but ultimately lost to Jewel in one of the competition’s final rounds. Jennifer Hudson (Season 3, seventh place) Jennifer Hudson doesn’t have the title of “American Idol,” but she does ...

Don't get me wrong, Katharine McPhee was amazing — but her triumph over the rock star in season 5's Top 4 elimination was ...

As the first person to ever win American Idol, Kelly Clarkson walked a lonely road for several years as other stars in the music industry had mixed feelings about her then-unorthodox route to success.

(CNN) — “American Idol” contestant Samantha Ray paid tribute ... “Losing my sister felt like I lost a big part of me. She was everything.” Ray said she wishes her sister was here with ...