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 ...

Carrie Underwood‘s American Idol journey has come full circle. Fans first met Underwood when she auditioned for season 4 of the singing competition. Following her 2005 victory, Underwood went on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

An American Idol contestant got a golden ticket while singing an original song dedicated to the life and legacy of his murdered father. On the Sunday, March 23 edition of the reality singing ...

EXCLUSIVE: The American Play Company, most recently led by Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas and his business partner, Mark Shankman, is being acquired by the theatrical division of ...