The Top 14 of season 17 of American Idol started on April 14th, 2019 and ended May 19th, 2019. This is the first round where America could vote.
Contestants[]
Top 14[]
Laine Hardy | "That's All Right" (Elvis Presley) |
Evelyn Cormier | "The Middle" (Jimmy Eat World) |
Alyssa Raghu | "She Used to Be Mine" (Sara Bareilles) |
Eddie Island | "Bennie and the Jets" (Elton John) |
Riley Thompson | "Suds in the Bucket" (Sara Evans) |
Wade Cota | "Trouble" (Ray LaMontagne) |
Dimitrius Graham | "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran) |
Madison Vandenburg | "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (Elton John) |
Uché | "Finesse" (Cardi B, ft. Bruno Mars) |
Alejandro Aranda | "One Dance" (Drake, ft. Wizkid & Kyla) |
Ashley Hess | "Fix You" (Coldplay) |
Laci Kaye Booth | "I Miss You" (Blink-182) |
Walker Burroughs | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Margery McKay) |
Results Show Performances[]
Madison Vandenburg | "You and I" (Lady Gaga) | Advanced |
Evelyn Cormier | "Dust in the Wind" (Kansas) | Eliminated |
Walker Burroughs | "Lovebug" (The Jonas Brothers) | Advanced |
Riley Thompson | "It Must Be Love" (Don Williams) | Eliminated |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Almost Heaven" (Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon) | Advanced |
Alyssa Raghu | "The One That Got Away" (Katy Perry) | Judges' Choice |
Wade Cota | "Simple Man" (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | Advanced |
Dimitrius Graham | "When the Party's Over" (Billie Eilish) | Judges' Choice |
Laci Kaye Booth | "As Long As You Follow" (Fleetwood Mac) | Advanced |
Eddie Island | "Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon) | Eliminated |
Ashley Hess | "Sir Duke" (Stevie Wonder) | Eliminated |
Laine Hardy | "Hurricane" (Band of Heathens) | Advanced |
Alejandro Aranda | "Cholo Love" (Alejandro Aranda) | Advanced |
Uché | "Diamonds" (Rihanna) | Judges' Choice |
Top 10[]
The theme this week was: "Disney Night"
Uché | "Eye to Eye" (Tevin Campbell and Rosie Gaines) | A Goofy Movie | Eliminated |
Laci Kaye Booth | "I See the Light" (Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi) | Tangled | Safe |
Alejandro Aranda | "Remember Me" (Natalia Lafourcade & Miguel) | Coco | Safe |
Alyssa Raghu | "Colors of the Wind" (Vanessa Williams) | Pocahontas | Safe |
Wade Cota | "You've Got a Friend in Me" (Randy Newman) | Toy Story | Safe |
Dimitrius Graham | "You'll Be in My Heart" (Phil Collins) | Tarzan | Eliminated |
Walker Burroughs | "When She Loved Me" (Sarah MacLachlan) | Toy Story 2 | Safe |
Madison Vandenburg | "How Far I'll Go" (Auli'i Cravalho) | Moana | Safe |
Laine Hardy | "Oo-De-Lally" (Roger Miller) | Robin Hood | Safe |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Candle on the Water" (Helen Reddy) | Pete's Dragon | Safe |
Eliminated: Dimitrius Graham, Uché
Top 8[]
The theme this week was: "Queen Night/Movie Duets". Each contestant performed twice.
Walker Burroughs | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen) | Eliminated |
Madison Vandenburg | "The Show Must Go On" (Queen) | Safe |
Laci Kaye Booth & Laine Hardy | "Jackson" (Johnny Cash and June Carter) | |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen) | Safe |
Alejandro Aranda | "Under Pressure" (Queen and David Bowie) | Safe |
Alyssa Raghu & Wade Cota | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) | |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon & Madison Vandenburg | "A Million Dreams" (Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams) | |
Laine Hardy | "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Queen) | Safe |
Laci Kaye Booth | "Love of My Life" (Queen) | Safe |
Alejandro Aranda & Walker Burroughs | "Mrs. Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel) | |
Wade Cota | "We Are the Champions" (Queen) | Safe |
Alyssa Raghu | "Somebody to Love" (Queen) | Eliminated |
Eliminated: Walker Burroughs, Alyssa Raghu
Top 6[]
The theme this week was: "Woodstock/Showstoppers"
Madison Vandenburg | "Piece of My Heart" (Janis Joplin) | Safe |
Laine Hardy | "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Ray Charles) | Safe |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Joan Baez) | Eliminated |
Laci Kaye Booth | "To Love Somebody" (Janis Joplin) | Saved |
Alejandro Aranda | "White Rabbit" (Jefferson Airplane) | Safe |
Wade Cota | "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Joe Cocker) | Safe |
Madison Vandenburg | "I Surrender" (Celine Dion) | Safe |
Alejandro Aranda | "Poison" (Alejandro Aranda) | Safe |
Laci Kaye Booth | "Open Arms" (Journey) | Saved |
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon | "Somewhere" (Barbra Streisand) | Eliminated |
Wade Cota | "Through the Valley" (Shawn James) | Safe |
Laine Hardy | "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) | Safe |
Eliminated: Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Top 5[]
The theme this week was: "Bobby Bones's Choice/Elton John/Hero Tributes". Each contestant performed thrice.
Wade Cota | "You Are the Best Thing" (Ray LaMontagne) | Eliminated |
Laci Kaye Booth | "The House That Built Me" (Miranda Lambert) | Eliminated |
Alejandro Aranda | "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley and the Wailers) | Advanced |
Laine Hardy | "Can't You See" (The Marshall Tucker Band) | Advanced |
Madison Vandenburg | "What About Us" (P!nk) | Advanced |
Wade Cota | "Rocket Man" (Elton John) | Eliminated |
Laci Kaye Booth | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (Elton John) | Eliminated |
Alejandro Aranda | "Sorry Seems Like the Hardest Word" (Elton John) | Advanced |
Madison Vandenburg | "Your Song" (Elton John) | Advanced |
Laine Hardy | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (Elton John) | Advanced |
Wade Cota | "Hard Luck Woman" (Kiss) | Eliminated |
Laci Kaye Booth | "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac) | Eliminated |
Madison Vandenburg | "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) | Advanced |
Laine Hardy | "Hey Jude" (The Beatles) | Advanced |
Alejandro Aranda | "Blesser" (Alejandro Aranda) | Advanced |
Eliminated: Wade Cota, Laci Kaye Booth
Season 17 Finale[]
Each contestant performed thrice, except for Madison Vandenburg.
Laine Hardy | "Home" (Marc Broussand) | Winner |
Alejandro Aranda | "Millennial Love" (Alejandro Aranda) | Runner-up |
Madison Vandenburg | "Shallow" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) | 3rd place |
Laine Hardy | "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams) | Winner |
Alejandro Aranda | "Tonight" (Alejandro Aranda) | Runner-up |
Madison Vandenburg | "Breakaway" (Kelly Clarkson) | 3rd place |
Laine Hardy | "Bring It on Home to Me" (Sam Cooke) | Winner |
Alejandro Aranda | "Out Loud" (Alejandro Aranda) | Runner-up |
American Idol: Laine Hardy
Notes[]
- Much like the previous season, this season has a maximum of four contestants being eliminated each week. This is also the shortest finals in American Idol history with only five weeks instead of the usual eleven.
- Rebel Wilson served as mentor for the Top 10.
- Lea Michele sang "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid during the Top 10 telecast.
- Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson sang "A Whole New World" from Aladdin during the Top 10 telecast.
- Adam Lambert served as mentor for the Top 8.
- Roger Taylor and Brian May appeared in a pre-recorded video wishing the contestants luck.
- Lauren Daigle served as mentor for the Top 6.
- Gabby Barrett sang "I Hope" during the Top 6 telecast.
- Elton John appeared in a pre-recorded video wishing the contestants luck during the Top 5 telecast.
- The Top 5 received a sneak preview of Rocketman, along with a VIP meet-and-greet with the film's star Taron Egerton.