America's Best (season 1)

America's Best is a reality talent show. The show is hosted by Stephen Colbert. The winner receives $250,000 and the ability to return the following season as a guest judge. Camila Cabello, Drake, Ed Sheeran, and Carrie Underwood are the weekly judges, while each week has a mystery guest judge. Fifty singers from fifty states perform a song, and the best move on. In the second phase, the singers perform against each other until a top 12 is formed. From then on, live shows decide who moves on and who wins overall. The television audience helps to decide who advances.
Bethany Newman was announced as the winner of the first season.
== L.A. Auditions ==
===Episode 1 (March 27)===
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	Scores 	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores 	Result
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	"America's Vote"	Camila	Drake 	Ed 	Carrie	Guest 	Overall	Result
1 	Noel 	25 	Washington 	45 	10 	10 	10 	9 	10 	94 	
2 	Donovan 	27 	Virginia 	24 	4 	5 	5 	4 	6 	48 	
3 	Cayla 	23 	Florida 	48 	9 	8 	8 	8 	9 	90 	
4 	Tyshawn 	25 	Mississippi 	50 	9 	8 	8 	9 	10 	94 	
5 	Peyton 	27 	Oregon 	24 	4 	4 	5 	6 	4 	47 	
6 	Reggie 	17 	New Hampshire	30 	5 	5 	6 	7 	5 	58 	
7 	Araceli 	14 	Connecticut 	34 	5 	5 	6 	6 	7 	63 	
8 	Jonathan 	22 	Maine 	41 	7 	9 	7 	9 	8 	81 	
9 	Jacqueline	19 	Iowa 	47 	8 	8 	9 	10 	9 	91 	
10 	Myles 	25 	Kansas 	50 	9 	9 	10 	10 	10 	98 	
11 	Jaylen 	23 	Nebraska 	26 	7 	7 	7 	7 	6 	60 	
12 	Kinsey 	23 	North Dakota 	44 	8 	9 	9 	9 	8 	87 	
===Episode 2 (March 28)===
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	Scores 	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores 	Result
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	"America's Vote"	Camila	Drake 	Ed 	Carrie	Guest 	Overall	Result
1 	Elijah 	14 	Vermont 	43 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Carly 	18 	South Carolina	41 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Jimmy 	16 	Missouri 	39 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Terrence	38 	North Carolina	47 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Karina 	15 	Pennsylvania 	37 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Ray 	18 	Oklahoma 	31 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Destiny 	20 	Colorado 	33 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Denise 	14 	Hawaii 	36 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Reid 	19 	New York 	45 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Shantel 	35 	Rhode Island 	43 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sadie 	19 	Michigan 	41 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Dwight 	20 	Ohio 	45 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Quinten 	22 	Idaho 	37 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Episode 3 (March 29)===
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	Scores 	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores 	Result
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	"America's Best"	Camila	Drake 	Ed 	Carrie	Guest 	Overall	Result
1 	Rodrigo 	29 	Louisiana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Terry 	20 	Delaware 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Brittney	29 	Nevada 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Reid 	23 	Illinois 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Kylie 	21 	Texas 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Carson 	19 	Arkansas 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kenneth 	24 	Wisconsin 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Faith 	17 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Parker 	28 	Tenessee 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Erik 	19 	Arizona 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Tara 	26 	Kentucky 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Kristin 	17 	Alabama 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Episode 4 (April 5)===
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	Scores 	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores	Scores 	Results
Order	Artist 	Age	State 	"America's Vote"	Camila	Drake 	Ed 	Carrie	Guest 	Overall	Results
1 	Kellie 	38 	Maryland 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Eduardo	21 	Indiana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Esther 	14 	Alaska 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Deja 	16 	Minnesota 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Alexia 	16 	West Virginia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Alec 	17 	Utah 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Casey 	22 	New Mexico 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Alicia 	29 	Georgia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Camille	26 	California 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Jamie 	22 	Massachussetts	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Marquis	36 	Montana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Jamal 	28 	South Dakota 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Annie 	18 	Wyoming 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== The Callbacks ==
== Live shows ==
===Week 1: Top 12===
===Week 2: Top 10===
===Week 3: Top 8===
===Week 4: Finals===
== Reception ==
===Ratings===
Episode	Episode 	Original air date	Runtime 	Viewers (millions)
1 	"Auditions, Part 1" 	March 27, 2018 	Tuesday 8:00-10:00 pm 	11.18
2 	"Auditions, Part 2" 	March 28, 2018 	Wednesday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.39
3 	"Auditions, Part 3" 	March 29, 2018 	Thursday 8:00-10:00 pm 	10.78
4 	"Auditions, Part 4" 	April 5, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.01
5 	"Top 24" 	April 12, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.20
6 	"Top 16" 	April 19, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.35
7 	"Top 12: Live Performances"	April 25, 2018 	Wednesday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.14
8 	"Top 12: Results" 	April 26, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-10:00 pm 	9.16
9 	"Top 10: Live Performances"	May 2, 2018 	Wednesday 9:00-11:00 pm 	9.53
10 	"Top 10: Results" 	May 3, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-10:00 pm 	9.00
11 	"Top 8: Live Performances" 	May 9, 2018 	    Wednesday 9:00-11:00 pm	8.95
12 	"Top 8: Results" 	May 10, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-10:00 pm 	8.59
13 	"Finals: Live Performances"	May 16, 2018 	    Wednesday 9:00-11:00 pm	9.27
14 	"Finals: Results" 	May 17, 2018 	Thursday 9:00-10:00 pm 	9.87