Editing American Idol (section)

==Series overview==
{{Main|List of American Idol episodes{{!}}List of ''American Idol'' episodes}}

{{Series overview
| infoA      = Winner
| infoB      = Runner-up
| link1      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 1 (2002)
| episodes1  = 25
| start1     = {{Start date|2002|6|11}}
| end1       = {{End date|2002|9|4}}
| network1   = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| infoA1     = [[Kelly Clarkson]]
| infoB1     = [[Justin Guarini]]
| link2      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 2 (2003)
| episodes2  = 40
| start2     = {{Start date|2003|1|21}}
| end2       = {{End date|2003|5|21}}
| infoA2     = [[Ruben Studdard]]
| infoB2     = [[Clay Aiken]]
| link3      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 3 (2004)
| episodes3  = 44
| start3     = {{Start date|2004|1|19}}
| end3       = {{End date|2004|5|26}}
| infoA3     = [[Fantasia (singer)|Fantasia Barrino]]
| infoB3     = [[Diana DeGarmo]]
| link4      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 4 (2005)
| episodes4  = 43
| start4     = {{Start date|2005|1|18}}
| end4       = {{End date|2005|5|25}}
| infoA4     = [[Carrie Underwood]]
| infoB4     = [[Bo Bice]]
| link5      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 5 (2006)
| episodes5  = 41
| start5     = {{Start date|2006|1|17}}
| end5       = {{End date|2006|5|24}}
| infoA5     = [[Taylor Hicks]]
| infoB5     = [[Katharine McPhee]]
| link6      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 6 (2007)
| episodes6  = 41
| start6     = {{Start date|2007|1|16}}
| end6       = {{End date|2007|5|23}}
| infoA6     = [[Jordin Sparks]]
| infoB6     = [[Blake Lewis]]
| link7      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 7 (2008)
| episodes7  = 42
| start7     = {{Start date|2008|1|15}}
| end7       = {{End date|2008|5|21}}
| infoA7     = [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]]
| infoB7     = [[David Archuleta]]
| link8      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 8 (2009)
| episodes8  = 40
| start8     = {{Start date|2009|1|13}}
| end8       = {{End date|2009|5|20}}
| infoA8     = [[Kris Allen]]
| infoB8     = [[Adam Lambert]]
| link9      = List of American Idol episodes#Season 9 (2010)
| episodes9  = 43
| start9     = {{Start date|2010|1|12}}
| end9       = {{End date|2010|5|26}}
| infoA9     = [[Lee DeWyze]]
| infoB9     = [[Crystal Bowersox]]
| link10     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 10 (2011)
| episodes10 = 39
| start10    = {{Start date|2011|1|19}}
| end10      = {{End date|2011|5|25}}
| infoA10    = [[Scotty McCreery]]
| infoB10    = [[Lauren Alaina]]
| link11     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 11 (2012)
| episodes11 = 40
| start11    = {{Start date|2012|1|18}}
| end11      = {{End date|2012|5|23}}
| infoA11    = [[Phillip Phillips]]
| infoB11    = [[Jessica Sanchez]]
| link12     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 12 (2013)
| episodes12 = 37
| start12    = {{Start date|2013|1|16}}
| end12      = {{End date|2013|5|16}}
| infoA12    = [[Candice Glover]]
| infoB12    = [[Kree Harrison]]
| link13     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 13 (2014)
| episodes13 = 39
| start13    = {{Start date|2014|1|15}}
| end13      = {{End date|2014|5|21}}
| infoA13    = [[Caleb Johnson (singer)|Caleb Johnson]]
| infoB13    = [[Jena Irene]]
| link14     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 14 (2015)
| episodes14 = 30
| start14    = {{Start date|2015|1|7}}
| end14      = {{End date|2015|5|13}}
| infoA14    = [[Nick Fradiani]]
| infoB14    = [[Clark Beckham]]
| link15     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 15 (2016)
| episodes15 = 24
| start15    = {{Start date|2016|1|6}}
| end15      = {{End date|2016|4|7}}
| infoA15    = [[Trent Harmon]]
| infoB15    = [[La'Porsha Renae]]
| link16     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 16 (2018)
| episodes16 = 19
| start16    = {{Start date|2018|3|11}}
| end16      = {{End date|2018|5|21}}
| network16  = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| infoA16    = [[Maddie Poppe]]
| infoB16    = [[Caleb Lee Hutchinson]]
| link17     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 17 (2019)
| episodes17 = 19
| start17    = {{Start date|2019|3|3}}
| end17      = {{End date|2019|5|19}}
| infoA17    = [[Laine Hardy]]
| infoB17    = [[Alejandro Aranda]]
| link18     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 18 (2020)
| episodes18 = 16
| start18    = {{Start date|2020|2|16}}
| end18      = {{End date|2020|5|17}}
| infoA18    = [[Just Sam]]
| infoB18    = [[Arthur Gunn]]
| link19     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 19 (2021)
| episodes19 = 19
| start19    = {{Start date|2021|2|14}}
| end19      = {{End date|2021|5|23}}
| infoA19    = [[Chayce Beckham]]
| infoB19    = [[Willie Spence]]
| link20     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 20 (2022)
| episodes20 = 20
| start20    = {{Start date|2022|2|27}}
| end20      = {{End date|2022|5|22}}
| infoA20    = [[Noah Thompson]]
| infoB20    = [[HunterGirl]]
| link21     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 21 (2023)
| episodes21 = 20
| start21    = {{Start date|2023|2|19}}
| end21      = {{End date|2023|5|21}}
| infoA21    = [[Iam Tongi]]
| infoB21    = Megan Danielle
| link22     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 22 (2024)
| episodes22 = 18
| infoA22    = [[Abi Carter]]
| infoB22    = Will Moseley
| start22    = {{Start date|2024|2|18}}
| end22      = {{End date|2024|5|19}}
| link23     = List of American Idol episodes#Season 23
| episodes23 = 19
| infoA23    = [[Jamal Roberts]]
| infoB23    = John Foster
| start23    = {{Start date|2025|3|2}}
| end23      = {{End date|2025|5|18}}
}}