American Idol

2002– · 24 seasons · 722 episodes · Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV

Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?

4.3IMDb · 23k votes

Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?

Best season: 8.5; Season 22. Weakest is season 1, at 4.4
Top episode: 9.2; S22 E14 · 714 (Shania Twain Mentors the Top 10 on Songs From Their Year of Birth)
Lowest episode: 3.2; S12 E33 · Episode #12.33
Latest episode: 7.5; +1.8 against the show's 5.7 average

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IMDb rating of every American Idol episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	5.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.0	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.1	4.5	4.6	5.2
Season 2	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.9	4.7
Season 3	4.7	4.4	4.4	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.2
Season 4	5.0	4.2	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.6
Season 5	4.0	4.4	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	4.8
Season 6	4.1	5.0	5.5	4.5	4.3	4.0	3.7	4.0
Season 7	5.7	5.3	4.6	4.6	3.7	4.4	4.1	4.5
Season 8	6.3	4.2	4.8	5.0	5.2	5.2	5.7	4.8
Season 9	5.1	5.0	4.2	5.1	4.5	4.3	5.1	5.1
Season 10	5.9	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.1	5.1	5.8	5.0
Season 11	6.6	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.4	5.0	4.8	5.3
Season 12	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.0	4.4
Season 13	5.9	6.6	6.0	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.9
Season 14	6.6	6.1	5.3	5.8	5.1	4.7	5.2	5.5
Season 15	6.6	7.2	6.8	6.3					6.4	6.4	6.8	6.4
Season 16	6.8	7.4	7.9	7.5	7.3	7.7	7.9	7.7
Season 17	8.0	7.7	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.4	8.2	8.5
Season 18	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.2	8.3
Season 19	7.2	8.1	8.1	8.4	8.1	8.5	8.6	8.3
Season 20	6.8	9.1	8.6	8.2	8.9	8.6	8.9	8.8
Season 21	8.3	8.2	8.7	8.4	8.3	8.6	7.5	8.1
Season 22	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.7	8.3	9.1	8.4
Season 23	6.6	7.3	7.6	8.3	8.2	8.5	7.9	8.0
Season 24	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.6	8.0	8.0	7.5

American Idol

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