Season
- Season 15 2016-01-07
- Season 14 2015-01-07
- Season 13 2014-01-15
- Season 12 2013-01-16
- Season 11 2012-01-18
- Season 10 2011-01-19
- Season 9 2010-01-12
- Season 8 2009-01-13
- Season 7 2008-01-15
- Season 6 2007-01-16
- Season 5 2006-01-17
- Season 4 2005-01-18
- Season 3 2004-01-19
- Season 2 2003-01-21
- Season 1 2002-06-11
- Season 0 2005-05-19
Episode
- Episode 1: First Show, First Recap
- Episode 2: The Journey Continues!
- Episode 3: Night Three!
- Episode 4: Finally! A Show About California!
- Episode 5: Mokolokilikilanilaki! It's Hawai'i!
- Episode 6: The Road is to Hollywood! (Is Paved with Broken Dreams. And Asphalt.)
- Episode 7: You're Going to Hollywood! (For a Little Bit, At Least.)
- Episode 8: 87 - People Not Good Enough = 32 Finalists!
- Episode 9: Sing!
- Episode 10: Two Will Be Happy. Six Will Be Sad. Lots Will Be Watching.
- Episode 11: Sing Again!
- Episode 12: The Final Decision...But The Right One?
- Episode 13: I'm Back, Baby!
- Episode 14: You! Over here! With the rest of the finalists!
- Episode 15: Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented
- Episode 16: Group Four! Then the Wild Card!
- Episode 17: Finally! Finalists!
- Episode 18: Wild Card Round (1)
- Episode 19: Wild Card Round (2)
- Episode 20: 12 Finalists Have Been Chosen
- Episode 21: Clay Aiken Returns
- Episode 22: 1 Down 11 To Go
- Episode 23: Soon There Will Be 10
- Episode 24: 10 Contestants sing
- Episode 25: 10 - 1 = 9
- Episode 26: Elton John theme
- Episode 27: Tamyra Gray returns
- Episode 28: 8 left to compete
- Episode 29: Down to 7 (Battle of the Jo(h)n's)
- Episode 30: 7 sing!!
- Episode 31: 6 remain - Barry Manilow visits
- Episode 32: 6 perform
- Episode 33: 6-1=5 is the result
- Episode 34: American Idol: The Final Five 2004
- Episode 35: 5 Idols sing
- Episode 36: Only 4 remain
- Episode 37: 4 Idols perform
- Episode 38: Only 3 Idols remain
- Episode 39: The Final 3 2004
- Episode 40: 3 sing
- Episode 41: Now Down To 2
- Episode 42: American Idol: The Phenomenon
- Episode 43: Fantasia Barrino vs. Diana DeGarmo
- Episode 44: And The Winner Is.....
- Episode 45: Kelly, Ruben & Fantasia: Home for Christmas
American Idol Season 3 You! Over here! With the rest of the finalists!
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?
