# List of Idols winners

A combined 273 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 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 70 million records worldwide. Other notable winning artists who also have managed to chart internationally include Agnes Carlsson of Sweden, Alexander Klaws of Germany, Kurt 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 |
| Algeria | Algérie Idol | Season 1 (2021): Maya Sahnoun Season 2 (2022–23): Amine Moussaoui Season 3 (2024): TBA |
| 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 Season 8 (2023): Royston Sagigi-Baira |
| 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 Season 8 (2013): Raphael Leandro |
| Bulgaria | Music Idol | Season 1 (2007): Nevena Tsoneva Season 2 (2008): Toma Zdravkov Season 3 (2009): Magdalena Janavarova |
| Cambodia | Cambodian Idol | Season 1 (2015): Ny Rathana Season 2 (2016): Chhin Machin Season 3 (2017–18): Thai Pov Kri |
| 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 "Kiki" Zheng |
| Colombia | Idol Colombia | Season 1 (2014): Luis Ángel Racini |
| Croatia | Hrvatski Idol | Season 1 (2003): Žanamari Lalić Season 2 (2004–05): Patrick Jurdić |
| Croatia | Hrvatska traži zvijezdu | Season 1 (2009): Bojan Jambrošić Season 2 (2010): Kim Verson Season 3 (2011): Goran Kos |
| Croatia | Superstar | Season 1 (2023): Hana Ivković Season 2 (2024): TBA |
| 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 Season 7 (2018): Uudo Sepp |
| 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 Season 8 (2017): Anniina Timonen Season 9 (2018): Patrik Blomberg |
| France | Nouvelle Star (A la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star, season 1) | 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 Season 13 (2017): Xavier Mathieu |
| Georgia | Geostar (ჯეოსტარი) | Season 3 (2008): Giorgi Sukhitashvili Season 4 (2009): Nodiko Tatishvili Season 5 (2010): Otar Nemsadze Season 6 (2011): Marita Rokhvadze |
| Georgia | Georgian Idol (საქართველოს ვარსკვლავი) | Season 1 (2012): Luka Zakariadze Season 2 (2013): Nina Sublati |
| Georgia | Georgian Pop Idol (ჩვენ ვარსკვლავები ვართ) | Season 1 (2017): Mananiko Tsenteradze Season 2 (2019): Oto Nemsadze Season 3 (2020): Tornike Kipiani |
| 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): Alphonso Williams Season 15 (2018): Marie Wegener Season 16 (2019): Davin Herbrüggen Season 17 (2020): Ramon Roselly Season 18 (2021): Jan-Marten Block Season 19 (2022): Harry Marcello Laffontien Season 20 (2023): Sem Eisinger |
| Greece | Super Idol | Season 1 (2004): Stavros Konstantinou |
| Greece | 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 Season 5 (2023): Saga Matthildur Árnadóttir Season 6 (2024): Anna Fanney |
| 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): Sreerama Chandra Season 6 (2012): Vipul Mehta Season 9 (2017): L. V. Revanth Season 10 (2018): Salman Ali Season 11 (2019): Sunny Hindustani Season 12 (2020): Pawandeep Rajan Season 13 (2022–23): Rishi Singh Season 13 (2023–24): Vaibhav Gipta |
| India | Telugu Indian Idol | Season 1 (2022): BVK Vagdevi Season 1 (2023): Soujanya Bhagavatula |
| India | Indian Idol Marathi | Season 1 (2021): Sagar Mhatre |
| 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 (2013/2014): Nowela Auparay Season 9 (2017/2018): Maria Simorangkir Season 10 (2019/2020): Lyodra Ginting Season 11 (2020/2021): Rimar Callista Season 12 (2022/2023): Salma Salsabil |
| Iraq | Iraq Idol | Season 1 (2021): Ali Leo |
| 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 |
| Kurdistan | Kurd Idol | Season 1 (2017): Jînda Kenco |
| 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 | Season 1 (2016): Laisha Junaid Season 2 (2017): Mohamed Thasneem Season 3 (2018): Aishath Azal Ali Zahir |
| Morocco | Maroc Idol | Season 1 (2019): Ali Moulay Season 2 (2020): TBD |
| Myanmar | Myanmar Idol | Season 1 (2015-2016): Saw Lah Htaw Wah Season 2 (2016–2017): Thar Nge Season 3 (2018): Phyo Myat Aung Season 4 (2019): Esther Dawt Chin Sung |
| Nepal | Nepal Idol | Season 1 (2017): Buddha Lama Season 2 (2018): Ravi Oad |
| 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): Nina den Hartog Season 6 (2017): Julia van Helvoirt |
| 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 Season 6 (2021): Kingdom Kroseide |
| 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): Marius Samuelsen Season 10 (2018): Øystein Herkedal Hegvik Season 11 (2020): Mari Eriksen Bølla |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Idol | Season 1 (2013): Zamad Baig |
| Philippines | Philippine Idol | Season 1 (2006): Mau Marcelo |
| Philippines | Pinoy Idol | Season 1 (2008): Gretchen Espina |
| Philippines | Idol Philippines (Search for the Idol Philippines, season 1) | Season 1 (2019): Zephanie Dimaranan Season 2 (2022): Khimo Gumatay |
| Poland | Idol | Season 1 (2002): Alicja Janosz Season 2 (2002–03): Krzysztof Zalewski Season 3 (2003–04): Monika Brodka Season 4 (2005): Maciej Silski Season 5 (2017): Mariusz Dyba |
| 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 |
| Romania | SuperStar România | Season 1 (2021): Alessandro Mucea |
| Russia | Narodniy Artist (Народный Артист) | Season 1 (2003): Aleksey Goman Season 2 (2004): Ruslan Alehno Season 3 (2006): Amarkhuu Borkhuu |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Idol | 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 Season 12 (2016): Noma Khumalo Season 13 (2017): Paxton Fielies Season 14 (2018): Yanga Sobetwa Season 15 (2019): Luyolo Yiba Season 16 (2020): Zama Season 17 (2021): Berry |
| South Africa | Idols (Afrikaans season) | 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): Liam Cacatian Thomassen Season 13 (2017): Christoffer Kläfford Season 14 (2018): Sebastian Walldén Season 15 (2019): Tusse Chiza Season 16 (2020): Nadja Holm |
| Turkey | Türkstar | 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 Season 16 (2018): Maddie Poppe Season 17 (2019): Laine Hardy Season 18 (2020): Just Sam Season 19 (2021): Chayce Beckham Season 20 (2022): Noah Thompson Season 21 (2023): Iam Tongi Season 22 (2024): Abi Carter |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Idol (Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc: Vietnam Idol, season 1-4 Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc Việt Nam, season 5–7) | 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): Trọng Hiếu Season 7 (2016): Janice Phương Season 8 (2023): Hà An Huy |

### 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 Season 6 (2019–20): Abdallah Al-Malki Season 7 (2020–21): Hassan Hamdan Season 8 (2021–22): Hany Radwan Season 9 (2024): TBA |
| Arab states | Arab Idol | Season 1 (2011–12): Carmen Suleiman Season 2 (2013): Mohammed Assaf Season 3 (2014): Hazem Shareef Season 4 (2016–17): Yacoub Shaheen Season 6 (2020–21): Waleed Hamdy |
| Czech Republic and Slovakia | SuperStar (Česko Slovenská Superstar, season 1-2) | Season 1 (2009): Martin Chodúr Season 2 (2011): Lukáš Adamec Season 3 (2013): Sabina Křováková Season 4 (2015): Emma Drobná Season 5 (2018): Tereza Mašková Season 6 (2020): Barbora Piešová Season 7 (2021): Adam Pavlovčin |
| 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 | 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 (2014–15): Johannes Tinambunan Season 2 (2016–17): Sharon Padidi Season 3 (2018–19): Anneth Delliecia Nasution |
| 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 |
| Spain | Idol Kids | Season 1 (2020): Índigo Salvador |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Idol Kids | Season 1 (2016): Hồ Văn Cường Season 2 (2017): Nguyễn Minh Thiên Khôi |

### Winner competitions

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