List of American Idol episodes

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller; it is produced by Fremantle and 19 Entertainment. It began airing on Fox in the United States on June 11, 2002, and ended on April 7, 2016. The series moved to ABC with its sixteenth season which debuted on March 11, 2018. It started off as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol , and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by the viewers in America through telephones, Internet, and SMS text voting.

As of May 19,2024, ^[update] 699 episodes of American Idol have aired.

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Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired			Rank	Average viewers (in millions)
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	25		June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)	September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	Fox	—	12.22 (Tuesday) / 11.62 (Wednesday)
2	40		January 21, 2003 (2003-01-21)	May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21)		5 (Tuesday) / 3 (Wednesday)	21.6 (Tuesday) / 21.9 (Wednesday) [1]
3	44		January 19, 2004 (2004-01-19)	May 26, 2004 (2004-05-26)		1 (Tuesday) / 3 (Wednesday)	25.73 (Tuesday) / 24.31 (Wednesday) [2]
4	43		January 18, 2005 (2005-01-18)	May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)		1 (Tuesday) / 3 (Wednesday)	27.32 (Tuesday) / 26.07 (Wednesday) [3]
5	41		January 17, 2006 (2006-01-17)	May 24, 2006 (2006-05-24)		1 (Tuesday) / 2 (Wednesday)	31.17 (Tuesday) / 30.16 (Wednesday) [4]
6	41		January 16, 2007 (2007-01-16)	May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23)		2 (Tuesday) / 1 (Wednesday)	30.11 (Tuesday) / 30.58 (Wednesday) [5]
7	42		January 15, 2008 (2008-01-15)	May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21)		1 (Tuesday) / 2 (Wednesday)	28.80 (Tuesday) / 27.81 (Wednesday) [6]
8	40		January 13, 2009 (2009-01-13)	May 20, 2009 (2009-05-20)		2 (Tuesday) / 1 (Wednesday)	26.22 (Tuesday) / 26.48 (Wednesday) [7]
9	43		January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)	May 26, 2010 (2010-05-26)		1 (Tuesday) / 2 (Wednesday)	24.71 (Tuesday) / 23.46 (Wednesday) [8]
10	39		January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19)	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)		1 (Wednesday) / 2 (Thursday)	25.86 (Wednesday) / 23.80 (Thursday) [9]
11	40		January 18, 2012 (2012-01-18)	May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23)		2 (Wednesday) / 4 (Thursday)	19.81 (Wednesday) / 18.33 (Thursday) [10]
12	37		January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)	May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)		6 (Wednesday) / 8 (Thursday)	15.04 (Wednesday) / 14.65 (Thursday) [11]
13	39		January 15, 2014 (2014-01-15)	May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)		17 (Wednesday) / 22 (Thursday)	11.94 (Wednesday) / 11.43 (Thursday) [12]
14	30		January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07)	May 13, 2015 (2015-05-13)		41 (Wednesday) / 28 (Thursday)	10.31 (Wednesday) / 11.55 (Thursday) [13]
15	24		January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)	April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)		19 (Wednesday) / 23 (Thursday)	11.52 (Wednesday) / 11.13 (Thursday) [14]
16	19		March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)	May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)	ABC	33 (Sunday) / 32 (Monday)	9.31 (Sunday) / 9.45 (Monday) [15]
17	19		March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)	May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)		34 (Sunday) / 45 (Monday)	8.88 (Sunday) / 8.00 (Monday) [16]
18	16		February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)		31 (Sunday) / 28 (Monday)	8.34 (Sunday) / 8.54 (Monday) [17]
19	19		February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)	May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)		25 (Sunday) / 39 (Monday)	7.42 (Sunday) / 6.24 (Monday) [18]
20	20		February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)	May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)		25 (Sunday) / 28 (Monday)	7.29 (Sunday) / 6.99 (Monday) [19]
21	20		February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)	May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21)		20 (Sunday) / 32 (Monday)	6.92 (Sunday) / 6.06 (Monday) [20]
22	18		February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)	May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19)		TBA	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

Main article: American Idol season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
1	1	"Auditions"	June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)	1001	N/A	TBA
2	2	"Hollywood Week"	June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	1002	N/A	TBA
3	3	"Top 30: Group 1"	June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)	1003	N/A	TBA
4	4	"Top 30: Group 1 results"	June 19, 2002 (2002-06-19)	1004	N/A	TBA
5	5	"Top 30: Group 2"	June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	1005	N/A	TBA
6	6	"Top 30: Group 2 results"	June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	1006	N/A	TBA
7	7	"Top 30: Group 3"	July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	1007	N/A	TBA
8	8	"Top 30: Group 3 results"	July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03)	1008	N/A	TBA
9	9	"Wildcard Show"	July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10)	1009	N/A	TBA
10	10	"Top 10 Perform"	July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	1010	N/A	TBA
11	11	"Top 10 Results"	July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	1011	N/A	TBA
12	12	"Top 8 Finalists"	July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)	1012	N/A	TBA
13	13	"Top 8 Results"	July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	1013	N/A	TBA
14	14	"Top 7 Finalists"	July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	1014	N/A	TBA
15	15	"Top 7 Results"	July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	1015	N/A	TBA
16	16	"Top 6 Finalists"	August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)	1016	N/A	TBA
17	17	"Top 6 Results"	August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07)	1017	N/A	TBA
18	18	"Top 5 Finalists"	August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	1018	N/A	TBA
19	19	"Top 5 Results"	August 14, 2002 (2002-08-14)	1019	N/A	TBA
20	20	"Top 4 Finalists"	August 20, 2002 (2002-08-20)	1020	N/A	TBA
21	21	"Top 4 Results"	August 21, 2002 (2002-08-21)	1021	N/A	TBA
22	22	"Top 3 Finalists"	August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)	1022	N/A	TBA
23	23	"Top 3 Results"	August 28, 2002 (2002-08-28)	1023	N/A	TBA
24	24	"Top 2 Finalists"	September 3, 2002 (2002-09-03)	1024	N/A	TBA
25	25	"American Idol Season 1 Finale"	September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	1025	N/A	TBA

Season 2 (2003)

Main article: American Idol season 2

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American Idol season 4#U.S. Nielsen ratings

External links

• Official website
• American Idol at IMDb

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)

v t e American Idol
Episodes Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Finalists	Winners Kelly Clarkson Ruben Studdard Fantasia Barrino Carrie Underwood Taylor Hicks Jordin Sparks David Cook Kris Allen Lee DeWyze Scotty McCreery Phillip Phillips Candice Glover Caleb Johnson Nick Fradiani Trent Harmon Maddie Poppe Laine Hardy Just Sam Chayce Beckham Noah Thompson Iam Tongi Abi Carter Runners-up Justin Guarini Clay Aiken Diana DeGarmo Bo Bice Katharine McPhee Blake Lewis David Archuleta Adam Lambert Crystal Bowersox Lauren Alaina Jessica Sanchez Kree Harrison Jena Irene Clark Beckham La'Porsha Renae Caleb Lee Hutchinson Alejandro Aranda Arthur Gunn Willie Spence Other alumni Nikki McKibbin Josh Gracin Jennifer Hudson Elliott Yamin Chris Daughtry Kellie Pickler Mandisa Todrick Hall Tori Kelly Haley Reinhart Colton Dixon Monogem Angie Miller Daniel Seavey Gabby Barrett Catie Turner Lauren Spencer-Smith Benson Boone
Winners' singles	"A Moment Like This" "Flying Without Wings" "I Believe" "Inside Your Heaven" "Do I Make You Proud" "This Is My Now" "The Time of My Life" "No Boundaries" "Beautiful Day" "I Love You This Big" "Home" "I Am Beautiful" "As Long as You Love Me" "Beautiful Life" "Falling" "Flame"
Concert tours	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16
Related programming	Idol (franchise) American Juniors Idol Christmas Idol Extra Idol Gives Back Idol Rewind World Idol
Related articles	Alumni album sales Alumni awards and nominations Alumni in film, television and theater Alumni single sales Compilation series Controversies Discography Finalists Hot 100 singles "Judge Me Tender" The American Idol Experience Video game

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