Welcome to the world’s most comprehensive American Idol Winners List. We take a detailed look back at all ten of the previous winners of American Idol, as well as who their finals competition was and how the voting ended up, video highlights of each winner’s audition and finals performances, information on each winner both before and after American Idol, facts about previous and upcoming seasons, and more.

 

Below you will find the complete American Idol winners list for the first 10 seasons of the hit Fox show. You can access more detailed information on each of the previous winners including video highlights from the show, career accomplishments and albums they have released by clicking on their individual photos. In addition to the American Idol winners list we also have a list of each season’s American Idol finalists and information about the show in general.

 

So without further adieu, here are your previous winners of American Idol…

American Idol Winners List

American Idol Season 1 (2002) Winner: Kelly Clarkson

 

Born: April 24, 1982. From Burleson, Texas

Competing Finalist: Justin Guarini

Voting Results: 58% of 15.5 million votes.

Finals Songs:

A Moment Like This / Kelly Clarkson

Respect / Otis Redding

Before Your Love / Kelly Clarkson

 

American Idol Season 2 (2003) Winner: Ruben Studdard

 

Born: September 12, 1978. From Birmingham, Alabama.

Competing Finalist: Clay Aiken

Voting Results: 50.6% of 24 million votes.

Final Songs:

A House Is Not A Home / Dionne Warwick

Imagine / John Lennon

Flying Without Wings /Westlife

 

American Idol Season 3 (2004) Winner: Fantasia Barrino

 

Born: June 30, 1984. From High Point, North Carolina.

Competing Finalist: Diana DeGarmo

Voting Results: 51.2%  of 65 million votes.

Final Songs:

All My Life / K-Ci & Jo-Jo

Summertime / George Gershwin

I Believe / Tamyra Gray

 

American Idol Season 4 (2005) Winner: Carrie Underwood

 

Born: March 10, 1983. From Checotah, Oklahoma.

Competing Finalist: Bo Bice

Voting Results: 53.4% of 63 million votes.

Finals Songs:

Inside Your Heaven / Desmond Child

Independence Day / Martina McBride

Angels Brought Me Here / Guy Sebastian

 

American Idol Season 5 (2006) Winner: Taylor Hicks

 

Born: October 7, 1976. From Birmingham, AL

Competing Finalist: Katharine McPhee

Voting Results: 56% of 63.4 million votes.

Finals Songs:

Living For The City / Stevie Wonder

Levon / Elton John

Do I Make You Proud / Taylor Hicks

American Idol Season 6 (2007) Winner: Jordin Sparks

 

Born: December 22, 1989. From Glendale, Arizona.

Competing Finalist: Blake Lewis

Voting Results: 56.4% of 74 million votes.

Finals Songs:

Fighter / Christina Aguilera

A Broken Wing / Martina McBride

This Is My Now / Jordin Sparks

 

American Idol Season 7 (2008) Winner: David Cook

 

Born: December 20, 1982. From Blue Springs, Missouri.

Competing Finalist: David Archuleta

Voting Results: 56% of 97 million votes.

Finals Songs:

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / U2

Dream Big / David Cook

The World I Know / Collective Soul

 

American Idol Season 8 (2009) Winner: Kris Allen

 

Born: June 21, 1985. From Conway, Arkansas.

Competing Finalist: Adam Lambert

Voting Results: 51.7% of 100 million votes.

Finals Songs:

Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers

What’s Going On / Marvin Gaye

No Boundaries

 

American Idol Season 9 (2010) Winner: Lee DeWyze

 

Born: April 2, 1986. From Mount Prospect, Illinois.

Competing Finalist: Crystal Bowersox

Voting Results: 53.7% of 95.7 million votes.

Finals Songs:

The Boxer / Simon & Garfunkle

Everybody Hurts / R.E.M.

Beautiful Day / U2

 

American Idol Season 10 (2011) Winner: Scotty McCreery

 

Born: October 9, 1993. From Garner, North Carolina.

Competing Finalist: Lauren Alaina

Voting Results: 54% of 122.4 million votes.

Finals Songs:

Gone / Montgomery Gentry

Check Yes Or No / George Strait

I Love You This Big / Scotty McCreery

 

American Idol Winners List: Who’s Next?

 

The search for the next member of the American Idol Winners List will begin at 7 PM PST on Sunday, January 22, 2012 right after the NFC Championship game on FOX, as Season 11 of the show kicks off. The judges for the 2012 edition will be Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. Ryan Seacrest will once again be the host.

 

Auditions for American Idol hopefuls have already taken place over the summer and early fall of 2011 in cities around the country including East Rutherford, St. Louis, Portland, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Charleston, Denver and Houston. So the stage is set for Hollywood Week which will narrow the contestants down to the semi-finalist, finalists, and eventually the next member of the American Idol winners list.