American Idol

*American Idol*
American Idol
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Directed by	Andrew Scheer (2002); Bruce Gowers (2003–06, 2008); Gregg Gelfand (2007, 2011-12); Ken Warwick (2007, 2011-12); Bill DeRonde (2009, 2014–15); John Pritchett (2006–2008, 2010); Gregg Gelfand (2010, 2013); Louis J. Horvitz (2014); Phil Heyes (2015–16, 2018-); Ben Thursby (2018)
Presented by	Ryan Seacrest; Brian Dunkleman (2002)
Starring	Simon Cowell (2002-2010); Paula Abdul (2002–2009); Randy Jackson (2002-2013); Kara DioGuardi (2009–2010); Ellen DeGeneres (2010); Jennifer Lopez (2011-12, 2014-16); Steven Tyler (2011-12); Mariah Carey (2013); Nicki Minaj (2013); Keith Urban (2013-16); Harry Connick, Jr. (2014-16); Katy Perry (2018-2024); Luke Bryan (2018-); Lionel Richie (2018-);
Country of origin	United States
No. of series	22
No. of episodes	699
Production
Executive producers	Simon Fuller (2002–) ; Cecile Frot-Coutaz (2002–) ; Simon Jones (2002–03) ; Nigel Lythgoe (2002-08, 2011-13, 2016) ; Ken Warwick (2002-13) ; Brian Gadinsky (2002) ; Charles Boyd (2009-16) ; Trish Kinane (2013–) ; Jesse Ignjatovic (2014) ; Evan Prager (2014) ; Per Blankens (2015) ; David Hill (2015-16) ; Megan Wolflick (2015–) ; Jessica Castro (2016) ; Jenniffer Mullin (2018–) ; Phil McIntyre (2018–) ;
Running time	22-104 minutes
Original release
Network	Fox (2002-16); ABC (2018-);
Release	June 11, 2002 –; present

American Idol is an American reality-singing competition series created by Simon Fuller, produced by 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002 to April 7, 2016, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. On March 11, 2018, the 16th season aired on ABC.^[1]

Eventually the American people are allowed to vote by calling or texting, and the person with the fewest votes is off the show.

The TV show consists of multiple rounds of elimination. The singers can be anyone between the age of 15 and 29 years.

Host and judges

American Idol often has three or four judges, who give comments on performances.

The three judges are:

*American Idol* judges
Year	Judges
2002	Randy Jackson	Paula Abdul	Simon Cowell	N/A
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009				Kara DioGuardi
2010		Ellen DeGeneres		Kara DioGuardi
2011		Jennifer Lopez	Steven Tyler	N/A
2012		Jennifer Lopez	Steven Tyler	N/A
2013		Nicki Minaj	Keith Urban	Mariah Carey
2014		Jennifer Lopez		N/A
2015	Harry Connick
2016	Harry Connick
2018	Luke Bryan	Katy Perry	Lionel Richie
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024