Editing American Idol (section)

====Season 11 (2012)====
{{Main|American Idol season 11{{!}}''American Idol'' season 11}}
[[File:Phillip Phillips Live at Walmart Soundcheck, December 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Phillip Phillips]], the [[American Idol season 11|eleventh season]] winner]]
The eleventh season premiered on January 18, 2012. Ryan Seacrest returned as host and Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, and Randy Jackson returned as judges. One more finalist would join the Top 24 making it the Top 25, which was later revealed to be [[Jermaine Jones (singer)|Jermaine Jones]]. However, on March 14, Jones was disqualified in 12th place for concealing arrests and outstanding warrants. Jones denied the accusation that he concealed his arrests.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Kevin |date=March 16, 2012 |title=Jermaine Jones: I Didn't Know I Broke American Idol's Rules |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/tv/jermaine-jones-i-didnt-know-i-broke-american-idols-rules/ |access-date=November 23, 2019}}</ref>

Finalist [[Phillip Phillips]] suffered from kidney pain and was taken to the hospital before the Top 13 results show, and later received medical procedure to alleviate a blockage caused by kidney stones.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 16, 2012 |title=Bad Kidneys Won't Keep Me Off Show |work=TMZ |url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/03/16/american-idol-phillip-phillips-kidney-stones/}}</ref> He was reported to have eight surgeries during his Idol run, and had considered quitting the show due to the pain.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brian Mansfield |date=May 24, 2012 |title=Surgery won't affect Idols tour, Phillips says |work=USA Today |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/05/surgery-wont-affect-idols-tour-phillips-says/1 |access-date=May 25, 2012 |series=Idol Chatter}}</ref> He underwent surgery to remove the stones and reconstruct his kidney soon after the season had finished.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marisa Laudadio |date=July 1, 2012 |title=Phillip Phillips Reveals Details of Year-Long Kidney Crisis |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20607359,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703102022/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20607359,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 3, 2012}}</ref>

[[Jessica Sanchez]] received the fewest votes during the Top 7 week, and the judges decided to use their "save" option on her, making her the first female recipient of the save. The following week, unlike previous seasons, [[Colton Dixon]] was the only contestant sent home. Sanchez later made the final two, the first season where a recipient of the save reached the finale.

Phillips became the winner, beating Sanchez. During the finale, fifth season finalist [[Ace Young]] proposed marriage to third season runner-up [[Diana DeGarmo]] on stage – which she accepted.<ref>{{cite web |last=Angermiller |first=Michele Amabile |date=May 23, 2012 |title='American Idol': Season 5's Ace Young Proposes to Season 3's Diana DeGarmo On Finale Stage |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-idol-ace-young-proposes-diana-degarmo-328832 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

Phillips released "[[Home (Phillip Phillips song)|Home]]" as his coronation song, while Sanchez released "[[Change Nothing (song)|Change Nothing]]". Phillips' "Home" has since become the best selling of all coronation songs, with over 5 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite news |last=Paul Grein |date=October 24, 2012 |title=Chart Watch Extra: Phillip Phillips' Idol Record |work=Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo Music |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-american-idol-top-dozen-171239977.html |access-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Michele Amabile Angermiller and Shirley Halperin |date=December 10, 2015 |title=American Idol' Final Season To Be Four Weeks Shorter Than Last |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6805220/american-idol-final-season-cut-four-weeks-short}} Sales figure given [http://www.billboard.com/files/media/BB38-idol-01.jpg here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211095945/http://www.billboard.com/files/media/BB38-idol-01.jpg |date=December 11, 2015 }}</ref>