List of American Idol episodes

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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.

Contents

As of May 19,2024, 699 episodes of American Idol have aired.

Series overview

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

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating/share
(18–49)
11"Auditions"June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)1001N/ATBA
22"Hollywood Week"June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)1002N/ATBA
33"Top 30: Group 1"June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)1003N/ATBA
44"Top 30: Group 1 results"June 19, 2002 (2002-06-19)1004N/ATBA
55"Top 30: Group 2"June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)1005N/ATBA
66"Top 30: Group 2 results"June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)1006N/ATBA
77"Top 30: Group 3"July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)1007N/ATBA
88"Top 30: Group 3 results"July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03)1008N/ATBA
99"Wildcard Show"July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10)1009N/ATBA
1010"Top 10 Perform"July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)1010N/ATBA
1111"Top 10 Results"July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)1011N/ATBA
1212"Top 8 Finalists"July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)1012N/ATBA
1313"Top 8 Results"July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)1013N/ATBA
1414"Top 7 Finalists"July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)1014N/ATBA
1515"Top 7 Results"July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)1015N/ATBA
1616"Top 6 Finalists"August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)1016N/ATBA
1717"Top 6 Results"August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07)1017N/ATBA
1818"Top 5 Finalists"August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)1018N/ATBA
1919"Top 5 Results"August 14, 2002 (2002-08-14)1019N/ATBA
2020"Top 4 Finalists"August 20, 2002 (2002-08-20)1020N/ATBA
2121"Top 4 Results"August 21, 2002 (2002-08-21)1021N/ATBA
2222"Top 3 Finalists"August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)1022N/ATBA
2323"Top 3 Results"August 28, 2002 (2002-08-28)1023N/ATBA
2424"Top 2 Finalists"September 3, 2002 (2002-09-03)1024N/ATBA
2525"American Idol Season 1 Finale"September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)1025N/ATBA

Season 2 (2003)

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  • 1 2 3 4 5 American Idol season 6#U.S. Nielsen ratings
  • ↑ Billboard (2015-12-05). "'American Idol' Finale Ratings: See the Up-Down Journey Over 13 Seasons". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  • 1 2 3 American Idol season 5#U.S. Nielsen ratings
  • ↑ American Idol season 4#U.S. Nielsen ratings
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