List of Idols winners

Countries that have their own versions of Idols. Countries that film their own versions are in blue, while those that take part in a series with other countries are in green

A combined 204 artists have won the television series Idols, a reality singing competition adapted in forty-six regions. The series, originally created by British television executive Simon Fuller as Pop Idol, aims to find the most outstanding independent solo singer. Through mass auditions, a group of semi-finalists is selected by a panel of judges based on their performances. The finalists are then selected amongst a group of semi-finalists by the television audiences and the judges (through wildcard rounds), with the finalist receiving the most number of votes by the television audiences in their weekly performance being declared the winner.

Each winner is given a recording contract, a monetary prize, and a title as that nation's Idol, SuperStar or Star. The first winner of the format was Will Young of the United Kingdom in 2002. Two winners of the series were also able to win for another regional title: Kurt Nilsen of Norway also won World Idol in 2003, and Hady Mirza of Singapore also won Asian Idol in 2007. In addition, Jason Hartman and Sasha-Lee Davids of South Africa were the only two finalists to be declared as co-winners of the format.

Winning the Idols series provides a unique opportunity for the winning artist(s) to launch or further their music careers, due to the surrounding publicity and the recording contract offerings. However, only a few of them have managed to further their international careers. The most notable winner of the series was Kelly Clarkson of the United States, who has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Other notable winning artists who also have managed to chart internationally include Agnes Carlsson of Sweden, Alexander Klaws of Germany, Nilsen of Norway, Guy Sebastian of Australia, Carrie Underwood of the United States, and Young of the United Kingdom.

Winners

National versions

Region	Series title (alternative title)	Winner
Armenia	Hay Superstar (Հայ Սուպերսթար)	Season 1 (2003): Susanna Petrosyan Season 2 (2006–07): Lusine Aghabekyan Season 3 (2008): Lusi Harutunyan Season 4 (2009–10): Raffi Ohanian Season 5 (2011–12): Sona Rubenyan
Australia	Australian Idol	Season 1 (2003): Guy Sebastian Season 2 (2004): Casey Donovan Season 3 (2005): Kate DeAraugo Season 4 (2006): Damien Leith Season 5 (2007): Natalie Gauci Season 6 (2008): Wes Carr Season 7 (2009): Stan Walker
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi Idol	Season 1 (2013): Mong u ching
Belgium	Idool	Season 1 (2003): Peter Evrard Season 2 (2004): Joeri Fransen Season 3 (2007): Dean Delannoit Season 4 (2011): Kevin Kayirangwa
Brazil	Ídolos	Season 1 (2006): Leandro Lopes Season 2 (2007): Thaeme Mariôto Season 3 (2008): Rafael Barreto Season 4 (2009): Saulo Roston Season 5 (2010): Israel Lucero Season 6 (2011): Henrique Lemes Season 7 (2012): Everton Silva
Bulgaria	Music Idol	Season 1 (2007): Nevena Tsoneva Season 2 (2008): Toma Zdravkov Season 3 (2009): Magdalena Janavarova
Cambodia	Cambodian Idol (តារាកម្ពុជា)	Season 1 (2015): Ny Rathana
Canada	Canadian Idol	Season 1 (2003): Ryan Malcolm Season 2 (2004): Kalan Porter Season 3 (2005): Melissa O'Neil Season 4 (2006): Eva Avila Season 5 (2007): Brian Melo Season 6 (2008): Theo Tams
China	Zhōngguó Mèng Zhī Shēng Chinese Idol (中國夢之聲 Chinese Idol)	Season 1 (2013): XiangXiang "Sean" Li Season 2 (2014): Sinkey Zheng
Colombia	Idol Colombia	Season 1 (2014): Luis Ángel Racini
Croatia	Hrvatski Idol	Season 1 (2003): Žanamari Lalić Season 2 (2004–05): Patrick Jurdić
	Hrvatska traži Zvijezdu	Season 1 (2009): Bojan Jambrošić Season 2 (2010): Kim Verson Season 3 (2011): Goran Kos
Czech Republic	Česko hledá SuperStar	Season 1 (2004): Aneta Langerová Season 2 (2005): Vlastimil Horváth Season 3 (2006): Zbyněk Drda
Denmark	Idols	Season 1 (2003): Christian Mendoza Season 2 (2004): Rikke Emma Niebuhr
Estonia	Eesti otsib superstaari	Season 1 (2007): Birgit Õigemeel Season 2 (2008): Jana Kask Season 3 (2009): Ott Lepland Season 4 (2011): Liis Lemsalu Season 5 (2012): Rasmus Rändvee Season 6 (2015): Jüri Pootsmann
Finland	Idols	Season 1 (2003–04): Hanna Pakarinen Season 2 (2005): Ilkka Jääskeläinen Season 3 (2007): Ari Koivunen Season 4 (2008): Koop Arponen Season 5 (2011): Martti Saarinen Season 6 (2012): Diandra Flores Season 7 (2013): Mitra Kaislaranta
France	Nouvelle Star (A la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star)	Season 1 (2003) : Jonatan Cerrada Season 2 (2004): Steeve Estatof Season 3 (2005): Myriam Abel Season 4 (2006): Christophe Willem Season 5 (2007): Julien Doré Season 6 (2008): Amandine Bourgeois Season 7 (2009): Soan Faya Season 8 (2010): Lucie Brunet Season 9 (2012-13): Sophie-Tith Charvet Season 10 (2013-14): Mathieu Saikaly Season 11 (2014-15): Emji Season 12 (2016): Patrick Rouiller
Georgia	Geostar (ჯეოსტარი)	Season 1 (2006): Tiko Chulukhadze Season 2 (2007): Ani Kekua Season 3 (2008): Giorgi Sukhitashvili Season 4 (2009): Nodiko Tatishvili Season 5 (2010): Otar Nemsadze Season 6 (2011): Marita Rokhvadze
	Saqartvelos Varskvlavi (საქართველოს ვარსკვლავი)	Season 1 (2012): Luka Zakariadze Season 2 (2013): Nina Sublati
Germany	Deutschland sucht den SuperStar	Season 1 (2002-03): Alexander Klaws Season 2 (2003-04): Elli Erl Season 3 (2005-06): Tobias Regner Season 4 (2007): Mark Medlock Season 5 (2008): Thomas Godoj Season 6 (2009): Daniel Schuhmacher Season 7 (2010): Mehrzad Marashi Season 8 (2011): Pietro Lombardi Season 9 (2012): Luca Hänni Season 10 (2013): Beatrice Egli Season 11 (2014): Aneta Sablik Season 12 (2015): Severino Seeger Season 13 (2016): Prince Damien Ritzinger Season 14 (2017): Upcoming Season
Greece	Super Idol	Season 1 (2004): Stavros Konstantinou
	Greek Idol	Season 1 (2010): Valanto Trifonos Season 2 (2011): Panagiotis Tsakalakos
Iceland	Idol Stjörnuleit	Season 1 (2003–04): Kalli Bjarni Season 2 (2004–05): Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir Season 3 (2005–06): Snorri Snorrason Season 4 (2009): Hrafna Hanna Elísa Herbertsdóttir
India	Indian Idol	Season 1 (2004–05): Abhijeet Sawant Season 2 (2005-06): Sandeep Acharya Season 3 (2007): Prashant Tamang Season 4 (2008-09): Sourabhee Debbarma Season 5 (2010): Sreeram Chandra Season 6 (2012): Vipul Mehta
Indonesia	Indonesian Idol	Season 1 (2004) : Joy Destiny Tobing Season 2 (2005): Mike Mohede Season 3 (2006): Ihsan Tarore Season 4 (2007): Rini Wulandari Season 5 (2008): Januarisman Season 6 (2010): Igo Pentury Season 7 (2012): Regina Ivanova Season 8 (2014): Nowela Mikhelia
Kazakhstan	SuperStar KZ	Season 1 (2003–04): Almas Kishkenbayev Season 2 (2004–05): Kayrat Tuntekov Season 3 (2005–06): Nurzhan Kermenbayev Season 4 (2007): Oleg Karezin
Macedonia	Macedonian Idol	Season 1 (2010-11): Ivan Radenov
Malaysia	Malaysian Idol	Season 1 (2004): Jaclyn Victor Season 2 (2005): Daniel Lee Chee Hun
Maldives	Maldivian Idol (މޯލްޑިވިއަން އައިޑަލް)	Season 1 (2016): Laisha Junaid
Myanmar	Myanmar Idol	Season 1 (2016): Saw Lah Htaw Wah
Netherlands	Idols	Season 1 (2002-03): Jamai Loman Season 2 (2003–04): Boris Titulaer Season 3 (2005-06): Raffaëla Paton Season 4 (2007-08): Nikki Kerkhof Season 5 (2016): In progress
New Zealand	NZ Idol	Season 1 (2004): Ben Lummis Season 2 (2005): Rosita Vai Season 3 (2006): Matthew Saunoa
Nigeria	Nigerian Idol	Season 1 (2010–11): Yeka Onka Season 2 (2011–12): Chinwo "Mercy" Nnenda Season 3 (2012–13): Moses Obi-Adigwe Season 4 (2014): Zibili Evelyn "Evelle" Ibhade Season 5 (2015): K-Peace
Norway	Idol	Season 1 (2003): Kurt Nilsen Season 2 (2004): Kjartan Salvesen Season 3 (2005): Jorun Stiansen Season 4 (2006): Aleksander Denstad With Season 5 (2007): Glenn Lyse Season 6 (2011): Jenny Langlo Season 7 (2013): Siri Vølstad Jensen Season 8 (2014): Ingvar Olsen Season 9 (2016): In progress
Pakistan	Pakistan Idol	Season 1 (2013): Zamad Baig Season 2 (2016): Upcoming season
Philippines	Philippine Idol	Season 1 (2006): Mau Marcelo
	Pinoy Idol	Season 1 (2008): Gretchen Espina
Poland	Idol	Season 1 (2002): Alicja Janosz Season 2 (2002–03): Krzysztof Zalewski Season 3 (2003–04): Monika Brodka Season 4 (2005): Maciej Silski
Portugal	Ídolos	Season 1 (2003-04): Nuno Norte Season 2 (2004-05): Sérgio Lucas Season 3 (2009-10): Filipe Pinto Season 4 (2010): Sandra Pereira Season 5 (2012): Diogo Piçarra Season 6 (2015): João Couto
Puerto Rico	Idol Puerto Rico	Season 1 (2011): Christian Pagán Season 2 (2012): Gremal Maldonado Season 3 (2013): Marileyda Hernández
Russia	Narodniy Artist (Народный Артист)	Season 1 (2003): Aleksey Goman Season 2 (2004): Ruslan Alehno Season 3 (2006): Amarkhuu Borkhuu
Serbia and Montenegro	Idol (Идол)	Season 1 (2003–04): Cveta Majtanović
Singapore	Singapore Idol	Season 1 (2004): Taufik Batisah Season 2 (2006): Hady Mirza Season 3 (2009): Sezairi Sezali
Slovakia	Slovensko hľadá SuperStar	Season 1, (2004-05): Katarína Koščová Season 2, (2005-06): Peter Cmorik Season 3, (2007): Vierka Berkyová
South Africa	Idols	Season 1 (2002): Heinz Winckler Season 2 (2003): Anke Pietrangeli Season 3 (2005): Karin Kortje Season 4 (2007): Jody Williams Season 5 (2009): Jason Hartman and Sasha-Lee Davids Season 6 (2010): Elvis Blue Season 7 (2011): Dave van Vuuren Season 8 (2012): Khaya Mthethwa Season 9 (2013): Musa Sukwene Season 10 (2014): Vincent Bones Season 11 (2015): Karabo Mogane
	Idols (Idols Afrikaans)	Season 1 (2006): Dewald Louw
Sweden	Idol	Season 1 (2004): Daniel Lindström Season 2 (2005): Agnes Carlsson Season 3 (2006): Markus Fagervall Season 4 (2007): Marie Picasso Season 5 (2008): Kevin Borg Season 6 (2009): Erik Grönwall Season 7 (2010): Jay Smith Season 8 (2011): Amanda Fondell Season 9 (2013): Kevin Walker Season 10 (2014): Lisa Ajax Season 11 (2015): Martin Almgren Season 12 (2016): Upcoming season
Turkey	Turkstar	Season 1 (2004): Emrah Keskin
United Kingdom	Pop Idol	Series 1 (2001-02): Will Young Series 2 (2003): Michelle McManus
United States	American Idol	Season 1 (2002): Kelly Clarkson Season 2 (2003): Ruben Studdard Season 3 (2004): Fantasia Barrino Season 4 (2005): Carrie Underwood Season 5 (2006): Taylor Hicks Season 6 (2007): Jordin Sparks Season 7 (2008): David Cook Season 8 (2009): Kris Allen Season 9 (2010): Lee DeWyze Season 10 (2011): Scotty McCreery Season 11 (2012): Phillip Phillips Season 12 (2013): Candice Glover Season 13 (2014): Caleb Johnson Season 14 (2015): Nick Fradiani Season 15 (2016): Trent Harmon
Vietnam	Vietnam Idol (Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc: Vietnam Idol, season 1-4 Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc Việt Nam, season 5-present)	Season 1 (2007): Phương Vy Season 2 (2008-09): Quốc Thiên Season 3 (2010): Uyên Linh Season 4 (2012-13): Ya Suy Season 5 (2013–14): Nhật Thủy Season 6 (2015): Trǫng Hiěu Season 7 (2016): Upcoming season

Multinational versions

Region	Series title (alternative title)	Winner
Arab states	SuperStar (سوبر ستار)	Season 1 (2003): Diana Karazon Season 2 (2004): Ayman El Aatar Season 3 (2005–06): Ibrahim El Hakami Season 4 (2007): Marwan Ali Season 5 (2008): Elie Bitar
	Arab Idol	Season 1 (2011-12): Carmen Suleiman Season 2 (2013): Mohammed Assaf Season 3 (2014): Hazem Shareef
Czech Republic and Slovakia	SuperStar (Česko Slovenská Superstar)	Season 1 (2009): Martin Chodúr Season 2 (2011): Lukáš Adamec Season 3 (2013): Sabina Křováková Season 4 (2015): Emma Drobná
East Africa	Idols	Season 1 (2008): Eric Moyo
Latin America	Latin American Idol	Season 1 (2006): Mayré Martínez Season 2 (2007): Carlos Peña Season 3 (2008): Margarita Henríquez Season 4 (2009): Martha Heredia
Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia	Idol (Идол)	Season 1 (2005): Mina Laličić
West Africa	Idols	Season 1 (2007): Timi Dakolo

Junior competitions

Region	Series title	Winner
Brazil	Ídolos Kids	Season 1 (2012): Fernando Franco Season 2 (2013): Julia Tavares
Germany	Deutschland sucht den Superstar Kids	Season 1 (2012): Marco Kappel
India	Indian Idol Junior	Season 1 (2013): Anjana Padmanabhan Season 2 (2015): Ananya Nanda
Indonesia	Indonesian Idol Junior	Season 1 (2014): Johannes Tinambunan
Norway	Idol Jr	Season 1 (2014): Mathilde Spurkeland
Portugal	Ídolos Kids	Season 1 (2012): Ana Baptista
Puerto Rico	Idol Kids Puerto Rico	Season 1 (2012): Edgard Hernández Season 2 (2013): Christopher Rivera
Vietnam	Vietnam Idol Kids	Season 1 (2016): In progress

Winner competitions

Region	Series title	Winner
Asia	Asian Idol	Series 1 (2007): Hady Mirza
World	World Idol	Series 1 (2003): Kurt Nilsen

Notes

1. ^ Citizens of Macedonia were eligible to participate in the first season.
2. ^ Citizens of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are eligible to participate throughout the series.
3. ^ Citizens of Wallonia and Québec were eligible to participate in the first season.
4. ^ Citizens of Austria and Switzerland are eligible to participate throughout the series.
5. ^ Citizens of Cyprus were eligible to participate in Super Idol.
6. ^ Citizens of Belarus and Ukraine were eligible to participate in the first and second season.
7. ^ Citizens of Puerto Rico were eligible to participate in the eighth season.
8. ^ Countries whose citizens were eligible to participate include all the member states of the Arab League.
9. ^ Countries whose citizens were eligible to participate include: Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion (a part of France), Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
10. ^ Countries whose citizens were eligible to participate include all of the Latin American countries, with the exception of Brazil.
11. ^ Countries whose citizens were eligible to participate include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
12. ^ Winners of Indian Idol, Indonesian Idol, Malaysian Idol, Philippine Idol, Singapore Idol, SuperStar KZ, and Vietnam Idol participated in Asian Idol, in which the winner was determined the greatest percentage of votes.
13. ^ Winners of inaugural seasons of American Idol, Australian Idol, Canadian Idol, Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Idool, Idols (Dutch version), Idols (South African version), Idol (Polish version), Idol (Norwegian version), Pop Idol, and SuperStar (Arab version) participated in World Idol, in which the winner was determined by the most collective points given by each of the other participating countries (similar to the Eurovision Song Contest).