An Alabama man, best known for his singing voice on “American Idol” that brought Katy Perry to tears, has been arrested. TMZ reports that Doug Kiker, who appeared on the 2020 season of “American Idol, ...

Freddie McClendon, an "American Idol" contestant, remembered his late father with a touching song during his audition on the ...

Kelly Clarkson famously won the first season of "American Idol" and has since become one of its most successful winners, but she did not initially know what she had signed up for. During a recent ...

One "American Idol" contestant is turning an unthinkable tragedy into triumph. South Carolina college student Freddie McClendon, 19, auditioned with the original song "You Never Loved Him," about ...

It was a family affair on American Idol. On the Sunday, March 23 episode, Lola Bonfiglio — Carnie Wilson's daughter — auditioned alongside her mom and Aunt Wendy in front of the show's judges ...

Jamal Roberts, a P.E. teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, earned a golden ticket on "American Idol." Roberts impressed the judges with his soulful rendition of "Mary Jane" by Rick James.

But 19-year-old Jamier Jones made them look easy, seamless and velvety during his Nashville audition on this season of 'American Idol.' Judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood were ...

On the 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast, she also recalled that people who were "really mean" about her 'American Idol' win went on to be coaches on 'The Voice' Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE.

Freddie McClendon brought "American Idol" judges to tears in Sunday night's episode when he performed a moving original song about his late father, Davis McClendon, who was killed in May 2023.

By Hannah Dailey 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 ...