American Idol (season 20)
| American Idol | |
|---|---|
| Season 20 | |
 Promotional poster | |
| Hosted by | Ryan Seacrest |
| Judges |
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| Winner | Noah Thompson |
| Runner-up | HunterGirl |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 27 – May 22, 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
The twentieth season of the reality show singing competition American Idol premiered on February 27, 2022 on the ABC television network.[1][2] It is the fifth season to air on ABC since the series' revival. Ryan Seacrest returned as host, and Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie returned as judges.[3] Bobby Bones did not return as in-house mentor.[4]
Noah Thompson from Louisa, Kentucky, won the season on May 22, 2022, while HunterGirl was the runner-up, and Leah Marlene finished in third place. Thompson was also the second consecutive male country artist to have won following Chayce Beckham the previous season. It was also the first season in the ABC era where the runner-up was a female contestant. This season also featured an all-country Top 2, the first time since season 10.
Auditions[]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the Idol Across America virtual auditions program returned from last season. The remote auditions took place from August 5 to October 28, 2021, as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these, the producers selected the contestants who can then audition in front of the judges.[5]
American Idol introduced the "platinum ticket" during the audition round in celebration of the show's twentieth season. A total of three platinum tickets were awarded and gave the recipients the opportunity to advance directly to the second round of Hollywood Week and choose their partners for that week's Duet Challenge before the remaining contestants were paired. The platinum ticket recipients were HunterGirl, Kenedi Anderson, and Jay.[6][7]
| Episodes | Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | October 4–7, 2021 | Austin, Texas | Lakeway Resort & Spa |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | October 17–20, 2021 | Los Angeles, California | 1 Hotel West Hollywood |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | November 11–15, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee | Kimpton Aertson Hotel |
Hollywood Week[]
Hollywood Week was filmed December 6–9, 2021, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The Genre and Duet Challenges from the last two seasons return. In the Genre Challenge, contestants chose groups based on a specific genre and were mentored by a former Idol alum: season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina (Country), season 2 winner Ruben Studdard (R&B), season 9 winner Lee DeWyze (Indie folk), season 10 finalist Haley Reinhart (Soul), season 7 winner David Cook (Rock), and season 6 winner Jordin Sparks (Pop). After all the contestants in their respective groups performed, the judges brought them to the stage and made their decisions. Those who advanced moved onto the Duet Challenge. After the platinum ticket holders chose their duet partners, the judges paired the remaining contestants.[8] The duets were given twelve hours to rehearse, which included a consultation with a vocal coach, a stage rehearsal, and a session for advice from one of the judges. Those who passed the Duet Challenge advanced to the Showstopper Round.
Showstopper Round[]
The Showstopper Round aired on April 4, featuring the top fifty-nine (thirty-three aired) performing for the judges and a live audience at the Orpheum Theatre. The following day, the judges narrowed the number of contestants down to twenty-four in the Final Judgment. The following is a list of the contestants who performed, the song they performed at the Showstopper, and if they advanced or not.
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Male contestant
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Contestant was chosen by the judges to move on to the Top 24
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Contestant was eliminated
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| Contestant[9] | Order | Song[10] | Age | Hometown | Audition city | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Marlene | 1 | "She's a Self Made Man" | 20 | Normal, Illinois | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Jay | 2 | "Jar of Hearts" | 23 | Salisbury, Maryland | Austin, Texas | Advanced | |
| Nicolina | 3 | "Rolling in the Deep" | 18 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Emyrson Flora | 4 | "Honey" | 16 | Cleveland, Ohio | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Ryleigh Madison | 5 | "Blue" | 16 | Whiteville, North Carolina | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated | |
| Katyrah Love | 6 | "Sweet Thing" | 23 | Baltimore, Maryland | Austin, Texas | Advanced | |
| Fritz Hager | 7 | "Inconsequential Love" (original song) | 22 | Tyler, Texas | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Jacob Moran | 8 | "Is That Alright?" | 27 | Dansville, Michigan | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Allegra Miles | 9 | "Reality" (original song) | 18 | Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Ava Maybee | 10 | "Falling" | 20 | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Cameron Whitcomb | 11 | "It Ain't Me Babe" | 18 | Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada | Austin, Texas | Advanced | |
| Yoli Mayor | 12 | "Human" | 26 | Miami, Florida | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated | |
| Douglas Mills Jr. | 13 | "Tears of Gold" | 18 | Houston, Texas | Austin, Texas | Eliminated | |
| Sam Moss | 14 | "Playing with Fire" (original song) | 25 | Winterset, Iowa | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated | |
| Betty Maxwell | 15 | "The Joke" | 27 | Warner Robins, Georgia | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated | |
| Sir Blayke | 16 | "Honesty" | 28 | Chicago, Illinois | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Elli Rowe | 17 | "Fields of Gold" | 19 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Mike Parker | 18 | "Second Guessing" | 27 | Warrenton, Virginia | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Tristen Gressett | 19 | "Come Together" | 17 | Pell City, Alabama | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Christian Guardino | 20 | "Sex on Fire" | 21 | Patchogue, New York | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Dontrell Briggs | 21 | "Hello" | 26 | Maxton, North Carolina | Austin, Texas | Eliminated | |
| Noah Thompson | 22 | "Stay" | 19 | Louisa, Kentucky | Austin, Texas | Advanced | |
| Cadence Baker | 23 | "The Story" | 18 | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Kelsie Dolin | 24 | "Before You Go" | 18 | Boone County, West Virginia | Austin, Texas | Eliminated | |
| HunterGirl | 25 | "Girl Goin' Nowhere" | 23 | Winchester, Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Danielle Finn | 26 | "Evergreen" | 17 | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Sage | 27 | "I Hate This" | 20 | Burbank, California | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Jordan Chase | 28 | "Cold" | 21 | Pensacola, Florida | Austin, Texas | Eliminated | |
| Kenedi Anderson | 29 | "Talking to the Moon" | 17 | Crozet, Virginia | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Scarlet | 30 | "You Oughta Know" | 18 | Hartford, Connecticut | Nashville, Tennessee | Advanced | |
| Lady K | 31 | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | 25 | Tuskegee, Alabama | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Dan Marshall | 32 | "Hard Workin' Man" | 24 | Chesapeake, Virginia | Los Angeles, California | Advanced | |
| Dakota Hayden | 33 | "Pretty Heart" | 17 | Fordsville, Kentucky | Nashville, Tennessee | Eliminated | |
Top 24[]
The Top 24 contestants were split into two groups of twelve and performed at Aulani resort in Kapolei, Hawaii. Pre-recorded performances of the first group aired on April 10 and the second group on April 11. Jimmie Allen served as a guest mentor for the first group and Bebe Rexha for the second group.
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Contestant was saved by America's vote
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Contestant withdrew from the competition before the results show
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Contestant was eliminated
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| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
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| Jay | 1 | "I Want You Back" | Safe |
| Elli Rowe | 2 | "Everywhere" | Safe |
| Tristen Gressett | 3 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe |
| Scarlet | 4 | "Levitating" | Eliminated |
| Sage | 5 | "Jolene" | Safe |
| Danielle Finn | 6 | "Your Song" | Eliminated |
| Mike Parker | 7 | "Best Shot" | Safe |
| Emyrson Flora | 8 | "Angels like You" | Safe |
| Dan Marshall | 9 | "Heaven" | Safe |
| Jacob Moran | 10 | "In My Blood" | Safe |
| HunterGirl | 11 | "Banjo" | Safe |
| Nicolina | 12 | "Elastic Heart" | Safe |
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadence Baker | 1 | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Safe |
| Sir Blayke | 2 | "Breakeven" | Eliminated |
| Allegra Miles | 3 | "Adore You" | Safe |
| Kenedi Anderson | 4 | "Human" | Withdrew[a] |
| Lady K | 5 | "Before He Cheats" | Safe |
| Ava Maybee | 6 | "Tell Me Something Good" | Safe |
| Noah Thompson | 7 | "Blue Side of the Mountain" | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 8 | "Call Me" | Safe |
| Cameron Whitcomb | 9 | "Bad Moon Rising" | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 10 | "Leave the Door Open" | Safe |
| Katyrah Love | 11 | "Blame It on the Boogie" | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 12 | "Waves" | Safe |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | Jimmie Allen | "Down Home" |
Top 20 (April 17 and 18)[]
The Top 20 performances were taped on April 12, 2022, and aired on Sunday, April 17, followed by the live results on Monday, April 18.
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Contestant received the top 10 highest number of votes and directly advanced to the Top 14
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Contestant was not chosen by the public and was left to perform again for the judges
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Contestant was chosen by the judges to advance to the Top 14
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Contestant was eliminated
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| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emyrson Flora | 1 | "Tell Me You Love Me" | Safe |
| Mike Parker | 2 | "Chasing After You" | Not Chosen |
| Tristen Gressett | 3 | "Sacrifice" | Not Chosen |
| Sage | 4 | "Rhiannon" | Not Chosen |
| Jay | 5 | "You Know I'm No Good" | Not Chosen |
| Nicolina | 6 | "Edge of Seventeen" | Safe |
| Jacob Moran | 7 | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | Not Chosen |
| HunterGirl | 8 | "Heartbreak Down" (original song) | Safe |
| Elli Rowe | 9 | "Somewhere Only We Know" | Not Chosen |
| Dan Marshall | 10 | "Friends in Low Places" | Safe |
| Ava Maybee | 11 | "Anyone" | Safe |
| Allegra Miles | 12 | "Free Fallin'" | Not Chosen |
| Noah Thompson | 13 | "Falling" | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 14 | "Heal" | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 15 | "Imagine" | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 16 | "when the party's over" | Safe |
| Katyrah Love | 17 | "Dream" | Not Chosen |
| Cameron Whitcomb | 18 | "Changes" | Not Chosen |
| Cadence Baker | 19 | "Train Wreck" | Not Chosen |
| Lady K | 20 | "Love on the Brain" | Safe |
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ava Maybee | 1 | "Cuz I Love You" | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 2 | "Creep" | Safe |
| Cameron Whitcomb | 3 | "If It Hadn't Been for Love" | Eliminated |
| Allegra Miles | 4 | "Tainted" (original song) | Judges' Save |
| Lady K | 5 | "Bust Your Windows" | Safe |
| HunterGirl | 6 | "Vice" | Safe |
| Katyrah Love | 7 | "Through the Fire" | Eliminated |
| Cadence Baker | 8 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Eliminated |
| Dan Marshall | 9 | "Stuck on You" | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 10 | "Wisher to the Well" (original song) | Safe |
| Nicolina | 11 | "She Used to Be Mine" | Safe |
| Sage | 12 | "Brown Eyed Lover" | Eliminated |
| Jay | 13 | "Believer" | Judges' Save |
| Noah Thompson | 14 | "Cover Me Up" | Safe |
| Jacob Moran | 15 | "Rise" | Eliminated |
| Elli Rowe | 16 | "All I Want" | Eliminated |
| Emyrson Flora | 17 | "Love in the Dark" | Safe |
| Mike Parker | 18 | "Bed on Fire" | Judges' Save |
| Fritz Hager | 19 | "Golden" | Safe |
| Tristen Gressett | 20 | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | Judges' Save |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | Chayce Beckham | "Doin' It Right" |
| 12.2 | Alejandro Aranda | "The Darkness" |
| 12.3 | Phillip Phillips | "Love Like That" |
Live shows[]
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Contestant was saved by America's vote
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Contestant was chosen by the judges to advance to the Top 10
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Contestant was eliminated
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Week 1: Top 14 – Breakout Hits / Top 11 – Judge's Song Contest (April 24 and 25)[]
The Top 14 performed breakout hits on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Gabby Barrett served as a guest mentor. The judges picked songs for each of the Top 11 to perform, without knowing who chose it until after performing. Katy and Luke tied with the most songs selected and saved one contestant from elimination.
| Contestant | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay | 1 | "Just the Way You Are" | Safe |
| HunterGirl | 2 | "Baby Girl" | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 3 | "Take Me to Church" | Safe |
| Dan Marshall | 4 | "She's Got It All" | Eliminated |
| Leah Marlene | 5 | "Happy Together" | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 6 | "Let It Go" | Safe |
| Tristen Gressett | 7 | "Whataya Want from Me" | Safe |
| Lady K | 8 | "I Believe" | Safe |
| Allegra Miles | 9 | "Ocean Eyes" | Eliminated |
| Ava Maybee | 10 | "Sign of the Times" | Eliminated |
| Mike Parker | 11 | "Hurricane" | Safe |
| Emyrson Flora | 12 | "drivers license" | Safe |
| Noah Thompson | 13 | "Stand by Me" | Safe |
| Nicolina | 14 | "Hallelujah" | Safe |
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judge | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolina | 1 | "Since U Been Gone" | Lionel Richie | Safe |
| Mike Parker | 2 | "Chasin' You" | Luke Bryan | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 3 | "Wonderwall" | Luke Bryan | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 4 | "I'm Not the Only One" | Katy Perry | Safe |
| Noah Thompson | 5 | "Heartbreak Warfare" | Luke Bryan | Safe |
| Lady K | 6 | "traitor" | Lionel Richie | Judges' Save |
| HunterGirl | 7 | "9 to 5" | Luke Bryan | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 8 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Katy Perry | Safe |
| Tristen Gressett | 9 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | Lionel Richie | Eliminated |
| Emyrson Flora | 10 | "lovely" | Katy Perry | Safe |
| Jay | 11 | "Lilac Wine" | Katy Perry | Safe |
Week 2: Top 10 – Disney Night (May 1)[]
The Top 10 performed Disney songs. Derek Hough served as a guest mentor.
| Contestant | Order | Song | Featured Film | Result |
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| Lady K | 1 | "How Far I'll Go" | Moana | Eliminated |
| Noah Thompson | 2 | "You've Got a Friend in Me" | Toy Story | Safe |
| Emyrson Flora | 3 | "Carried Me with You" | Onward | Eliminated |
| HunterGirl | 4 | "I See the Light" | Tangled | Safe |
| Jay | 5 | "Remember Me" | Coco | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 6 | "When She Loved Me" | Toy Story 2 | Safe |
| Nicolina | 7 | "Poor Unfortunate Souls" | The Little Mermaid | Safe |
| Mike Parker | 8 | "You'll Be in My Heart" | Tarzan | Eliminated |
| Christian Guardino | 9 | "Circle of Life" | The Lion King | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 10 | "Go the Distance" | Hercules | Safe |
| Order | Performers | Song | Featured Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.1 | Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz and the Top 10 | "We Don't Talk About Bruno" | Encanto |
Week 3: Top 7 – TikTok/Mother's Day Dedication (May 8)[]
The Top 7 performed songs that either they've posted or went viral on TikTok and songs dedicated to their mothers or grandmothers. will.i.am served as a guest mentor.
| Contestant | Order | TikTok Song | Order | Mother's Day Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Marlene | 1 | "Electric Love" | 10 | "Sanctuary" | Safe |
| Jay | 2 | "I Have Nothing" | 8 | "A Song for Mama" | Eliminated |
| Fritz Hager[b] | 3 | "All My Friends" (original song) | 9 | "The Ocean" (original song) | Safe |
| Christian Guardino | 4 | "Lonely" | 14 | "Dear God" | Eliminated |
| HunterGirl | 5 | "you broke me first" | 11 | "Like My Mother Does" | Safe |
| Noah Thompson[c] | 6 | "Painted Blue" | 12 | "Landslide" | Safe |
| Nicolina | 7 | "Alone" | 13 | "Light in the Hallway" | Safe |
Week 4: Top 5 – Carrie Underwood/Contestant's Choice (May 15)[]
The Top 5 performed Carrie Underwood songs and a song of their choice. Underwood served as a guest mentor.
| Contestant | Order | Carrie Underwood Song | Order | Contestant's Choice | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HunterGirl | 1 | "Undo It" | 7 | "Girl Crush" | Safe |
| Leah Marlene | 2 | "I'll Stand by You" | 6 | "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" | Safe |
| Fritz Hager | 3 | "I Wanna Remember" | 8 | "Youngblood" | Eliminated |
| Noah Thompson | 4 | "So Small" | 10 | "Working Man" | Safe |
| Nicolina | 5 | "Blown Away" | 9 | "All I Ask" | Eliminated |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 19.1 | FINNEAS | "Naked" |
Week 5: Finale – Bruce Springsteen/Artist Singles/Reprise Songs (May 22)[]
The Top 3 performed songs by Bruce Springsteen, their winner's singles and a reprise of their favorite performance of the season.
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Contestant won the season
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Contestant finished as the runner-up
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Contestant finished in 3rd place
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| Contestant | Order | Bruce Springsteen Song | Order | Winner's Song | Order | Reprise Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Marlene | 1 | "Cover Me" | 4 | "Flowers" (original song) | N/A (already eliminated) | 3rd Place | |
| HunterGirl | 2 | "Dancing in the Dark" | 6 | "Red Bird" (original song) | 8 | "Riot" | Runner-up |
| Noah Thompson | 3 | "I'm on Fire" | 5 | "One Day Tonight" (original song) | 7 | "Stay" | Winner |
| Order | Performer(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 20.1 | Flo Rida and the Top 10 | "Good Feeling" |
| 20.2 | Earth, Wind & Fire and Jay | "Shining Star", "Let's Groove" & "September" |
| 20.3 | Deana Carter and Mike Parker | "Strawberry Wine" |
| 20.4 | Ben Platt and Lady K | "Take Me to the Pilot" |
| 20.5 | Gabby Barrett, Cade Foehner and Emyrson Flora | "Pick Me Up" & "The Good Ones" |
| 20.6 | Tai Verdes and the Top 10 | "A-O-K" |
| 20.7 | Sara Bareilles and Nicolina | "She Used to Be Mine" |
| 20.8 | Katy Perry and Thomas Rhett | "Where We Started" |
| 20.9 | James Arthur and Fritz Hager | "Can I Be Him" |
| 20.10 | Michael Bublé and Christian Guardino | "Smile" |
| 20.11 | Melissa Etheridge and Noah Thompson | "I'm the Only One" |
| 20.12 | Lionel Richie and the Top 10 | "You Are" |
| 20.13 | Ben Platt, Sara Bareilles and Jay, Emyrson, Nicolina and Leah | "Grow as We Go" |
| 20.14 | Katy Perry and Leah Marlene | "Firework" |
| 20.15 | Luke Bryan and HunterGirl | "I Told You So" |
| 20.16 | Noah Thompson | "One Day Tonight" (original song) |
Elimination Chart[]
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Female contestant
Male contestant
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Did not perform
Saved by the public
Saved by the judges
Eliminated
Withdrew
| Place | Contestant | Top 24 | Top 20 | Top 14 | Top 11 | Top 10 | Top 7 | Top 5 | Finale | ||
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| 4/10 | 4/11 | 4/17 | 4/24 | 4/25 | 5/1 | 5/8 | 5/15 | 5/22 | |||
| 1 | Noah Thompson | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| 2 | HunterGirl | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
| 3 | Leah Marlene | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd Place | |
| 4–5 | Nicolina | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Fritz Hager | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||
| 6–7 | Jay | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Christian Guardino | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||
| 8–10 | Emyrson Flora | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||
| Lady K | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||||
| Mike Parker | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||||
| 11 | Tristen Gressett | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||
| 12–14 | Dan Marshall | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Ava Maybee | N/A | Safe | Safe | ||||||||
| Allegra Miles | Safe | Safe | |||||||||
| 15–20 | Sage | Safe | N/A | Eliminated | |||||||
| Cadence Baker | N/A | Safe | |||||||||
| Katyrah Love | Safe | ||||||||||
| Jacob Moran | Safe | N/A | |||||||||
| Elli Rowe | Safe | ||||||||||
| Cameron Whitcomb | N/A | Safe | |||||||||
| 21–23 | Sir Blayke | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Scarlet | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Danielle Finn | |||||||||||
| 24 | Kenedi Anderson | N/A | Withdrew[a] | ||||||||
Ratings[]
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Auditions, Part 1" | February 27, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.9/7 | 6.30[11] | 0.2 | 1.17 | 1.1 | 7.47[12][d] |
| 2 | "Auditions, Part 2" | March 6, 2022 | 1.1/8 | 6.57[13] | 0.3 | 1.55 | 1.4 | 8.12[14] | |
| 3 | "Auditions, Part 3" | March 13, 2022 | 1.0/7 | 6.64[15] | 0.3 | 1.42 | 1.2 | 8.05[16] | |
| 4 | "Auditions, Part 4" | March 20, 2022 | 0.7/5 | 5.40[17] | 0.3 | 1.47 | 1.0 | 6.87[18] | |
| 5 | "Auditions, Part 5" | March 21, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.29[19] | 0.3 | 1.46 | 1.0 | 6.75[20] |
| 6 | "Auditions, Part 5A" | March 28, 2022 | Monday 12:18 a.m. | 0.6/10 | 2.95[21] | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge" | March 28, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.66[22] | 0.3 | 1.47 | 1.0 | 7.13[23] |
| 8 | "Hollywood Duets Challenge" | April 3, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/5 | 4.89[24] | 0.2 | 1.50 | 0.9 | 6.31[25] |
| 9 | "Showstopper/Final Judgment" | April 4, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.6/5 | 5.58[26] | 0.3 | 1.46 | 0.9 | 7.06[27] |
| 10 | "Top 24 at Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii Part #1" | April 10, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.47[28] | 0.2 | 1.33 | 0.9 | 6.80[29] |
| 11 | "Top 24 at Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii Part #2" | April 11, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.31[30] | 0.2 | 1.23 | 0.8 | 6.43[31] |
| 12 | "Season 20's Top 20" | April 17, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.27[32] | 0.2 | 1.37 | 0.9 | 6.64[33] |
| 13 | "Top 14 Live Reveal" | April 18, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.6/5 | 5.57[34] | 0.4 | 1.67 | 1.0 | 7.25[35] |
| 14 | "Top 14" | April 24, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.8/7 | 5.88[36] | 0.4 | 1.51 | 1.2 | 7.29[37] |
| 15 | "Judge's Song Contest" | April 25, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/6 | 5.82[38] | 0.4 | 1.55 | 1.1 | 7.37[39] |
| 16 | "Disney Night" | May 1, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.9/8 | 6.57[40] | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | "The Great Idol Reunion" | May 2, 2022 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/5 | 5.89[41] | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | "Top 7" | May 8, 2022 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. | 0.8/6 | 5.52[42] | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | "Top 5" | May 15, 2022 | 0.7/5 | 5.57[43] | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | "Grand Finale" | May 22, 2022 | 0.8/6 | 6.49[44] | — | — | — | — |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Anderson had to drop out of the competition for personal reasons.
- ^ Hager tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the May 8 show, so rehearsal performances aired instead.
- ^ Thompson tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the May 8 show, so he performed from his hotel room instead.
- ^ Live+7 ratings were unavailable, so Live+3 ratings have been used instead.
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