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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.

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.

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.

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 will only pick two contestants to perform in the finals.

Top 24 – Contestant's Choice

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

Top 16 – Motown

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

Finalists

Quentin Alexander (born ???) is from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Clark Beckham (born May 15, 1992) is from White House, Tennessee.

Jax Cole (born May 5, 1996) is from East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Joey Cook (born March 30, 1993) is from Woodbridge, Virginia.

Sarina-Joi Crowe (born June 27, 1995) 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.

Adanna Duru (born October 10, 1996) 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.

Nick Fradiani (born November 15, 1985) 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 cut in the Judgement Week.

Tyanna Jones (born ???) is from Jacksonville, Florida.

Qaasim Middleton (born January 13, 1995) is from Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of actors Keith Middleton and Toni Seawright. He is a musician in Nickelodeon's television show The Naked Brothers Band. He auditioned in New York City with Sir Duke. He performed Ed Sheeran's Give Me Love during his final Hollywood solo round.

Rayvon Owen (born June 27, 1991) is a vocal coach from Richmond, Virginia. He auditions 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.

Daniel Seavey (born April 2, 1999) is from Portland, Oregon.

Maddie Walker (born December 23, 1997) 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 a fellow singer to earn the spot in the semi-finals. Thus, the judges decided to send Walker through the Top 24.

Finals

Top 12 – Back to the Start

The finalists reprised the songs they performed when they first auditioned.

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

Top 11 – Party Songs

Elimination chart

Females Males Top 24 Top 12 Wild card Winner
Did Not Perform Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated Judges' Save
Stage: Semi-finals Finals
Week: 3/4 3/5 3/11 3/12 3/19 3/25 4/1 4/8 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/6 5/13
Place Contestant Result
Quentin Alexander Top 12
Clark Beckham Top 12
Jax Cole Top 12
Joey Cook Top 12
Sarina-Joi Crowe Top 12
Adanna Duru Top 12
Nick Fradiani Top 12
Tyanna Jones Top 12
Qaasim Middleton Top 12
Rayvon Owen Top 12
Daniel Seavey Top 12
Maddie Walker Top 12
13–16 Mark Andrew Elim
Adam Ezegalian
Alexis Gomez
Loren Lott
17–24 Shannon Berthiaume Elim
Lovey James
Shi Scott
Katherine Winston
Riley Bria Elim
Trevor Douglas
Michael Simeon
Savion Wright

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. As of March 10, 2015, 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 "Guys Results: Top 8 Guys Perform", which aired on March 4, 2015. Overall, Wednesday night's show generally appears to have a higher amount of viewership, ranging anywhere from 11.76 million viewers to 8.89 million viewers, compared to Thursday nights, which regularly have near or close to one million viewers less than Wednesday. The average viewership in millions for the audition episodes was 10.84.

No. Episode Air date Rating/Share
18–49
Viewers
(millions)
Weekly
rank
Source(s)
1 "Nashville Auditions" January 7, 2015 3.2 / 10 11.20 14 [15][16][17][18]
2 "Nashville and Kansas City Auditions" January 8, 2015 3.1 / 9 11.23 13 [17][18][19][20]
3 "Kansas City Auditions" January 14, 2015 3.0 / 9 10.87 7 [21][22][23]
4 "Brooklyn Auditions" January 15, 2015 2.6 / 8 10.42 10 [23][24][25]
5 "Minneapolis Auditions" January 21, 2015 3.4 / 11 11.76 3 [26][27][28]
6 "New Orleans Auditions" January 22, 2015 2.8 / 9 10.65 7 [28][29][30]
7 "San Francisco Auditions" January 28, 2015 2.9/9 11.28 10 [31][32]
8 "San Francisco Auditions (Continued)" January 29, 2015 2.2/7 9.37 17 [32][33]
9 "Hollywood Week: Part 1" February 4, 2015 3.1/10 11.21 8 [34]
10 "Hollywood Week: Part 2" February 5, 2015 2.4/8 9.65 16 [35]
11 "Hollywood Week: Part 3" February 11, 2015 2.8/9 10.66 9 [36]
12 "Hollywood Week: Part 4" February 12, 2015 2.3/8 9.62 16 [37]
13 "Showcase Week/Top 24 Revealed: Part 1" February 18, 2015 2.8/9 10.70 11 [38]
14 "Showcase Week/Top 24 Revealed: Part 2" February 19, 2015 2.1/7 8.98 22 [39]
15 "Idol Road Trip To Detroit: Top 12 Boys Perform" February 25, 2015 2.7/8 10.38 11 [40][41][42]
16 "Idol Road Trip To Detroit: Top 12 Girls Perform" February 26, 2015 2.2/7 9.43 16 [43][44]
17 "Guys Results: Top 8 Guys Perform" March 4, 2015 2.1/7 8.89 19 [45][46]
18 "Girls Results: Top 8 Girls Perform" March 5, 2015 2.2/7 9.41 16 [47][48]
19 "Top 12 Finalists Reveald/Perform" March 11, 2015 [49]
20 Top 11 Perform March 12, 2015 [50]
21 "Top 10 Perform" March 19, 2015 [51]

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 5 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.[52]
  • 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 Chair" 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 2 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 6 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.

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