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The seventeenth season of American Idol premiered on March 3, 2019,[1] on the ABC television network. It was the show's second season to air on ABC. Ryan Seacrest continued as host, while Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges. Bobby Bones returned as the in-house mentor, and acted as a guest host for the episode on April 8, 2019.
Laine Hardy won the season on May 19, 2019, while Alejandro Aranda was the runner-up, and Madison VanDenburg finished in third place.
American Idol announced in June 2018 that the Idol bus would visit 20 cities, beginning with Orlando, Florida, and San Diego, California, on August 25. Auditions could also be submitted on the official website or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or TikTok.[2] During the 2018 CMA Awards, three contestants who didn't enter the competition and didn't initially audition were given the chance to enter the competition. The contestants were Cameron Lenz, Natalie Spiroff, and Meghan Woods. The winner of that vote was revealed to be Meghan Woods on Good Morning America on November 16, 2018.[3] However, she was not shown in any episode.
| Filming date(s) | Filming venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2018 | Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum | ||
| October 14–15, 2018 | Coeur d'Alene Resort[4] | ||
| October 22–24, 2018 | Muhammad Ali Center | ||
| October 29–30, 2018 | Madison Square Garden[5] | ||
| November 8–10, 2018 | Hollywood and Highland Center |
Hollywood week aired over two episodes on March 24 and 25 at the Orpheum Theatre. It featured three rounds: lines of ten, a group round, and a solo round. In the first round, each contestant sang individually, and after ten had sung, they gathered in a line. Those who impressed the judges and the producers were advanced to the next round, where the contestants performed together in groups of four or five. The contestants who passed the group rounds performed their final solos before advancing to the Showcase round.
The Showcase round aired on March 31, and featured the top 40 performing for the judges and a live audience at Disney's Aulani resort in Kapolei, Hawaii. The following day, the judges narrowed the number of contestants down from 40 to 20. The following is a list of the contestants who reached the top 20 and the song they performed at the Showcase. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Song[6] | ||
| Alyssa Raghu | "Dear Future Husband" | |
|---|---|---|
| Madison VanDenburg | "Who's Lovin' You" | |
| Logan Johnson | "Sorry" | |
| Dimitrius Graham | "Latch" | |
| Ashley Hess | "Gone Away" | |
| Laci Kaye Booth | "Georgia on My Mind" | |
| Walker Burroughs | "Youngblood" | |
| Ryan Hammond | "A Song for You" | |
| Kate Barnette | "Royals" | |
| Evelyn Cormier | "No Roots" | |
| Uché | "Play That Funky Music" | |
| Alejandro Aranda | "Yellow" | |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Landslide" | |
| Riley Thompson | "Mama's Broken Heart" | |
| Shawn Robinson | "Rock with You" | |
| Raquel Trinidad | "Rich Girl" | |
| Bumbly | "Baby" | |
| Wade Cota | "Work Song" | |
| Eddie Island | "Don't You Worry Child" | |
| Laine Hardy | "Come Together" |
The Top 20 performed at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Each contestant performed one solo, and contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Song[7] | ||
| Madison VanDenburg | "Domino" | |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn Robinson | "Jealous" | |
| Laine Hardy | "Bring It On Home to Me" | |
| Uché | "Figures" | |
| Eddie Island | "Ho Hey" | |
| Evelyn Cormier | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" | |
| Alyssa Raghu | "Ain't It Fun" | |
| Ryan Hammond | "You Say" | |
| Raquel Trinidad | "Lovefool" | |
| Logan Johnson | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | |
| Dimitrius Graham | "Hello" | |
| Riley Thompson | "Jolene" | |
| Walker Burroughs | "How Deep Is Your Love" | |
| Bumbly | "Vision of Love" | |
| Ashley Hess | "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" | |
| Alejandro Aranda | "I Fall Apart" | |
| Kate Barnette | "Sunday Morning" | |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Make You Feel My Love" | |
| Laci Kaye Booth | "I Want You to Want Me" | |
| Wade Cota | "All I Want" |
The top 20 contestants were split into two groups of ten and each contestant performed one duet with a celebrity singer. The first group aired on April 7, and the second group on April 8. The judges then eliminated three contestants from each group, and the rest advanced to the top 14.
The artists who performed duets with the top 20 were Pat Benatar, Cynthia Erivo, Neil Giraldo, Lukas Graham, Ben Harper, Chris Isaak, Elle King, Lovelytheband, Julia Michaels, Jason Mraz, Shaggy, and Brett Young.[8]
Bobby Bones served as a guest host for the April 8 episode, because Ryan Seacrest was out due to an illness.[9]
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The Top 14 performances aired on Sunday, April 14, followed by the live results show on Monday, April 15.[12]
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Rebel Wilson served as a guest mentor this week. Each contestant performed one song from a Disney movie.[15] Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Song[16] | Disney film | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uché | "I 2 I" | A Goofy Movie | Eliminated | |
| Laci Kaye Booth | "I See the Light" | Tangled | Safe | |
| Alejandro Aranda | "Remember Me" | Coco | Safe | |
| Alyssa Raghu | "Colors of the Wind" | Pocahontas | Safe | |
| Wade Cota | "You've Got a Friend in Me" | Toy Story | Safe | |
| Dimitrius Graham | "You'll Be in My Heart" | Tarzan | Eliminated | |
| Walker Burroughs | "When She Loved Me" | Toy Story 2 | Safe | |
| Madison VanDenburg | "How Far I'll Go" | Moana | Safe | |
| Laine Hardy | "Oo-De-Lally" | Robin Hood | Safe | |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Candle on the Water" | Pete's Dragon | Safe |
| Performers | Song | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 with Lea Michele | "Part of Your World" (from The Little Mermaid) | |
| Maddie Poppe & Caleb Lee Hutchinson | "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) |
Adam Lambert served as a guest mentor this week. Each contestant performed two songs: one song from the Queen discography and one song from a movie soundtrack performed as a duet with a fellow contestant.[17] Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Order | Song[18] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Burroughs | 1 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Eliminated |
| Madison VanDenburg | 2 | "The Show Must Go On" | Safe |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | 4 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Alejandro Aranda | 5 | "Under Pressure" | Safe |
| Laine Hardy | 8 | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | Safe |
| Laci Kaye Booth | 9 | "Love of My Life" | Safe |
| Wade Cota | 11 | "We Are the Champions" | Safe |
| Alyssa Raghu | 12 | "Somebody to Love" | Eliminated |
| Laci Kaye Booth & Laine Hardy | 3 | "Jackson" (from Walk the Line) | |
| Wade Cota &<br>Alyssa Raghu | 6 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (from Guardians of the Galaxy) | |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon & Madison VanDenburg | 7 | "A Million Dreams" (from The Greatest Showman) | |
| Alejandro Aranda & Walker Burroughs | 10 | "Mrs. Robinson" (from The Graduate) |
| Top 8 | "We Will Rock You" | |
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| Avett Maness | "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
American contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Lauren Daigle served as a guest mentor this week. Each contestant performed two songs: one song from the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and one song that inspired them. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison VanDenburg | 1 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe |
| 7 | "I Surrender" | ||
| Laine Hardy | 2 | "I Don't Need No Doctor" | Safe |
| 12 | "Johnny B. Goode" | ||
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | 3 | "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | Eliminated |
| 10 | "Somewhere" | ||
| Laci Kaye Booth | 4 | "To Love Somebody" | Saved by the judges |
| 9 | "Open Arms" | ||
| Alejandro Aranda | 5 | "White Rabbit" | Safe |
| 8 | "Poison" | ||
| Wade Cota | 6 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe |
| 11 | "Through the Valley" |
Each contestant performed three songs: one song chosen by their mentor, Bobby Bones, one song dedicated to their heroes, and one song from the Elton John discography.[19] Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Cota | 1 | "You Are the Best Thing" | Eliminated |
| 6 | "Rocket Man" | ||
| 11 | "Hard Luck Woman" | ||
| Laci Kaye Booth | 2 | "The House That Built Me" | Eliminated |
| 7 | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | ||
| 12 | "Dreams" | ||
| Alejandro Aranda | 3 | "No Woman, No Cry" | Safe |
| 8 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | ||
| 15 | "Blesser" | ||
| Laine Hardy | 4 | "Can't You See" | Safe |
| 10 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | ||
| 14 | "Hey Jude" | ||
| Madison VanDenburg | 5 | "What About Us" | Safe |
| 9 | "Your Song" | ||
| 13 | "Make You Feel My Love" |
Each contestant performed two songs before the one contestant who had the fewest votes up to that point was eliminated, thereby finishing in third place. The remaining two contestants performed one last song as voting continued. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laine Hardy | 1 | "Home" | Winner |
| 4 | "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" | ||
| 7 | "Bring It On Home to Me" | ||
| Madison VanDenburg | 2 | "Shallow" | Third place |
| 5 | "Breakaway" | ||
| Alejandro Aranda | 3 | "Millennial Love" | Runner-up |
| 6 | "Tonight" | ||
| 8 | "Out Loud" |
| Performers | Song | |
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| Top 10 with Lionel Richie | "Dancing on the Ceiling" | |
| Carrie Underwood | "Southbound" | |
| Margie Mays, & VoKillz with Montell Jordan | "This Is How We Do It" | |
| Katy Perry & Daddy Yankee | "Con Calma" | |
| Alejandro Aranda | "10 Years" | |
| Adam Lambert | "New Eyes" | |
| Dimitrius Graham with Adam Lambert | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | |
| Dan + Shay | "All to Myself" | |
| Madison VanDenburg with Dan + Shay | "Speechless" | |
| Luke Bryan | "Knockin' Boots" | |
| Laci Kaye Booth with Luke Bryan | "Every Breath You Take" | |
| Laine Hardy with Jon Pardi | "Dirt on My Boots" "Night Shift" | |
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon with Katy Perry | "Unconditionally" | |
| Wade Cota with Weezer | "Africa" | |
| Weezer | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | |
| Walker Burroughs & Wade Cota with Weezer | "Take On Me" | |
| Kane Brown | "Good as You" | |
| Alyssa Raghu with Kane Brown | "Lost in the Middle of Nowhere" | |
| Shayy with Andra Day | "Rise Up" | |
| Uché with Kool & the Gang | "Hollywood Swinging" | |
| Laci Kaye Booth, Alyssa Raghu & Madison VanDenburg with Kool & the Gang | "Ladies' Night" | |
| Top 10 with Kool & the Gang | "Celebration" | |
| Laine Hardy | "Flame" |
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| Top 20 | Top 14 | Wild Card | Top 10 | Top 8 | Top 6 | Top 5 | Finale | |||
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| 4/7 | 4/8 | 4/14 | 4/15 | 4/21 | 4/28 | 5/5 | 5/12 | 5/19 | ||
| Laine Hardy | 1 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| Alejandro Aranda | 2 | N/A | Safe | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up |
| Madison VanDenburg | 3 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Third place |
| Laci Kaye Booth | 4 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | |
| Wade Cota | N/A | Safe | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||
| Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | 6 | N/A | Safe | Safe | Immune | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Walker Burroughs | 7 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Immune | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Alyssa Raghu | N/A | Safe | Wild Card | Saved | Safe | |||||
| Dimitrius Graham | 9 | N/A | Safe | Wild Card | Saved | Eliminated | ||||
| Uché | Safe | N/A | Wild Card | Saved | ||||||
| Evelyn Cormier | N/A | Safe | Wild Card | Eliminated | ||||||
| Ashley Hess | Safe | N/A | Wild Card | |||||||
| Eddie Island | N/A | Safe | Wild Card | |||||||
| Riley Thompson | Safe | N/A | Wild Card | |||||||
| Ryan Hammond | N/A | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Logan Johnson | N/A | |||||||||
| Raquel Trinidad | N/A | |||||||||
| Kate Barnette | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Bumbly | ||||||||||
| Shawn Robinson | ||||||||||