورد.

Early life

Guarini was born in Columbus, Georgia. His father, Eldrin Bell, is African-American and is a former Atlanta, Georgia, Chief of Police, and former chairperson of the Clayton County Commission in Clayton County, Georgia. His mother, Kathy Pepino Guarini, is Italian American, and was a journalist for WTVM TV in Columbus, and later for CNN. Guarini was primarily raised by his mother and stepfather, physicist Jerry Guarini, in the Philadelphia suburb of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He attended Central Bucks High School East.

Career

Beginnings

Guarini’s musical experience started at age four when he was accepted by the Atlanta Boy Choir.^[1][2] After moving to Pennsylvania in 1985, he joined the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Boys Choir.^[3] Throughout his school years Guarini sang in school choirs, and from 1996 to 2000 was the lead soloist in an award-winning a cappella group named The Midnight Voices. The group released an independent album in 1999 with proceeds benefiting a music scholarship fund at Guarini’s alma mater, Central Bucks High School East in Buckingham, Pennsylvania. He was a director/performer at the Riverside Haunted Woods in Bridgeton Township, Pennsylvania, in 2001.

His high school and college theatre credits include the lead roles in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Little Prince, The Pirates of Penzance, The Taming of the Shrew, and Once on This Island. In addition to singing and stage performing, Guarini plays the piano, guitar, and banjo.

After studying vocal performance and theater studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Guarini later moved to New York City, where he attended the School for Film and Television. He worked in New York nightclubs, and auditioned for New York Theatre before successfully auditioning for American Idol in April 2002. Shortly after being chosen for American Idol, he was offered a role in the Broadway production of The Lion King. Guarini wrote about his decision between the two offers in his exclusive 2008 blog for the television site, Fancast, stating, “I had attended master classes… I learned Zulu and Sotho phrases, as well as the music from the show. It was a dream almost come true at the time. But, now I knew I was onto something, and I wasn’t letting go. I politely declined the offer of a role…”. He was also considering a contract offer from an independent record label, but the show’s rules prohibited participants from having existing record contracts.

2003–2004: Justin Guarini