American Idol/At a Glance

Basic Information

• Full Name: American Idol
• Premiere Date: June 11, 2002
• Finale Date: still airing
• Networks: FOX (2002-present)
• Airtimes: Tuesdays at 8PM, Wednesdays at 9pm (through present).

Contestants by State

**Top 12 contestants only**

• Alabama - Bo Bice, Diana DeGarmo, Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard

• Arkansas - Kris Allen, Amanda Overmyer

• Arizona - David Hernandez, Scott MacIntyre, Jordin Sparks, Brooke White

• California - Corey Clark, Chikezie Eze, Andrew Garcia, A.J. Gil, Mandisa Hundley, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Jon Peter Lewis, La Toya London, Katharine McPhee, Brandon Rogers, Matthew Rogers, Ryan Starr, Lisa Tucker, Elliott Yamin

• Connecticut - Julia DeMato, Syesha Mercado, Katie Stevens

• Colorado - Ace Young

• Florida - David Archuleta, Michael Lynche, Ramiele Malubay, Melissa McGhee, Paige Miles, Jessica Sierra, Nadia Turner

• Georgia - EJay Day, Stephanie Edwards, Justin Guarini, R.J. Helton, Vanessa Olivarez, Vonzell Solomon

• Hawaii - Jasmine Trias, Camile Velasco

• Illinois - Paris Bennett, Lee Dewyse, Gina Glocksen, Jennifer Hudson, Jim Verraros

• Indiana - Amanda Overmyer

• Kansas - Amy Adams

• Kentucky - Phil Stacey

• Louisiana - Lindsey Cardinale, George Huff

• Maryland - Tamyra Gray

• Massachusetts - Siobhan Magnus

• Michigan - Matt Giraud, Joshua Gracin, Lakisha Jones

• Mississippi - Jasmine Murray

• Missouri - Nikko Smith

• Nevada - Mikalah Gordon

• New Jersey - Anwar Robinson

• New York - Christina Christian, Kevin Covais, Constantine Maroulis, John Stevens

• North Carolina - Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, Bucky Covington, Chris Daughtry, Anoop Desai, Kellie Pickler

• Ohio - Crystal Bowersox, Charles Grigsby, Scott Savol

• Oklahoma - Carrie Underwood

• Pennsylvania - Anthony Fedorov, Aaron Kelly

• Tennessee - Didi Benami, Melinda Doolittle, Alexis Grace, Kimberley Locke, Lil Rounds, Chris Sligh, Trenyce

• Texas - Lacey Brown, Kimberly Caldwell, Jason Castro, Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, Casey James, Nikki McKibbin, Michael Sarver, Haley Scarnato, Rickey Smith, Tim Urban

• Utah - David Archuleta, Megan Corkrey

• Virginia - Chris Richardson

• Washington - Kristy Lee Cook, Blake Lewis, Sanjaya Malakar

• Wisconsin - Danny Gokey

• CANADA - Leah LaBelle, Carmen Rasmusen
• AUSTRALIA - Michael Johns
• IRELAND - Carly Smithson
• PUERTO RICO - Jorge Nuñez