While Ritchson wasn’t a solid wall of muscles like he is now, the then-2o-year-old was still pretty jacked and tall to boot, which had Paula Abdul immediately hot and bothered right out of the gate.

Long before Alan Ritchson hit it big with “Reacher” on Amazon Prime Video, he made Paula Abdul sweat during an audition for “American Idol.” (Watch the video below.) It was several years ...

Before Alan Ritchson made audiences fall in love with him on Reacher, he flirted with Paula Abdul on Season 3 of American Idol. Collider. Before Reacher, ...

Reacher star Alan Ritchson might not have made it far when he competed on Season 3 of American Idol — but the long-running ... Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, Ritchson was three years into his ...

Ritchson was just a 20-year-old from Niceville, Florida, when he tried out for the singing competition — and he had Paula Abdul smiling even before he started singing, as fellow judges Simon ...

Ritchson was just a 20-year-old from Niceville, Florida, when he tried out for the singing competition — and he had Paula Abdul smiling even before he started singing, as fellow judges Simon ...

Long before Alan Ritchson hit it big with “Reacher” on Amazon Prime Video, he made Paula Abdul sweat during an audition for “American Idol.” (Watch the video below.) It was several years and slabs of ...

Ritchson was just a 20-year-old from Niceville, Florida, when he tried out for the singing competition — and he had Paula Abdul smiling even before he started singing, as fellow judges Simon ...

Long before Alan Ritchson hit it big with “Reacher” on Amazon Prime Video, he made Paula Abdul sweat during an audition for “American Idol.” (Watch the video below.) It was several years and slabs of ...

Long before Alan Ritchson hit it big with “Reacher” on Amazon Prime Video, he made Paula Abdul sweat during an audition for “American Idol.” (Watch the video below.). It was several years and slabs of ...

Long before Alan Ritchson hit it big with “Reacher” on Amazon Prime Video, he made Paula Abdul sweat during an audition for “American Idol.” (Watch the video below.) It was several years and slabs of ...