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*Mark Andrew was a contestant on the [[The Voice (U.S. season 4)|fourth season]] of ''The Voice''. During the blind auditions, he performed "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" by [[Bob Dylan]] and turned a chair around for Adam Levine and [[Shakira]], but he elected to be on Shakira's team. After they performed "[[The Chain]]" by [[Fleetwood Mac]], he was eliminated in a Battle Round match with Tawnya Reynolds, who herself was eliminated in a Knockout Round match with Garrett Gardner, a returnee from Duru's season of ''The Voice'' who was eliminated week two of the live shows alongside VEDO. The coaches Andrew turned a chair for were reduced to impartial judges after losing Amber Carrington and Sasha Allen during week six of the live shows. Unlike Duru's ''Voice'' audition, Andrew's blind audition aired in full.
*Mark Andrew was a contestant on the [[The Voice (U.S. season 4)|fourth season]] of ''The Voice''. During the blind auditions, he performed "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" by [[Bob Dylan]] and turned a chair around for Adam Levine and [[Shakira]], but he elected to be on Shakira's team. After they performed "[[The Chain]]" by [[Fleetwood Mac]], he was eliminated in a Battle Round match with Tawnya Reynolds, who herself was eliminated in a Knockout Round match with Garrett Gardner, a returnee from Duru's season of ''The Voice'' who was eliminated week two of the live shows alongside VEDO. The coaches Andrew turned a chair for were reduced to impartial judges after losing Amber Carrington and Sasha Allen during week six of the live shows. Unlike Duru's ''Voice'' audition, Andrew's blind audition aired in full.
*Nick Fradiani is the frontman for the band Beach Avenue, who auditioned for the [[America's Got Talent (season 9)|ninth season]] of ''[[America's Got Talent]]''. They made it through the judges, but they were cut during Judgement Week.
*Nick Fradiani is the frontman for the band Beach Avenue, who auditioned for the [[America's Got Talent (season 9)|ninth season]] of ''[[America's Got Talent]]''. They made it through the judges, but they were cut during Judgement Week.
*Riley Bria was a contestant on the [[The Voice (U.S season 5)||fifth season]] of ''The Voice''.
*Riley Bria was a contestant on the [[The Voice (U.S season 5)|fifth season]] of ''The Voice''.


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Template:Infobox reality music competition

The fourteenth season of American Idol, also known as American Idol XIV, premiered on the Fox television network on January 7, 2015. Ryan Seacrest continues his role as host, while Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. returned for their respective fourth, third and second seasons as judges. Randy Jackson stepped down as mentor for this season, and was replaced by Scott Borchetta. Long-time sponsor Coca-Cola ended its relationship with the show.

Changes

The fourteenth season of American Idol features a number of major changes to its format and talent; some of these changes come in response to the falling popularity and viewership of Idol in comparison to NBC's competing series The Voice; viewership of the thirteenth season had fallen by 27%.[1][2] Former judge Randy Jackson, who served as a mentor on the previous season, left the show and was succeeded by Big Machine Records founder Scott Borchetta.[3] In May 2014, Ryan Seacrest signed a two-year extension to remain host of Idol through at least 2016.[4]

To evaluate their ability to perform in front of a live audience, the final 48 contestants participated in a private concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood before being cut to 24.[1][2] Additionally, upon the start of the top 12 rounds, live results shows will be discontinued in favor of a single two-hour broadcast on Wednesday nights, in which results from the previous week will be revealed at the start of the program, similarly to Dancing with the Stars.[2] Long-time sponsor Coca-Cola ended its relationship with series, and the Ford Motor Company will maintain a reduced role.[1][2] In this season the number of votes is limited to 20 for each method of voting; previously the maximum amount of votes allowed per method was 50.

Regional auditions

Auditions took place in the following cities:[5][6]

Date of airing City Audition date Venue Callback date Callback venue
January 21, 2015 Minneapolis, Minnesota June 18, 2014 Mariucci Arena September 24–25, 2014 Minneapolis Convention Center[7]
January 22, 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana June 25, 2014 Lakefront Arena August 26–27, 2014 Morial Convention Center[8]
January 15, 2015 Long Island, New York July 23, 2014 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum September 16–17, 2014 Marriott Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn[9]A
January 7–8, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee July 30, 2014 Nashville Municipal Auditorium August 3–4, 2014 Music City Center[10]
January 28–29, 2015 San Francisco, California September 29, 2014 Cow Palace October 3–4, 2014 Westin St. Francis[11]
January 8 & 14, 2015 Bus tour – various citiesB July 9–21, 2014 Various August 13–14, 2014 Bartle Hall Convention Center, Kansas City[12]

^Note A For the New York auditions, Adam Lambert replaced Urban who took time off to be with his wife, Nicole Kidman, after the death of her father.[13]
^Note B The American Idol "Audition Bus Tour" visit the cities of: Portland, Oregon; Portland, Maine; Reno, Nevada; Columbus, Ohio; Richmond, Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amarillo, Texas; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Branson, Missouri; Tallahassee, Florida; and Kansas City, Missouri.[5]

Hollywood Rounds

The Hollywood Rounds on the fourteenth season of American Idol aired in four parts during a period of two weeks. During these rounds, contestants participated in the regular solo-rounds, as well as the group rounds. However, the judges asked many of their "most memorable" contestants to sing for them at the very beginning of the rounds, which surprised the vast majority of the contestants. Every memorable contestant advanced.

Semi-finalists

The following is a list of Top 24 semi-finalists who were not selected to perform and failed to reach the second round of the semi-finals:

Males
Contestant Age (on show) Hometown Audition city
Riley Bria 18 Spring Hill, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
Trevor Douglas 17 Fort Worth, Texas Nashville, Tennessee
Michael Simeon 21 Lumberton, Mississippi Nashville, Tennessee
Savion Wright 22 Jasper, Texas Nashville, Tennessee
Females
Contestant Age (on show) Hometown Audition city
Shannon Berthiaume 17 Saint Paul, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lovey James 17 Portland, Oregon Bus Tour
Shi Scott 19 Belcamp, Maryland Long Island, New York
Katherine Winston 18 Lenox, Massachusetts Long Island, New York

The following is a list of Top 16 semi-finalists who failed to reach the finals:

Males
Contestant Age (on show) Hometown Audition city
Mark Andrew 29 Eden Prairie, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Adam Ezegelian 20 Wantagh, New York Long Island, New York
Females
Contestant Age (on show) Hometown Audition city
Alexis Gomez 22 Dayton, Ohio Bus Tour
Loren Lott 22 San Diego, California Nashville, Tennessee

Semi-finals

The semi-finals began on February 25, 2015, and continued for three episodes. The semifinalists performed at The Fillmore in Detroit. The male contestants performed on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The female contestants performed on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Those who obtained the most votes per gender group advanced onto the Top 16 and sang a song from Motown to hopefully advance further the following week.[14] After ten contestants were chosen to perform in the finals based on the public vote, the six semi-finalists were eligible for their Instant Wildcard pick. The judges only picked two contestants to perform in the finals.

Top 24 – Contestants' Choice

Order Males Females
Contestant Song Result Contestant Song Result
1 Adam Ezegelian "I Wanna Rock" Safe Lovey James "Love Runs Out" Eliminated
2 Michael Simeon "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Eliminated Adanna Duru "Rather Be" Safe
3 Savion Wright "Hey, Soul Sister" Eliminated Alexis Gomez "Gunpowder & Lead" Safe
4 Mark Andrew "The Weight" Safe Joey Cook "Somebody Like You" Safe
5 Trevor Douglas "Best I Ever Had" Eliminated Katherine Winston "Safe & Sound" Eliminated
6 Clark Beckham "When a Man Loves a Woman" Safe Shannon Berthiaume "Who Knew" Eliminated
7 Rayvon Owen "Jealous" Safe Loren Lott "Note to God" Safe
8 Daniel Seavey "I'm Yours" Safe Shi Scott "Umbrella" Eliminated
9 Riley Bria "Homeboy" Eliminated Maddie Walker "Love Gets Me Everytime" Safe
10 Quentin Alexander "I Put a Spell on You" Safe Sarina-Joi Crowe "Mamma Knows Best" Safe
11 Nick Fradiani "Thinking Out Loud" Safe Jax "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Safe
12 Qaasim Middleton "Uptown Funk" Safe Tyanna Jones "Lips Are Movin" Safe

Top 16 – Motown

Order Males Females
Contestant Song Result Contestant Song Result
1 Daniel Seavey "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" Safe Tyanna Jones "Rockin' Robin" Safe
2 Mark Andrew "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" Eliminated Loren Lott "I Wanna Be Where You Are" Eliminated
3 Rayvon Owen "My Girl" Safe Maddie Walker "I'll Be There" Safe
4 Adam Ezegelian "I Want You Back" Eliminated Joey Cook "Shop Around" Safe
5 Clark Beckham "The Tracks of My Tears" Safe Sarina-Joi Crowe "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Safe
6 Nick Fradiani "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Safe Adanna Duru "Hello" Wild Card
7 Qaasim Middleton "I Wish" Safe Jax "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Safe
8 Quentin Alexander "Master Blaster (Jammin')" Wild Card Alexis Gomez "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Eliminated

Finalists

Quentin Alexander (born December 11, 1993) is from New Orleans, Louisiana.[15] Alexander's mentor and drama instructor at school, Troy Populous, encouraged him to channel his creative energy into drama class.[16] Populous could see Alexander had charisma, an 'it' factor, and Alexander agreed that he was able to channel his frustration into "something beautiful, which at the time was theater."[16] Alexander says that many artists have made impacts on him with a few of his biggest inspirations as Erykah Badu, David Bowie, Andre 3000, Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, Lorde, Sia "and the list goes on for miles." He sang Royals by Lorde for his audition in New Orleans. [17]

Clark Beckham (born May 15, 1992)[18] is from White House, Tennessee. He was a musician in the streets of Nashville. Beckham sang James Brown's "It's a Man's World" during his audition. In his first solo performance in Hollywood rounds, he sang Otis Reding's "Try a Little Tenderness". He advances in the Top 24 after he sang "Georgia on My Mind" by Ray Charles in the House of Blues Showcase Week. He cites Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Michael Jackson and Michael Buble as his musical influences.[19] He attends Lee University, which is situated in Cleveland, Tennessee.[20]

Joey Cook (born March 30, 1991)[21] originally grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia but lives in New Orleans. She works as a server at Cozzy's Comedy Club in Norfolk and worked in Newport News.[citation needed] When she is not working, she performs in the streets of Richmond.[22][23] During her audition, she performed "King of Spain" by The Tallest Man on Earth. Cook sang Miranda Lambert's "Kerosene" during her first solo performance in the Hollywood rounds. She also sang "Across the Universe" by The Beatles for her final solo round performance. Cook landed the spot in the top 24 after she performed "Sweet Pea" by Amos Lee in the House of Blues Showcase Round. Her performance of Fancy during the top 11 was well received by the judges and earned a standing ovation from Keith Urban. She played the accordion, ukulele, banjo, as well as the mandolin during the course of the season.[20] Joey is a member of the band Mammoth Indigo.[20]

Nick Fradiani (born November 15, 1985)[18] is from Guilford, Connecticut. He sang Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" during his audition in New York City. During Hollywood Week, he sang "Babylon" by David Gray. He sang Train's "Drops of Jupiter" during the House of Blues Showcase, earning his spot in the Top 24. Before Idol, Fradiani was the vocalist of Beach Avenue in the ninth season of America's Got Talent, but he and his band were eventually cut during Judgement Week.

Jackie "Jax" Cole (born May 5, 1996)[21] is from East Brunswick, New Jersey. Her father was a retired firefighter in New York City after he suffered an injury on September 11, 2001.[24] She auditioned in New York City with her rendition of The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand". She also sang "Toxic" by Britney Spears during her first solo audition in Hollywood Week. For her final solo performance, she sang The Beatles' "Let it Be". She earned her spot in the Top 24 in the House of Blues Showcase after she performed Lady Gaga's "You & I".

Tyanna Jones (born February 24, 1998).[21] is from Jacksonville, Florida. Jones was the middle of eleven children. She spent months living homeless with her family in the local pastor church. She started singing with the choir as voice major in Douglas Anderson School of the Arts at the age of five[25] She and her mother flew to San Francisco, which was the last venue of auditions, after they earned enough money for the trip.[26] For her audition, she sang "Wings" by Little Mix, therefore, earning her last ticket. During the Hollywood Rounds, she sang Olly Murs' "Dance with Me Tonight" in her first solo performance and "Try" by Colbie Caillat, in her final solo performance. She performed during the Showcase week in the House of Blues with Beyonce's "Love on Top", earning her spot in the semi-finals. She cites Prince, Michael Jackson & Beyonce as her musical influences.[27]

Rayvon Owen (born June 27, 1991)[18] is a vocal coach from Richmond, Virginia[citation needed]. He auditioned in San Francisco with his rendition of Katy Perry's "Wide Awake". Owen sang "Ordinary People" by John Legend, during Hollywood week. He performed during the Showcase week in the House of Blues with Sam Smith's "Lay Me Down", earning his spot in the semi-finals. He cites Lionel Richie, John Legend, Katy Perry, and Stevie Wonder as his musical influences.[20]

Qaasim Middleton (born January 13, 1996)[18] is from Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of actors Keith Middleton and Toni Seawright. He was formerly a musician in Nickelodeon's television show The Naked Brothers Band. He auditioned in New York City with "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder. He performed Ed Sheeran's "Give Me Love" during his final Hollywood solo round. Middleton was the recipient of the one and only "judges' save" of the season, which kept him from elimination during the second week of the Top 11. However, he was eliminated on April 8, 2015, and came in eighth place.

Daniel Seavey (born April 2, 1999)[18] is from Vancouver, Washington. Seavey was a sophomore student at Union High School in Camas. His father was a pastor at Living Water Community Church.[28] He sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" & Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" during his audition in San Francisco. During the Hollywood Rounds, he sang Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" in his first solo performance and "I See Fire", also sung by Sheeran, in his final solo performance. He performed again "Straight Up" in the House of Blues, earning his spot in the top 24. Seavey was the youngest contestant at the age of 15 to compete in the show. He was eliminated on April 1, 2015, and came in ninth place.

Adanna Duru (born October 10, 1996)[21] is from Diamond Bar, California. She was a contestant on the third season of The Voice where she was defaulted to Adam Levine's team, but was eliminated in the Battle Rounds. She auditioned in San Francisco with Lady Gaga's "You & I". She performed "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" by James Brown during the House of Blues Showcase to earn her spot in the Top 24. Before Idol, she recorded a song "C.E.O.", published on YouTube and SoundCloud[citation needed]. She cites Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Bruno Mars as her musical influences[citation needed]. She was eliminated on March 25, 2015, along with Maddie Walker, and came in tenth and eleventh place.

Maddie Walker (born December 23, 1997)[21] is from Ankeny, Iowa. She previously auditioned in the previous season but was cut during the group round on Hollywood Week. She returned to audition again in New York City with Gwen Sebastian's "Suitcase". She sang "Already Gone" by Sugarland during her solo round in Hollywood week. During the House of Blues Showcase, she sang "Big Girls Don't Cry". She was cut during the top 24 selection but was called back by the judges, whom they were undecided, to have a sing-off with fellow singer, Rachel Hallack, to earn the spot in the semi-finals. Thus, the judges decided to send Walker through the Top 24. She was eliminated on March 25, 2015, along with Adanna Duru, and came in tenth and eleventh place.

Sarina-Joi Crowe (born June 27, 1995)[21] is from Columbia, Tennessee. She originally auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol, but was cut on the last day of the Hollywood Round. Crowe also auditioned for the twelfth and thirteenth seasons, were she was cut in the green mile round. For her fourth appearance, she returned to audition in Nashville, Tennessee with "Love Runs Out" by OneRepublic. She sang Jessie J's "Big White Room" in the House of Blues Showcase Week where she was able to earn her spot in the Top 24. She was the first finalist to be eliminated on March 12, 2015, and came in twelfth place.

Finals

Top 12 – Back to the Start

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Sarina-Joi Crowe "Love Runs Out" Eliminated
2 Rayvon Owen "Wide Awake" Safe
3 Daniel Seavey "Straight Up" Safe
4 Maddie Walker "Suitcase" Safe
5 Tyanna Jones "Wings" Safe
6 Nick Fradiani "In Your Eyes" Safe
7 Jax "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Safe
8 Qaasim Middleton "Sir Duke" Safe
9 Clark Beckham "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe
10 Joey Cook "King of Spain" Safe
11 Quentin Alexander "Royals" Safe
12 Adanna Duru "You and I" Safe

Quentin Alexander and Adanna Duru were selected by the judges as their two Wild Cards following Joey Cook's performance.

Top 11 – Party Songs

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Rayvon Owen "Burn" Safe
2 Maddie Walker "She's Country" Safe
3 Joey Cook "Fancy" Safe
4 Clark Beckham "Takin' It to the Streets" Safe
5 Jax "Blank Space" Safe
6 Qaasim Middleton "Jet" Saved
7 Adanna Duru "Runaway Baby" Safe
8 Tyanna Jones "Tightrope" Safe
9 Daniel Seavey "Happy" Safe
10 Quentin Alexander "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
11 Nick Fradiani "Wake Me Up" Safe

Top 11 – Songs from the Cinema

Order Contestant Song Featured movie Result
1 Adanna Duru "Love You I Do" Dreamgirls Eliminated
2 Daniel Seavey "Lost Stars" Begin Again Safe
3 Rayvon Owen "Stayin' Alive" Saturday Night Fever Bottom 3
4 Nick Fradiani "Danger Zone" Top Gun Safe
5 Joey Cook "Mad World" Donnie Darko Safe
6 Tyanna Jones "Circle of Life" The Lion King Safe
7 Quentin Alexander "You're the One That I Want" Grease Safe
8 Maddie Walker "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Footloose Eliminated
9 Clark Beckham "Sunday Morning" Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Safe
10 Jax "Grow Old with You" The Wedding Singer Safe
11 Qaasim Middleton "Come Together" Across the Universe Safe

Top 9 – Songs from the 1980s

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Daniel Seavey "You Make My Dreams" Bottom 2
2 Quentin Alexander "In the Air Tonight" Safe
3 Joey Cook "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Safe
4 Tyanna Jones "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Safe
5 Jax "You Give Love a Bad Name" Safe
6 Nick Fradiani "Man in the Mirror" Safe
7 Clark Beckham "Every Breath You Take" Safe
8 Qaasim Middleton "Addicted to Love" Safe
9 Rayvon Owen "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Bottom 2
Twitter Fan Save
1 Daniel Seavey "Breakaway" Eliminated
2 Rayvon Owen "Since U Been Gone" Advanced

Top 8 – Kelly Clarkson

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Nick Fradiani "Catch My Breath" Safe
2 Jax "Beautiful Disaster" Safe
3 Tyanna Jones "Mr. Know It All" Safe
4 Joey Cook "Miss Independent" Safe
5 Quentin Alexander "Dark Side" Safe
6 Qaasim Middleton "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Bottom 2
7 Clark Beckham "The Trouble with Love Is" Safe
8 Rayvon Owen "Since U Been Gone" Bottom 2
Twitter Fan Save
1 Rayvon Owen "Set Fire to the Rain" Advanced
2 Qaasim Middleton "Hey Ya!" Eliminated

Top 7 – Billboard Hot 100 Hits

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Jax "Poker Face"
2 Nick Fradiani "Teenage Dream"
3 Quentin Alexander "Latch"
4 Joey Cook "Wrecking Ball"
5 Clark Beckham "Make It Rain"
6 Tyanna Jones "Stay"
7 Rayvon Owen "Set Fire to the Rain"

Top 6 – American Classics

The finalists will perform on an “American Classics”–themed show, which features songs selected by the viewers at home. Fans were called to action and asked to suggest “American Classics,” using the Twitter hashtag #IdolClassic, creating a list of songs from which the competitors could choose.[29]

Elimination chart

Females Males Top 24 Top 12 Wild Card Winner
Did Not Perform Safe Safe Last Eliminated Judges' Save
Stage: Semi-finals Wild Card Finals
Week: 3/4 3/5 3/11 3/12 3/191 3/25 4/12 4/8 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/6 5/12 5/13
Place Contestant Result
Quentin Alexander Wild Card Top 12
Clark Beckham Top 12
Joey Cook Top 12
Nick Fradiani Top 12
Jax Top 12
Tyanna Jones Top 12
Rayvon Owen Top 12 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Bottom 2
8 Qaasim Middleton Top 12 Saved Elim
9 Daniel Seavey Top 12 Elim
10–11 Adanna Duru Wild Card Top 12 Elim
Maddie Walker Top 12
12 Sarina-Joi Crowe Top 12 Elim
13–16 Mark Andrew Wild Card Elim
Adam Ezegelian Wild Card
Alexis Gomez Wild Card
Loren Lott Wild Card
17–24 Shannon Berthiaume Elim
Lovey James
Shi Scott
Katherine Winston
Riley Bria Elim
Trevor Douglas
Michael Simeon
Savion Wright
  • ^Note 1 Due to the judges using their one 'Judges' Save' per season, in order to save Middleton, the 'Top 11' remained intact for another week, and no one was eliminated at the end of the show on March 19.
  • ^Note 2 The Idol Fan Save began from the Top 8 reveal onwards.

Twitter Fan Save

Beginning in the top 8 live show of this season, similarly to the format originally started by America's Got Talent and used on The Voice, American Idol introduced the Twitter-powered Idol Fan Save. At some point during every show, the two contestants who received the lowest amount of votes from the previous week are revealed.[30] The bottom two contestants then perform in exactly the same format as the safe contestants. However, after the performances are completed, the viewers only have 5 minutes to vote by tweeting about which of the bottom two contestants should be saved.[31] After the five-minute time limit expires, the contestant who has the most amount of Twitter votes advances to the next round, while the other contestant is eliminated. Due to tape-delays in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, the Idol Fan Save is only available to viewers living in the Central and Eastern time zones.[32]

Guest performances

Week Performer(s) Title Hot 100 reaction Digital sales reaction Performance type
Top 16
Night 1 		Aretha Franklin "I Will Survive" Unreleased — Live
Top 11
Week 1 		Jussie Smollett & Yazz "No Apologies" — —
Top 11
Week 2 		Jennifer Lopez "Feel the Light" — —
Kenny Loggins "Footloose" — —
Top 9 David Hasselhoff "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" / "Walking on Sunshine" / "Never Gonna Give You Up" / "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" / "Let's Dance" / "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Unreleased —
Salt-N-Pepa "Push It" — —
Top 8 Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song" 38[33] —
"At Last" — —
Top 7 Florida Georgia Line "Sippin' on Fire" 76[34] —
Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me"[35] 14[36] —
Iggy Azalea & Jennifer Hudson[37] "Trouble" 73[38] —
Top 6 Fifth Harmony "Worth It" — —
Tori Kelly "Nobody Love" — —

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

The season premiere was watched by 11.2 million viewers; down 25% from season 13's premiere (which had an audience of 15.19 million viewers). However, it was up 6.3% from season 13's finale (which had an audience of 10.53 million viewers), the second time in the show's history[citation needed]. Currently, the most-viewed episode this season was the "Minneapolis Auditions", which aired on January 21, 2015, and the episode with the least amount of viewers tuning in was the "Top 7 Perform: Billboard Htits", which aired on April 8, 2015. This episode now takes the top spot as the least-viewed and worst-rated American Idol episode ever, with 6.58 viewers. The title was previously held by season 13's "The Final 2", which was watched by 6.76 million viewers on May 20, 2014.[39][40][41] The average viewership in millions for the audition episodes was 10.84. The "Top 11 Perform (Redux): Movie Night" episode was moved to Thursday night, to make way for the two-hour finale of Empire. This season, there will be a two part finale, with the first of two parts airing on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 9/8c. The second of the two-part-finale will air on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 8/7c.[42]

No. Episode Air date (2015) Timeslot Rating/Share
18–49 		Viewers
(millions) 		Weekly
rank (Live + SD 18-49) 		Weekly
rank (Live +3 18-49) 		Source(s)
1 "Nashville Auditions" January 7 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 3.2 / 10 11.20 14 — [43][44][45]
2 "Nashville and Kansas City Auditions" January 8 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 3.1 / 9 11.23 13 — [46][45][47]
3 "Kansas City Auditions" January 14 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 3.0 / 9 10.87 7 — [48][49][50]
4 "Brooklyn Auditions" January 15 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.6 / 8 10.42 10 — [50][51][52]
5 "Minneapolis Auditions" January 21 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 3.4 / 11 11.76 3 — [53][54][55]
6 "New Orleans Auditions" January 22 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.8 / 9 10.65 7 — [55][56][57]
7 "San Francisco Auditions" January 28 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.9/9 11.28 10 — [58][59]
8 "San Francisco Auditions (Continued)" January 29 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.2/7 9.37 17 — [59][60]
9 "Hollywood Week: Part 1" February 4 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 3.1/10 11.21 8 — [61]
10 "Hollywood Week: Part 2" February 5 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.4/8 9.65 16 — [62]
11 "Hollywood Week: Part 3" February 11 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.8/9 10.66 9 — [63]
12 "Hollywood Week: Part 4" February 12 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.3/8 9.62 16 — [64]
13 "Showcase Week: Part 1"[65] February 18 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.8/9 10.70 11 — [66]
14 "Showcase Week: Part 2"[67] February 19 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.1/7 8.98 22 — [68]
15 "Top 12 Boys Perform" February 25 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.7/8 10.38 11[citation needed] — [69]
16 "Top 12 Girls Perform" February 26 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.2/7 9.43 16 — [70][71]
17 "Guys Results: Top 8 Guys Perform" March 4 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.1/7 8.89 23 — [72][73]
18 "Girls Results: Top 8 Girls Perform" March 5 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 2.2/7 9.41 19 — [73][74]
19 "Top 12 Perform" March 11 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.4/7 9.71 14 17[citation needed] [75][76]
20 "Top 11 Perform: Party Songs"[77] March 12 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 1.8/6 8.32 21 <25 [76][78][79]
21 "Top 11 Perform (Redux): Songs from the Cinema"[80] March 19 1.8/6[citation needed] 8.51[citation needed] 14 24 [81][82]
22 "Top 9 Perform: Songs from the 1980s"[83] March 25 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 1.7/6 8.46 21 <25 [84][85][86]
23 "Top 8 Perform: Kelly Clarkson"[35] April 1 1.8/6 8.48 16 TBD [87][88]
24 "Top 7 Perform: Billboard Top 100"[89] April 8 1.4/5 6.58 TBD TBD [90]

Contestants who appeared on other talent shows

  • Adanna Duru was a contestant on the third season of The Voice. During the blind auditions, she performed "The Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga and defaulted to Adam Levine's team. After they performed "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé, she was eliminated in a Battle Round match with three-chair-turner Michelle Brooks-Thompson, who was herself eliminated in a Knockout Round match with Amanda Brown. Duru's coach Levine was reduced to an impartial judge after losing Brown and Melanie Martinez in week five of the live shows. Duru's blind audition and Battle Round match were montaged to 20–30 seconds when they were broadcast. The match actually happened on the last day of the Battle Round tapings.[91]
  • Mark Andrew was a contestant on the fourth season of The Voice. During the blind auditions, he performed "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan and turned a chair around for Adam Levine and Shakira, but he elected to be on Shakira's team. After they performed "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac, he was eliminated in a Battle Round match with Tawnya Reynolds, who herself was eliminated in a Knockout Round match with Garrett Gardner, a returnee from Duru's season of The Voice who was eliminated week two of the live shows alongside VEDO. The coaches Andrew turned a chair for were reduced to impartial judges after losing Amber Carrington and Sasha Allen during week six of the live shows. Unlike Duru's Voice audition, Andrew's blind audition aired in full.
  • Nick Fradiani is the frontman for the band Beach Avenue, who auditioned for the ninth season of America's Got Talent. They made it through the judges, but they were cut during Judgement Week.
  • Riley Bria was a contestant on the fifth season of The Voice.

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