List of American Idol winners​ over the years

Simon Fuller created the American singing competition television show American Idol, which is distributed by Fremantle North America and produced by 19 Entertainment and Fremantle North America. It ran for 15 seasons on Fox between June 11, 2002, and April 7, 2016. The series was put on hold for two years until its relaunch on ABC on March 11, 2018.

The show aims to find recording stars from unsigned singing talents, and American fans vote for the winner via SMS text, Internet platforms, and phones. It began as an addition to the Idol format, which was named after British television's Pop Idol.

List of American Idol winners over the years

Here is the list of all the winners from American Idol since the show’s debut in 2002:

When is season 23 of American Idol coming out?

The American Idol season 23 will premiere on March 2, 2025 on ABC. The judges for this season will be:

1. Luke Bryan

2. Lionel Richie

3. Carrie Underwood

4. Kris Pooley

How successful is American Idol?

American Idol is one of the most successful reality competition series since its 2002 debut. It became a well-known launching pad for many musicians' careers as legitimate stars. In its first ten years, according to Billboard, "Idol has spawned 345 Billboard chart-toppers and a platoon of pop idols, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert, and Jordin Sparks while remaining a TV ratings juggernaut."

Its performance presentation or result show was the top-rated television program in the United States for a record eight years in a row, from the 2003–04 season to the 2010–11 season.