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It's all come down to this...Happy Finale Night!

Thank you for another interesting season here at r/americanidol. To all the new people: welcome! we hope you stick around. To our regulars: thanks for keeping this the most chaotic, unpredictable, fun place to celebrate the highs and lows of American Idol. Can't wait to do it again next year.

Don't forget to vote in Reddit Idol: The Fox Years, a contest to rank the sub's favorite contestants from the Fox era of American Idol. We're only on Ballot #2, so there's still plenty of time to join in the fun. Check in each week for a new ballot.

Have a great final live chat of Season 22!

If your favorite contestants didn't make it, let's vote for Will! Just to stick it to the rest. All my votes to Will!

This is the first year I’m FINALLY able to watch the finale LIVE!! Every other year I’ve had the finale spoiled for me because I’ve been working or had a prior engagement and wasn’t able to watch live.

I have really enjoyed chatting with you guys during the episodes.

Hoping for Jack but will be happy with Abi as well (sorry Will lol).

See you all very soon in the live chat 😎

I sure hope so!!

15 years ago to the date!!!

Anyone know how I can watch the finale? I’m from Europe and so far I watched the performances and behind the scenes stuff on Youtube, but would love to see the whole thing now

Every year people always say the runner-up is better off for not being locked in the “Idol contract.” Since BMG took over as the record label, the winner is not guaranteed/obligated to sign with them, and, likewise, they are not obligated to sign the winner. They are treating it as a development deal, which is why it took so long for Chayce to release his album. Source

There is no reason why any of the 3 finalists would be better off not winning tonight.

This is from Bovada, which may not be legal to use in your state / location. I’m sharing this just for discussion and as educational data.

For those not familiar with betting odds, here’s a simpler way to think about it:

A $10 bet on Will would win $4 plus your original bet $10 on Abi would win $20 plus your original bet $10 on Jack would win $80 plus your original bet

So in sum Will is a heavy favorite, Jack a heavy underdog.

man i think its gonna be close between jack and abi, both are amazing and have done so well throughout the season

Besides Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, have any other American Idol winners had mainstream success? Are any of the other winner's superstars?

First things first, lemme say that I don’t want that to happen at all. But it could.

All the polls from here have Abi or Jack winning (even the ones worded like who do you THINK is winning instead of who you WANT to win) but I could totally see Will winning.

On ITunes, his winner single peaked the highest (#19) while Abi’s peak was #46 and Jack couldn’t even break the Top 130…. and on Spotify he did 19k streams on the first day while Abi did around 13k and Jack did 10k.

And we also had a Top 5 where everyone but Abi had some sort of appeal with the country audience and with Triston and Emmy out of the picture, Will is the most likely to gain new fans. I’m lowkey scared he could pull off an “upset” and win even if people aren’t predicting him to like we predicted Laine, Chayce, Noah, etc.

I typically browse anonymously but have seen so many comments about wanting a woman to win instead of “guy with a guitar”. This is not to say that Abi wouldn’t be a deserving winner, I just feel like it’s taking away from the talent of the other two competitors, especially Jack. He’s very different and more than a white guy with a guitar. I’ve seen people acting like Abi is the next Kelly or Carrie and that’s just insane to me.

At the end of the day, vote for who’s your favorite. That’s not my job to tell you who to vote for, just make sure it’s for the right reasons and not in spite of someone else.

I love Katie and I'm going to miss seeing her every week. But...Meghan Trainor and her mentor role this season have convinced me she should be sitting next to Luke and Lionel next season. Could be the only person who can fill Katie's shoes.

are people in consensus that this is the best season in a long while? For me, this has been the most enjoyable season since the original 3 judges left. The quality of the talent, especially Abi and Jack, is on par with old school idol in my opinion

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Read this in Ryan’s voice for maximum effect:

After 206 votes cast, in no particular order, the first person in the Finale is… >!Casey Bishop!!!!<

The next person in the Finale is… >!Abi Carter!!!!<

Sadly this means we must say goodbye to >!Fritz Hager!<. “You had a bad day, you’re taking one down…”

On today’s ballot we decide the winner! For this round, you have 1 vote. The person with the highest number of votes will win. On the ballot, the contestants are listed in random order. Voting for this round closes at 9am Eastern tomorrow, May 19. 

To vote, head over to the Straw Poll at this link: https://strawpoll.com/w4nWrJBaNyA 

Here’s the full season schedule. The date listed is the date the ballot is posted for that round. You have one day to complete each ballot.

REDDIT IDOL! SEASON 1

A competition to determine the sub’s favorite contestants from the ABC era of American Idol

April 23: Auditions (Top 70)

April 29: Wildcard

May 1: Hollywood Part 1 (Top 60)

May 2: Hollywood Part 2 (Top 50)

May 3: Hawaii Part 1 (Top 40)

May 4: Hawaii Part 2 (Top 35)

May 5: Final Judgment (Top 30)

May 6: Top 20

May 7: Top 15

May 8: Top 12

May 9: Top 11

May 10: Top 10

May 11: Top 9

May 12: Top 8

May 13: Top 7

May 14: Top 6

May 15: Top 5

May 16: Top 4

May 17: Top 3

May 18: Top 2

May 19: Winner Announced

All Results So Far, FYI:

!Eliminated in Audition Round: Jay Copeland, Cade Foehner, Caleb Kennedy, Lady K, Grace Leer, Jurnee, Alyssa Raghu, Dimitrius Graham, Dennis Lorenzo, Emyrson Flora, Wade Cota, Alyssa Wray, Marybeth Byrd, Dillon James, Deshawn Goncalves, Warren Peay, Mike Parker, Jovin Webb, Michelle Sussett, Caleb Lee Hutchinson!<

!Eliminated at Top 60: Tyson Venegas, Walker Burroughs, Colin Stough, Haven Madison, Uche, Triston Harper, Michael J. Woodard, Ada Vox, Christian Guardino, Zachariah Smith!<

!Eliminated at Top 50: Julia Gargano, Noah Thompson, Allegra Miles, Odell Bunton, Jr., Madison VanDenburg, Louis Knight, Will Moseley, Sophia James, Nya, Laine Hardy!<

!Eliminated at Top 40: HunterGirl, Arthur Gunn, Cassandra Coleman, Jeramiah Lloyd Harmon, Julia Gagnon!<

!Eliminated at Top 35: Mia Matthews, Makayla Phillips, Nutsa, Jennifer Jeffries, Emmy Russell!<

!Eliminated at Top 30: Gabby Barrett, Lauren Spencer-Smith, Jonny West, Roman Collins, Oliver Steele, Nicolina, Laci Kaye Booth, Francisco Martin, Kaeyra, Just Sam!<

!Eliminated at Top 20: Chayce Beckham, Kaibrienne, Hunter Metts, Ajii, Megan Danielle!<

!Eliminated at Top 15: McKenna Faith Breinholt, Jayna Elise, Maddie Poppe!<

!12th Place: Catie Turner!<

!11th Place: Grace Kinstler!<

!10th Place: We Ani!<

!9th Place: Alejandro Aranda!<

!8th Place: Willie Spence!<

!7th Place: Kayko!<

!6th Place: Leah Marlene!<

!5th Place: Iam Tongi!<

!4th Place: Jack Blocker!<

!3rd Place: Fritz Hager!<

Don’t forget: the same kind of competition is going on for the Fox seasons. That ballot is here.

Especially based on her stage presence, talent and range. She’s got such a powerful voice but also can go to a whisper just like that 🫰🏻 . I think she will grow into a phenomenal artist given the right songwriters and music company. Just being in the top 3 alone guarantees her a record deal and I’m pretty certain they are all 3 on their way to stardom. Abi hasn’t always been my favorite, but she has definitely shown her talent over the last few weeks. She had me hooked with her Evanescence song. Although Will and Jack are ok too, but to me they are just that , OK. Song choice is everything.

Basically the title

He said he will get to sing his audition song again if he makes top 2 which I think will be a really cool full circle moment for him!

Melinda Doolittle sang a flawless rendition of “Trouble is a Woman” by Julie Reeves. I’m not sure why no one else has covered it since season 6.

Also speaking of season 6, only Blake Lewis has covered “Somewhere Only We Know.” And I would like to hear OneRepublic’s “Apologize” again. Only season 9’s Tim Urban has covered “Apologize.”

On the On Camera Audience website they just released a limited amount of Finale tickets if anyone is interested!

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Hey all,

A week or so ago I voted for the first round of my favorite ever American idol. When does the next round start? Did I miss something?

Last year and the year before and the year before the winners were SO predictable/obvious, making the finale a total snooze fest. This year I actually feel like not only is it anyone’s game, but also that the placement order could literally be any different combo of the 3. So exciting, can’t wait to watch!

Do you agree? And was there ever another year where the winner wasn’t obvious, making it more fun to watch? Some I can think of from the fox days:

Clay VS Ruben

Taylor VS Katharine

Kris VS Adam

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