The Complete List of American Idol winners All Seasons Including 2023-2024

American Idol Winners List – American Idol is still doing well, searching for the best voices from all over the country and offering them a chance to shine on a national platform.

See all of the singers who have prevailed over their competitors to be crowned the ultimate American Idol, from season 1 winner- Kelly Clarkson to the country queen Carrie Underwood to the newest champion Just Sam.

American Idol winner season 20: Noah Thompson

With great excitement, Ryan Seacrest announced the results at the American Idol’s 2022 season finale and your next American Idol is Noah Thompson.

The last edition of the ABC singing competition ended Sunday night when Noah has crowned the winner of American Idol season 5 (season 20 overall). Guest artists are Ben Platt, Earth, Wind and Fire, Sara Bareilles, and Michael Bublé. In the end, Noah received the most real-time votes during the finals, beating out finalists HunterGirl and Leah Marlene.

The stage all night. A highlight was when Noah performed his single “One Day Tonight”, but he also wowed everyone with his rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s “On Fire”. Unsurprisingly, it received rave reviews from American Idol judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan.

American Idol 2022 Winner, Runner-up Name, Prize Money – Season 20

ABC’s most popular show American Idol 2022 (Season 20) reached its final week with the top 3 finalists. All the top 3 finalists are super pumped for the LIVE coast-to-coast Grand Finale.

During the finale of the 20th season, one contestant will get eliminated after the first round of singing based on America’s votes. Later we will have some amazing special guest performances during the LIVE finale event. In the end, from the Top 2 finalists, we will get the ultimate winner of American Idol Season 2022.

American Idol Winner 2023 Details

• American Idol Winner 2023: Im Tongi 🏆
• American Idol Runner-Up 2023: Megan Danielle.
• American Idol 3rd Runner-Up 2023 Colin Stough.

Details of American Idol Winner 2022

Winner Name: – Noah Thompson 🏆

Runner-up Name: – HunterGirl

3rd Place: – Leah Marlene

American Idol 2022 Finalists

Sr No.	Contestant Name	Age	Hometown	Status	Prize Money
1	Hunter Girl 🌟	23 yrs	Winchester, TN	Runner-up	N/A
2	Leah Marlene	20 yrs	Normal, Illinois	3rd Place	N/A
3	Noah Thompson	19 yrs	Louisa, KY	Winner 🏆	$250,000

American Idol Winner Season 19: Chayce Beckham

Throughout the season, Apple Valley, California’s rocker, wowed the audience with his raspy voice and commanding presence, and he came out on top in the Season 19 finale. With three show-stopping performances.

Beckham defeated third-place competitor Grace Kinstler and runner-up Willie Spence. He began with The Beatles’ classic “Blackbird,” then Chris Stapleton’s “Fire Away,” and Ed Sheeran’s “Afterglow.” As golden confetti showered over him on stage, he finished the show with a live rendition of his original song “23.”

American Idol Winner Season 18: Just Sam

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the first-ever remote finals featured a final five stand-off between Dillon James, Francisco Martin, Just Sam, Arthur Gunn, and Jonny West, with each of them getting two chances to perform to win over voters and capture the hearts of American’s. Just Sam was crowned the new American Idol winner in the end, and she rejoiced with her grandmother through a video chat from her home studio.

The emotional singer exclaimed, unable to find the right words to explain her joy- “This is precise, like, my dreams have come true. America, thank you very much. Never in a million years I would have predicted this!”. When ET met with Sam after her big triumph, the 20-year-old singer commented on how she never expected to win, even when it was about only her and Gunn. “I was like, ‘Congratulations, Arthur,’ in my brain when Ryan said, ‘Our next American Idol is…,'” Sam laughed. “I didn’t think I’d reach this far in the competition,” she says.

American Idol Winner Season 17: Laine Hardy

Laine Hardy was declared champion in 2018, defeating other contenders Alejandro Aranda and Madison Vandenburg, and he couldn’t contain his joy when speaking with ET backstage. “My head is flooded with several different feelings right now. I need to give it some time to sink in. It hasn’t hit me yet “Hardy revealed to ET. “I’m still trying to digest it, but it has been a wild night.” The 20-year-old performer, who had competed on the show last season, had no intention of auditioning again.

Instead, he joined a pal at the Idol audition, where panellists Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie encouraged him to try again, which he did and hit the bull’s eye. Hardy, 19, released a three-song EP called In the Bayou in 2018, preceded by the single “Blue Christmas,” and went on his first headlining tour in 2019’s fall. In April 2020, two more tracks, “Ground I Grew Up On” and “Let There Be Country,” will be released.

American Idol Winner Season 16: Maddie Poppe

During the epic two-hour finale of Idol’s first season on ABC, Maddie Poppe sang a “Rainbow Connection” duet with Kermit the Frog himself, but the Clarksville, Iowa, native had an even more memorable performance scene with the season’s runner-up.

Caleb Lee Hutchinson, as the two performed a “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” montage after unveiling that they had begun dating during the season. Poppe has previously appeared on The Voice and released an EP before auditioning for American Idol. Poppe’s debut studio album, Whirlwind, was released in 2019 after she won season 16.

American Idol Winner Season 15: Trent Harmon

Trent Harmon surprised everyone by winning the 15th, the final season of American Idol on Fox, defeating presumed frontrunner La’Porsha Renae. “I know I have a God-given skill, but I didn’t want to take it for granted.”

Harmon addressed the audience with tears in his eyes after his win before presenting his single- “Falling,” co-written by Idol judge Keith Urban. In 2016, the Mississippi-born country artist released a self-titled EP, which was followed by You Got ‘Em All, his first full album, in 2018.

American Idol Winner Season 14: Nick Fradiani

It was all down to vocalists Nick Fradiani and Clark Beckham, who had worked their way to the top on the final night of competition. Fradiani demonstrated that he had everything that a winner should have. Fradiani closed the show with a performance of his latest single, “Beautiful Life,” which brought his family, friends, and the crowd to tears. Fradiani began his professional singing career with the band Beach Avenue, with whom he appeared on America’s Got Talent’s ninth season.

Following his Idol victory, the Connecticut native signed with the Big Machine Label Group and released Hurricane in 2016, followed by the EP Where We Left Off the following year as an indie artist. He travelled with the rock group ‘The Alternate Routes’ in 2017 and showcased Lorenzo Anello in a Bronx Tale on a national tour.

American Idol Winner Season 13 Winner: Caleb Johnson

Caleb Johnson, a rocker, beat over fellow contestant Jena Irene in a fierce competition that included a night of exciting performances — including Johnson rocking out with KISS! — and Johnson has crowned the winner in 2014.

That same year, Elijah Hooker, vocalist, released his solo album, Testify, and joined a new band, Caleb Johnson and the Ramblin’ Saints. Born From Southern Ground, their first self-published album was released in 2019.

American Idol Winner Season 12: Candice Glover

Candice Glover, then 23, won the show’s 1st place in 2013, beating off runner-up Kree Harrison after auditioning thrice for the show. Glover was the very first woman to win American Idol after Jordin Sparks in 2007.

The singer tried unsuccessfully to present a thank you speech while crying but regained her poise in time to belt out her new song, “I Am Beautiful,” as the night came to a close. Music Speaks, her debut album, was released in 2014 by the South Carolina native. She has released two singles, but as of early 2020, she has not made another full-length album.

American Idol Winner Season 11: Phillip Phillips

Phillip Phillips, then 21, won season 11 of American Idol in 2012, defeating Jessica Sanchez. After that, the Georgia native released his first album, The World from This Side of the Moon, which has gone multi-platinum, as well as his first single, the mega-hit “Home,” received major success.

He subsequently went on tour with John Mayer and published his second album, Behind the Light, in 2014, despite health concerns. He subsequently released his third album, Collateral, in 2018, despite public feuds with his record label. Phillips also dabbled in acting, appearing in a 2018 episode of Hawaii Five-0 as a diamond smuggler. In 2015, he married Hannah Blackwell, and the couple welcomed their son Patch in 2019.

American Idol Winner Season 10: Scotty McCreery

The competition among contenders Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery for the title of American Idol season 10 winner was fierce, but McCreery emerged victorious in 2011. Later that year, at the age of 17, the North Carolina native released his debut studio album, Clear as Day, which was quickly certified platinum. The next year, he opened for country stars Brad Paisley and The Band Perry, as well as released a holiday album, Scotty McCreery’s Christmas.

Since then, he’s recorded two additional albums, See You Tonight in 2013 and Season Change in 2018, as well as his first nationwide No. 1 single, “Five More Minutes.” In 2016, he published a book titled Go Big or Go Home, which he defined as a travelogue. McCreery graduated from high school in 2012 and went on to North Carolina State University to earn a bachelor’s degree in communications. In 2018, he married his girlfriend, Gabi Dugal.

American Idol Winner Season 9: Lee DeWyze

Lee DeWyze, then 24 years old, defeated Crystal Bowersox, Michael Lynche, and Casey James to win American Idol in 2010. Later that year, the Illinois native won Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star at the Teen Choice Awards. Before Idol, he had a solo career as well as a band, the Lee DeWyze Band, which released two albums.

DeWyze released his debut album, Live It Up, in 2010 after winning the music competition. Since then, he’s released six additional studio albums, the most recent of which, Paranoia, was published in 2018. In 2012, DeWyze married actress, Jonna Walsh.

American Idol Winner Season 8: Kris Allen

Kris Allen defeated Adam Lambert in the 2009 competition, which was widely regarded as an upset. Allen’s victory piece, “No Boundaries,” and his cover of “Heartless” both charted high on the Billboard Hot 100 after his victory. Allen’s self-titled album was published later that year, and Thank You Camellia; his second major-label album was released in 2012.

His fifth and most recent studio album, Letting You In, was released in 2016, though he did put out an album called 10 a decade after his Idol wins, which comprised updated songs from his prior albums. Allen married his high school girlfriend, Katy O’Connell, a year before his reality TV participation, and the couple has since welcomed two sons and a daughter.

American Idol Winner Season 7: David Cook

David Cook, a native of Blue Springs, Missouri, won American Idol in 2008, defeating David Archuleta and Jason Castro, and became the show’s seventh winner. Later that year, he released his self-titled album, which has already been certified platinum, and he followed it up with This Loud Morning in 2011 and Digital Vein in 2015.

Cook has led four tours and appeared on Broadway in Kinky Boots since winning American Idol. His older brother, Adam, passed away from cancer in 2009, prompting him to return to Idol that year to perform “Permanent” in memory of his sibling. Cook married Racheal Stump in Nashville in 2015.

American Idol Winner Season 6: Jordin Sparks

In 2005, Jordin Sparks, when 17 years old, became the youngest participant to win American Idol. Sparks’ self-titled debut album went platinum, and her single “No Air” was the highest-selling single by any Idol finalist until Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” beat her out. She’s won and been nominated for countless honours and nominations since then, including an American Music Award in 2008 and her first GRAMMY nomination in 2009.

She’s also dabbled with acting, making her Broadway debut in 2010 and her big-screen debut in 2012’s Sparkle opposite Whitney Houston, as well as launching a line of perfumes. She returned to recording after a five-year break, releasing a mixtape in 2014 and her third studio album, Right Here Right Now, in 2015. Sparks married fitness model Dana Isaiah in 2017 after a three-year romance with Jason Derulo finished in 2014, and the couple welcomed a son in 2018.

American Idol Winner Season 5: Taylor Hicks

Taylor Hicks, at the age of 29, became the oldest performer to win American Idol 2006, beating out Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, and Kellie Pickler, all of whom went on to find success. His debut single, “Do I Make You Proud,” achieved No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold. The silver-haired heartthrob was shortly named People magazine’s Hottest Bachelor for 2006.

He has since recorded three studio albums, the most recent of which was released in 2009. He was the very first Idol champion to have a long-term tenure in Las Vegas, which began in 2012. He starred in Grease on Broadway in 2008 and on the national tour the following year. Hicks, at 43, began hosting INSP’s Slate Plate in 2016, and his most recent single, “Six Strings and Diamond Rings,” was released in 2017.

American Idol Winner Season 4: Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood, a 21-year-old country singer, triumphed over runner-up Bo Bice to win Season 4 in 2005. Underwood, now 37, is a multi-platinum music artist who has sold more than 70 million albums worldwide. She is a Golden Globe Award candidate, a three-time ACM and CMA winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She has won three GRAMMY Awards, as well as multiple Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards.

Underwood was admitted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. Underwood has six studio albums to her credit, the most recent of which was Cry Pretty in 2018. Aside from music, the Oklahoma native founded CALIA by Carrie in 2015 and published Find Your Path, a New York Times best-seller fitness, and lifestyle book, in 2020. In 2010, Underwood married Mike Fisher, an NHL player, and the couple has two boys, Isaac and Jacob.

American Idol Winner Season 3: Fantasia Barrino

At the early age of 19, R&B singer Fantasia Barrino won the coveted championship, defeating Diana DeGarmo, Jasmine Trias, and Jennifer Hudson. Her memoir, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, was published in 2005 and became a New York Times best-seller. Barrino’s debut album, Free Yourself, received four GRAMMY nominations, and she won her first GRAMMY Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Bittersweet” in 2011.

She made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple, went on to play Mahalia Jackson in the film Mahalia!, and returned to Broadway in 2013 in After Midnight. Her induction into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame took place in 2014. In 2011, she gave birth to her second child, thought to be the result of a relationship with fellow Idol competitor Antwaun Cook, and in 2015, she married businessman Kendall Taylor.

American Idol Winner Season 2: Ruben Studdard

Ruben Studdard won American Idol in 2003, narrowly defeating Clay Aiken to win the prestigious title. Later that year, the Birmingham, Alabama, native was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for “Superstar” for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

He’s since released seven additional studio albums, including his platinum-selling debut, Soulful, and his Luther Vandross cover album, Ruben Sings Luther, published in 2018. Studdard, who is now a gospel singer, made his Broadway debut in 2018.

American Idol Winner Season 1: Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson, who hails from Fort Worth, Texas, is the first and probably, the most successful artist to win the American Idol competition. In September 2002, the 20-year-old beat out runner-up Justin Guarini for the top prize. Clarkson’s coronation song, “A Moment Like This,” went on to beat The Beatles’ record for the largest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, which had stood for decades.

She has since achieved multi-platinum status on three albums and has received numerous prizes, including GRAMMYs, Billboard Music Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards. Since then, Clarkson has recorded eight studio albums, served as a coach on The Voice, and hosted The Kelly Clarkson Show, her daytime talk show. She is also the mother of two children, River and Remington, who she shares with her husband, Brandon Blackstock.

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American Idol is still going strong, finding the best voices from across the country and giving them a shot on the national stage.

From season one winner Kelly Clarkson to country queen Carrie Underwood to newest winner Just Sam, click through the gallery to look back at all of the singers who have triumphed over their competition to be crowned the ultimate American Idol.

List of American Idol Winners Year wise

Winner Name	Years	Season
Kelly Clarkson	2002	1
Ruben Studdard	2003	2
Fantasia Barrino	2004	3
Carrie Underwood	2005	4
Taylor Hicks	2006	5
Jordin Sparks	2007	6
David Cook	2008	7
Kris Allen	2009	8
Lee DeWyze	2010	9
Scotty McCreery	2011	10
Phillip Phillips	2012	11
Candice Glover	2013	12
Caleb Johnson	2014	13
Nick Fradiani	2015	14
Trent Harmon	2016	15
Maddie Poppe	2018	16
Laine Hardy	2019	17
Just Sam	2020	18
Chayce Beckham	2021	19
Noah Thompson	2022	20
I am Tongi	2023	21

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