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Specials

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar	1	0	15th Oct, 2002
AMERICAN IDOL'S" TOP 11 RETURN IN SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE WITH REPEAT PERFORMANCES	23	0	23rd Mar, 2005
Idols in Vegas	25	0	23rd Sep, 2002
American Idol: Christmas Songs	40	0	25th Nov, 2003
American Idol Presents The World's Worst Auditions	41	0	19th May, 2005
Kelly, Ruben & Fantasia: Home for Christmas	44	0	24th Nov, 2004

Season 1

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Debut	1	14	11th Jun, 2002
Episode Two	2	11	12th Jun, 2002
No Way Jim Moves On After That Performance. Right, Simon? Simon?	3	11	18th Jun, 2002
Dewey Defeats Truman!	4	8	19th Jun, 2002
Army Of The Mediocre	5	11	25th Jun, 2002
Six Pack	6	8	26th Jun, 2002
The Bad, The Even Worse and The Ugly	7	11	2nd Jul, 2002
Judge Fight!	8	8	3rd Jul, 2002
Wild!	9	11	10th Jul, 2002
The Live Album!	10	14	16th Jul, 2002
The Unkindest Cuts	11	10	17th Jul, 2002
Pride Goeth Before The ‘Fro	12	11	23rd Jul, 2002
Clash of the Titanic Egos	13	8	24th Jul, 2002
The Big Time!	14	11	30th Jul, 2002
Ryan-ara!	15	8	31st Jul, 2002
Jump, Jive and Fail!	16	9	6th Aug, 2002
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!	17	8	7th Aug, 2002
Five Alive (And An Assortment Of Other Bad Puns)	18	11	13th Aug, 2002
RJ is Short for	19	8	14th Aug, 2002
Two for Each One	20	11	20th Aug, 2002
What? Who? You're sure now?	21	8	21st Aug, 2002
Three Do Two	22	11	27th Aug, 2002
Two More	23	11	28th Aug, 2002
Showdown!	24	17	3rd Sep, 2002
EL FINALE!	25	4	4th Sep, 2002

Season 2

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Start It Up!	1	19	21st Jan, 2003
Part Deux	2	2	21st Jan, 2003
One Last Batch	3	4	28th Jan, 2003
Cut 'Em Up	4	2	29th Jan, 2003
Eight is Enough!	5	4	4th Feb, 2003
Two to Tango	6	4	5th Feb, 2003
Here We Go Again	7	4	11th Feb, 2003
Oh, Who Will It Be?!	8	4	12th Feb, 2003
Eight more will come before us	9	4	18th Feb, 2003
Get ready to see two happy people. And six unhappy ones.	10	4	19th Feb, 2003
American Idol: The Best of the Worst	11	4	19th Feb, 2003
Last Batch	12	4	25th Feb, 2003
Two By Two They March To The Finals	13	2	26th Feb, 2003
Wild!	14	5	4th Mar, 2003
I Need Results, Not Excuses!	15	4	5th Mar, 2003
The Clean Dozen	16	4	11th Mar, 2003
The First One Bites The Dust!	17	4	12th Mar, 2003
Eleven Man Band	18	2	18th Mar, 2003
One More Shall Fall	19	4	19th Mar, 2003
10, 9, 8 Ah, You Know How The Rest Goes	20	4	25th Mar, 2003
Ten Will Become Nine	21	4	26th Mar, 2003
You Kids Be Good!	22	4	1st Apr, 2003
You Kids Be Good!	23	4	1st Apr, 2003
Not The Final Countdown!	24	4	2nd Apr, 2003
The Hits!	25	4	8th Apr, 2003
Eight Minus One is Seven	26	4	9th Apr, 2003
(Insert Clever Headline Here)	27	2	15th Apr, 2003
One Will Go. Six Will Remain. A Recap Will Be Written. You Will Laugh At Least Once.	28	4	16th Apr, 2003
A Special Recap For A Special Episode	29	4	21st Apr, 2003
Six Of One, Half Dozen Of Another.	30	4	22nd Apr, 2003
Six To The Five On A To The I	31	4	23rd Apr, 2003
And Then There Were Five (A Title That Can Be Used With Any Number)	32	4	29th Apr, 2003
Five Minus One Equals Four. (And Other Simple Math)	33	4	30th Apr, 2003
The Final Four Is A Trademarked Term, So I Won't Use It As A Cliched Title.	34	4	6th May, 2003
Want To See A Magic Trick? Tonight Somebody Will Disappear!	35	0	7th May, 2003
Trifecta!	36	2	13th May, 2003
Soon, There Will Be Two. Very Soon, In Fact.	37	2	14th May, 2003
Let's learn about Ruben and Clay!	38	0	19th May, 2003
Clay v. Ruben	39	0	20th May, 2003
From Justin To Kelly: The Rise of Two American Idols	41	0	20th Jun, 2003
I Bet It'll Be Ruben! Or Clay!	42	0	21st May, 2003

Season 3

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
First Show, First Recap	1	2	19th Jan, 2004
The Journey Continues!	2	2	20th Jan, 2004
Night Three!	3	0	21st Jan, 2004
Finally! A Show About California!	4	3	27th Jan, 2004
Mokolokilikilanilaki! It's Hawai'i!	5	2	28th Jan, 2004
The Road is to Hollywood! (Is Paved with Broken Dreams. And Asphalt.)	6	2	2nd Feb, 2004
You're Going to Hollywood! (For a Little Bit, At Least.)	7	2	3rd Feb, 2004
87 - People Not Good Enough = 32 Finalists!	8	2	4th Feb, 2004
Sing!	9	2	10th Feb, 2004
Two Will Be Happy. Six Will Be Sad. Lots Will Be Watching.	10	2	11th Feb, 2004
Sing Again!	11	2	17th Feb, 2004
The Final Decision...But The Right One?	12	2	18th Feb, 2004
I'm Back, Baby!	13	2	24th Feb, 2004
You! Over here! With the rest of the finalists!	14	0	25th Feb, 2004
Group Four! Then the Wild Card!	15	2	2nd Mar, 2004
Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented	16	2	1st Mar, 2004
Wild Card Round (1)	17	2	9th Mar, 2004
Wild Card Round (2)	18	2	10th Mar, 2004
12 Finalists Have Been Chosen	19	2	16th Mar, 2004
Clay Aiken Returns	20	2	17th Mar, 2004
1 Down 11 To Go	21	4	23rd Mar, 2004
Soon There Will Be 10	22	2	24th Mar, 2004
10 Contestants sing	23	2	30th Mar, 2004
10 - 1 = 9	24	2	31st Mar, 2004
ELTON JOHN theme	25	2	6th Apr, 2004
Tamyra Gray returns	26	2	7th Apr, 2004
8 left to compete	27	3	14th Apr, 2004
Down to 7(Battle of the Jo(h)n's)	28	2	15th Apr, 2004
7 sing!!	29	2	20th Apr, 2004
6 remain - Barry Manilow visits	30	0	21st Apr, 2004
6 perform	31	2	27th Apr, 2004
6-1=5 is the result	32	0	28th Apr, 2004
AMERICAN IDOL: THE FINAL FIVE '04	33	2	3rd May, 2004
5 Idols sing	34	2	4th May, 2004
only 4 remain	35	0	5th May, 2004
4 Idols perform	36	2	11th May, 2004
Only 3 Idols remain	37	2	12th May, 2004
The Final 3 '04	38	2	17th May, 2004
3 sing	39	2	18th May, 2004
Now down to 2	40	2	19th May, 2004
American Idol: The Phenomenon	41	0	23rd May, 2004
Fantasia Barrino Vs. Diana DeGarmo	42	0	25th May, 2004
And The Winner Is.....	43	0	26th May, 2004

Season 4

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Washington D.C. Auditions	1	7	18th Jan, 2005
St. Louis, Missouri Auditions	2	7	19th Jan, 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana Auditions	3	8	25th Jan, 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada Auditions	4	6	26th Jan, 2005
Cleveland, Ohio & Orlando, Florida Auditions	5	6	1st Feb, 2005
San Francisco, California Auditions	6	5	2nd Feb, 2005
American Idol takes the auditions to the next level...Hollywood! (1)	7	8	8th Feb, 2005
Hollywood Auditions Continue (2)	8	7	9th Feb, 2005
Auditions continue in Hollywood (3)	9	3	15th Feb, 2005
Auditions continue in Hollywood (4)	10	7	16th Feb, 2005
The top 12 boys perform live	11	3	21st Feb, 2005
The top 12 girls perform live	12	3	22nd Feb, 2005
First result show of the season	13	3	23rd Feb, 2005
Ten males perform live	14	3	28th Feb, 2005
Ten females perform live	15	3	1st Mar, 2005
Who Has America Chosen To Stay And Who Will Go Home?	16	3	2nd Mar, 2005
Eight Males Perform Live	17	3	7th Mar, 2005
Eight Females Perform Live	18	3	8th Mar, 2005
Top 12 Revealed	19	6	9th Mar, 2005
Top 12 Finalists Perform For The First Time!	20	3	15th Mar, 2005
One Must Go Home Tonight!	21	3	16th Mar, 2005
American Idol's Top 11 Perform	22	3	22nd Mar, 2005
It's Down To The Top 10	24	3	24th Mar, 2005
Top 10 perform live	25	21	29th Mar, 2005
It's Down to the top 9	26	0	30th Mar, 2005
American Idol's Top 9 Perform	27	0	5th Apr, 2005
Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Top 9	28	0	6th Apr, 2005
Top 8 Perform	29	0	12th Apr, 2005
Who Is Eliminated From The Top 8	30	0	13th Apr, 2005
Top 7 Perform	31	0	19th Apr, 2005
Who's Out Of The Top 7	32	0	20th Apr, 2005
Top 6 Perform	33	0	26th Apr, 2005
Who Is Eliminated From The Top 6	34	0	27th Apr, 2005
Top 5 Perform	35	0	3rd May, 2005
Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Top 5	36	0	4th May, 2005
American Idol's Final 4 Perform!	37	0	10th May, 2005
Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Final 4	38	2	11th May, 2005
American Idol's Final 3 Perform	39	0	17th May, 2005
Tonight Is The Night When 3 Become 2	40	0	18th May, 2005
Bo Bice Vs. Carrie Underwood	42	0	24th May, 2005
And The Winner Is.......	43	0	25th May, 2005

Season 5

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Chicago, IL Auditions	1	25	17th Jan, 2006
Denver, CO Auditions	2	19	18th Jan, 2006
Greensboro, NC Auditions	3	25	24th Jan, 2006
San Francisco, CA Auditions	4	19	25th Jan, 2006
Las Vegas, NV Auditions	5	19	31st Jan, 2006
Austin, TX Auditions	6	19	1st Feb, 2006
Boston, MA Auditions	7	17	7th Feb, 2006
Hollywood Round 1	8	19	8th Feb, 2006
Hollywood Round 2	9	16	14th Feb, 2006
The top 24 semifinalists are revealed tonight	10	16	15th Feb, 2006
The Top 12 Girls Perform Live	11	25	21st Feb, 2006
The Top 12 Boys Perform Live	12	22	22nd Feb, 2006
First live result show of the season	13	19	23rd Feb, 2006
Top 10 Girls Perform	14	22	28th Feb, 2006
Top 10 Boys Perform	15	22	1st Mar, 2006
Four More Go Home	16	22	2nd Mar, 2006
Top 8 Girls Perform	17	16	7th Mar, 2006
Top 8 Boys Perform	18	19	8th Mar, 2006
Top 12 Finalists to be Revealed Tonight	19	13	9th Mar, 2006
Stevie Wonder Classics	20	3	14th Mar, 2006
One of the Top 12 must go home tonight!	21	16	15th Mar, 2006
Songs of the 50's	22	3	21st Mar, 2006
Lowest Vote-Getter Among The 11 Finalists Is Eliminated	23	13	22nd Mar, 2006
Songs of the Past 6 Years	24	15	28th Mar, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! Find Out Who Is Eliminated	25	22	29th Mar, 2006
Country Hits	26	0	4th Apr, 2006
8 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	27	0	5th Apr, 2006
Top 8 Perform	28	0	11th Apr, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! 7 Remain After The Results Are Revealed	29	0	12th Apr, 2006
Top 7 Perform	30	0	18th Apr, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! 6 Finalists Remain When The Results Are Revealed	31	0	19th Apr, 2006
Top 6 Perform	32	0	25th Apr, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! 5 Finalists Remain When The Results Are Revealed	33	0	26th Apr, 2006
Top 5 Perform	34	0	2nd May, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! 4 Finalists Remain When The Results Are Revealed	35	0	3rd May, 2006
Top 4 Perform	36	0	9th May, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! Only 3 Finalists Will Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	37	4	10th May, 2006
Top 3 Perform!	38	0	16th May, 2006
One Must Go Home Tonight! Only Two Will Continue Their Quest When The Voting Results Are Revealed	39	0	17th May, 2006
Taylor Hicks Vs. Katharine McPhee	40	0	23rd May, 2006
And The Winner Is..........	41	4	24th May, 2006

Season 6

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Minneapolis, MN Auditions	1	33	16th Jan, 2007
Seattle, WA Auditions	2	32	17th Jan, 2007
Memphis, TN Auditions	3	21	23rd Jan, 2007
New York City, NY Auditions	4	32	24th Jan, 2007
Birmingham, AL Auditions	5	20	30th Jan, 2007
Los Angeles, CA Auditions	6	23	31st Jan, 2007
San Antonio, TX Auditions	7	18	6th Feb, 2007
Best of the Rest, Auditions	8	20	7th Feb, 2007
Hollywood Round 1	9	26	13th Feb, 2007
Hollywood Round 2	10	23	14th Feb, 2007
The Top 12 Boys Perform	11	30	20th Feb, 2007
The Top 12 Girls Perform	12	33	21st Feb, 2007
First Live Results Show Of The Season	13	20	22nd Feb, 2007
The Top 10 Boys Perform	14	28	27th Feb, 2007
The Top 10 Girls Perform	15	27	28th Feb, 2007
Four More Go Home	16	21	1st Mar, 2007
Top 8 Boys Compete	17	17	6th Mar, 2007
Top 8 Girls Compete	18	24	7th Mar, 2007
Top 12 Finalists To Be Revealed	19	23	8th Mar, 2007
The Top 12 Perform Live	20	28	13th Mar, 2007
One Of The Top 12 Must Go Home Tonight!	21	20	14th Mar, 2007
Top 11 Finalists Compete	22	29	20th Mar, 2007
Lowest Vote-Getter Among The 11 Finalists Is Eliminated	23	17	21st Mar, 2007
The Top 10 Perform	24	27	27th Mar, 2007
One Must Go Home Tonight! Find Out Who Is Eliminated From The Top 10	25	63	28th Mar, 2007
Top 9 Finalists To Perform	26	11	3rd Apr, 2007
8 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	27	14	4th Apr, 2007
Top 8 Perform With Some Tips From Jennifer Lopez	28	6	10th Apr, 2007
7 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	29	6	11th Apr, 2007
Top 7 Perform With Advice From Martina McBride	30	8	17th Apr, 2007
6 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	31	8	18th Apr, 2007
Top 6 Perform, Idol Gives Back Part 1	32	3	24th Apr, 2007
5 Finalists Remain And America Makes A Difference, Idol Gives Back Part 2	33	9	25th Apr, 2007
Top 6 Perform Again With Some Tips From Bon Jovi	34	11	1st May, 2007
4 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	35	10	2nd May, 2007
Top 4 Perform Live!	36	7	8th May, 2007
3 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed	37	8	9th May, 2007
2 Divas And A Guy Perform Live	38	6	15th May, 2007
One Must Go Home Tonight! Only Two Will Continue Their Quest When The Voting Results Are Revealed	39	5	16th May, 2007
Blake Lewis Vs. Jordin Sparks	40	6	22nd May, 2007
And The Winner Is............	41	78	23rd May, 2007

Season 7

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Philadelphia, PA Auditions	1	114	15th Jan, 2008
Dallas, TX Auditions	2	91	16th Jan, 2008
San Diego, CA Auditions	3	81	22nd Jan, 2008
Charleston, SC Auditions	4	82	23rd Jan, 2008
Omaha, NE Auditions	5	72	29th Jan, 2008
Miami, FL Auditions	6	66	30th Jan, 2008
Atlanta, GA Auditions	7	69	5th Feb, 2008
Best of the Rest Auditions	8	81	6th Feb, 2008
Hollywood Round 1	9	81	12th Feb, 2008
Hollywood Round 2	10	86	13th Feb, 2008
The Top 12 Boys Perform	11	97	19th Feb, 2008
The Top 12 Girls Perform	12	81	20th Feb, 2008
First All New Live Results Show	13	91	21st Feb, 2008
The Top 10 Boys Perform	14	88	26th Feb, 2008
The Top 10 Girls Perform	15	81	27th Feb, 2008
Four More Go Home	16	83	28th Feb, 2008
The Top 8 Boys Perform	17	83	4th Mar, 2008
The Top 8 Girls Perform	18	82	5th Mar, 2008
Four More Go Home - Top 12 Revealed	19	85	6th Mar, 2008
The Top 12 Perform Live	20	78	11th Mar, 2008
One Of The Top 12 Must Go Home Tonight!	21	77	12th Mar, 2008
Top 11 Finalists Compete Live, Lennon/McCartney Round 2	22	71	18th Mar, 2008
One More Goes Home Tonight!	23	75	19th Mar, 2008
The Top 10 Perform Live	24	63	25th Mar, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! Find Out Who Is Eliminated	26	57	26th Mar, 2008
The Top 8 Finalists Perform	28	36	8th Apr, 2008
Idol Gives Back 2008	29	19	9th Apr, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! 7 Finalists Remain	30	23	10th Apr, 2008
Top 7 Perform	31	31	15th Apr, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! 6 Finalists Remain	32	36	16th Apr, 2008
Top 6 Perform With Some Tips From Andrew Lloyd Webber	33	36	22nd Apr, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! 5 Finalists Remain	34	29	23rd Apr, 2008
Top 5 Perform	35	28	29th Apr, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! Top 4 Finalists Remain	36	26	30th Apr, 2008
Top 4 Perform Live	37	33	6th May, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! 3 Finalists Remain	38	44	7th May, 2008
2 Guys And A Diva Perform	39	57	13th May, 2008
One Must Go Home Tonight! Only Two Will Continue Their Quest When The Voting Results Are Revealed	40	59	14th May, 2008
David Archuleta Vs. David Cook	41	53	20th May, 2008
And The Winner Is.........	42	28	21st May, 2008

Season 8

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Phoenix, AZ Auditions	1	24	13th Jan, 2009
Kansas City, MO Auditions	2	17	14th Jan, 2009
San Francisco, CA Auditions	3	19	20th Jan, 2009
Louisville, KY Auditions	4	31	21st Jan, 2009
Jacksonville, FL Auditions	5	31	27th Jan, 2009
Salt Lake City, UT Auditions	6	20	28th Jan, 2009
East Rutherford, NJ, & San Juan, PR Auditions	7	27	29th Jan, 2009
Hollywood Round 1	8	26	3rd Feb, 2009
Hollywood Round 2	9	31	4th Feb, 2009
Hollywood Round 3	10	26	10th Feb, 2009
Hollywood Round 4, Top 36 Revealed	11	21	11th Feb, 2009
1st 12 Semifinalists Perform	12	19	17th Feb, 2009
Three Finalists Chosen Tonight	13	24	18th Feb, 2009
2nd Group Of 12 Perform	14	29	25th Feb, 2009
Three Finalists Chosen Tonight	15	29	26th Feb, 2009
3rd Group Of 12 Perform	16	28	3rd Mar, 2009
Three Finalists Chosen Tonight	17	28	4th Mar, 2009
WildCard Round	18	28	5th Mar, 2009
The Top 13 Perform For The First Time Ever	19	12	10th Mar, 2009
Two People In The Top 13 Must Go Home Tonight!	20	11	11th Mar, 2009
The Top 11 Perform	21	11	17th Mar, 2009
One More Goes Home Tonight!	22	14	18th Mar, 2009
The Top 10 Finalists Perform	23	17	25th Mar, 2009
Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home	24	18	26th Mar, 2009
The Remaining 9 Finalists Perform	25	34	31st Mar, 2009
Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live!	26	9	1st Apr, 2009
The Finalists Perform Live	27	13	7th Apr, 2009
Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live Tonight!	28	6	8th Apr, 2009
The Top 7 Finalists Perform Live	29	9	14th Apr, 2009
Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live!	30	6	15th Apr, 2009
The 7 Remaining Finalists Perform - Again!	31	9	21st Apr, 2009
A Double Elimination Tonight - Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home!	32	5	22nd Apr, 2009
The Remaining Five Finalists Perform	33	7	28th Apr, 2009
Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live Once Again!	34	6	29th Apr, 2009
The Top 4 Finalists Perform Live	35	5	5th May, 2009
Find Out Which Of The 4 Remaining Finalists Stay And Who Goes Home	36	5	6th May, 2009
The 3 Finalists Perform Live	37	7	12th May, 2009
Find Out Which Of The Final 3 Stays And Who Goes Home	38	8	13th May, 2009
Kris Allen Vs. Adam Lambert	39	8	19th May, 2009
And The Winner Is...........	40	6	20th May, 2009

Season 9

Name	Episode	Videos	Date Aired
Boston, Mass Auditions	1	21	12th Jan, 2010
Atlanta, GA Auditions	2	17	13th Jan, 2010
Chicago, IL Auditions	3	13	19th Jan, 2010
Orlando, FL Auditions	4	12	20th Jan, 2010
Los Angeles, CA Auditions	5	15	26th Jan, 2010
Dallas, TX Auditions	6	15	27th Jan, 2010
Denver, CO Auditions	7	16	2nd Feb, 2010
Best Of The Rest Auditions	8	14	3rd Feb, 2010
Hollywood Round 1	9	17	9th Feb, 2010
Hollywood Round 2	10	11	10th Feb, 2010
Hollywood Round 3	11	11	16th Feb, 2010
Hollywood Round 4, Top 24 Revealed	12	15	17th Feb, 2010
The Top 12 Girls Take The Stage For The First Time Live!!	13	17	23rd Feb, 2010
The Top 12 Guys Take The Stage For The First Time Live!!	14	13	24th Feb, 2010
America Says Goodbye To Four Semifinalists Live	15	13	25th Feb, 2010
The Top 10 Guys Take The Stage Live	16	12	2nd Mar, 2010
The Top 10 Girls Take The Stage Live	17	14	3rd Mar, 2010
America Says Goodbye To Four Semifinalists Live	18	14	4th Mar, 2010