American Idol/Characters

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Due to the show having many contestants, this page is made to avoid overdosing the main page.

The AI Crew

Ryan Seacrest (Season 1-present)

Randy Jackson (Season 1-present)

Simon Cowell (Season 1-9)

Paula Abdul (Season 1-8)

Brian Dunkleman (Season 1)

Kara DioGuardi (Season 8-9)

Ellen DeGeneres (Season 9)

Jennifer Lopez (Season 10-present)

Steven Tyler (Season 10-present)

Jimmy Iovine (Season 10-present)



Season 1

Kelly Clarkson

Justin Guarini

Nikki McKibbin

Tamyra Gray

RJ Helton

Christina Christian

Ryan Starr

AJ Gil

Jim Verraros

EJay Day


Season 2

Ruben Studdard

Clay Aiken

Kimberly Locke

Josh Gracin

Trenyce

Carmen Rasmusen

Kimberly Caldwell

Rickey Smith

Julia DeMato

Corey Clark

Charles Grigsby

Vanessa Olivarez

Season 3

Fantasia Barrino

Diana DeGarmo

Jasmine Trias

LaToya London

George Huff

John Stevens

Jennifer Hudson

Jon Peter Lewis

Camile Velasco

Amy Adams

Matthew Rogers

Leah LaBelle


Season 4

Carrie Underwood

Bo Bice

Vonzell Solomon

Anthony Fedorov

Scott Savol

Constantine Maroulis

Anwar Robinson

Nadia Turner

Nikko Smith

Jessica Sierra

Mikalah Gordon

Lindsey Cardinale

Season 5

Taylor Hicks

Katherine McPhee

Elliot Yamin

Chris Daughtry

Paris Ana'is Bennett

Kellie Dawn Pickler

Brett Asa "Ace" Young

William Joel "Bucky" Covington

Mandisa

Lisa Gabrielle Tucker

Kevin Patrick Covais

Melissa Christine McGhee

Season 6

Jordin Sparks

Blake Lewis

Melinda Doolittle

LaKisha Ann Jones

Chris Richardson

Phil Stacey

Sanjaya Malakar

Haley Scarnato

  • Ms. Fanservice: Is considered by many to have gotten as far as she did thanks to this trope.

Gina Glocksen

Chris Sligh

Stephanie Edwards

Brandon Rogers

Season 7

David Cook

David Archuleta

Syesha Mercado

Jason Castro

Brooke White


Carly Smithson

Kristy Lee Cook

Michael Johns

Ramiele Malubay

Chikezie

Amanda Overmyer

David Hernandez


Season 8

Kris Allen

Adam Lambert

Danny Gokey

Allison Iraheta

Matt Giraud

Anoop Desai

Lil Rounds

Scott MacIntyre

Megan Joy

Michael Sarver

Alexis Grace

Jorge Núñez

Jasmine Murray

Season 9

Lee DeWyze

  • Butt Monkey: If a contestant from any season is compared to Lee, ten to one is that it isn't in a positive way.

Crystal Bowersox

Casey James

Michael Lynche

Aaron Kelly

Siobhan Magnus

Tim Urban

Katie Stevens

Andrew Garcia

Didi Benami

Paige Miles

Lacey Brown

Season 10

Scotty McCreery

Lauren Alaina

Haley Reinhart

James Durbin

Jacob Lusk

Casey Abrams

Stefano Langone

Paul McDonald

Pia Toscano

Naima Adedapo

Thia Megia

Karen Rodriguez

Ashthon Jones

Season 11

Philip Phillips

Jessica Sanchez

Joshua Ledet

Hollie Cavanagh

Skylar Laine

Elise Testone

Colton Dixon

DeAndre Brackensick

Heejun Han

Erika Van Pelt

Shannon Magrane

Jermaine Jones

Jeremy Rosado