Winners & Facts

Each Seasons American Idol Winner & Runner Up!

Season (Year)	Winner:	Runner-up:
One (2002)	Kelly Clarkson	Justin Guarini
Two (2003)	Rubben Studdard	Clay Aiken
Three (2004)	Fantasia Barrino	Diana DeGarmo
Four (2005)	Carrie Underwood	Bo Bice
Five (2006)	Taylor Hicks	Katharine McPhee
Six (2007)	Jordin Sparks	Blake Lewis
Seven (2008)	David Cook -	David Archuleta
Eight (2009)	?	?

AI Facts

American Idol Judges Paula Randy Simon
Began: June 11, 2002
Spinoff of: British Pop Idol
Creator: Simon Fuller
Executive producer(s) Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Simon Fuller, Cecile Frot-Coutaz
Location(s) Various locations - Auditions, Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood), CBS Television City (Semi-finals and finals), Kodak Theatre (Finale 1st and 3rd-6th season), Nokia Theatre (Finale, Season 7), The “Idol House” or Idol apartments (Season 7) (Contestants Rooms )
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Original Judges: Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson
New Judge: Season 8 will have a fourth judge; Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi
Airs: Tuesdays and Wendesday and sometimes Thursdays
Basis: Reality TV Singing Competition with American’s voting for their favorite by phone or text messages weekly to produce winner
Viewers: 35 Million
Seasons: 8
Most Viewed Season: 5
1st Winner: Kelly Clarkson
Oldest Winner: Tayolr Hicks (29)
Oldest Current Contestant: Not known
Youngest Winner: Jordin Sparks (16)
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi Youngest Current Contestant: Allison Iraheta (16)
TV Station: Fox
No. of episodes: 290 (As of March 5, 2009)
Cost of 30 sec.Commercial: $750,000
Large Sponsors: Coke, Ford, AT&T Mobility, formerly Cingular Wireless, Pop-Tarts, Kellogs, Old Navy, Clairol, iTunes
Idol Gives Back 2007: Raised an incredible $76 million in 2007
Idol Gives Back 2008: April 9th 2008 Raised an incredible $60 million so far
Vote Phone Number: 1-866-IDOLS-*
Vote Phone Number: 1-866-436-57*
Vote Text Number: 57*
“Idol Live” comment line phone number: (323)874-7777