Never before has a small-town warbler’s transformation into humongous multinational singing sensation been witnessed in its entirety, from hopeful outset to triumphant victory. For blonde-streaked brunette Texan Kelly Clarkson, the mass attention and subsequent national adulation she won by belting out Arethra Franklin’s "Respect" and Carole King’s "Natural Woman" on the Fox talent-search contest American Idol have come as an unadulterated blessing. The thrill of watching Kelly being catapulted into the celebrity sphere came from her unbridled excitement and joy. The girl was loving every moment of it, and there’s always room in the skin galaxy for another girl like that.