THE original American Idol Kelly Clarkson wowed the crowds at the ECHO arena.Kelly, 27, who has won two Grammys and 12 Billboard Music Awards belted out a catalogue of hits to the enthusiastic ECHO arena crowd last night.

Kelly won the first season of American Idol in September 2002, with 58% of the vote to 42% for Justin Guarini. Since then she’s gone on to have success around the world. She is currently the only American Idol contestant to have reached number one in the UK.