<Ul> <Li> RCA </Li> <Li> Justice Entertainment </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> JustinGuarini.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Justin Guarini (born Justin Eldrin Bell; October 28, 1978) is an American singer / musician, actor, host and producer, who in 2002 was the runner - up on the first season of American Idol . </P> <P> 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 Clayton County Commission (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 Philadelphia's suburb of Doylestown, Pennsylvania . He attended Central Bucks High School East . </P>

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