American Idol (musim 11)

American Idol'' Musim Kesebelas pertamakali ditayangkan di Fox pada hari Minggu, 22 Januari 2012 setelah acara 2011–12 NFL playoffs. Acara ini mengudara pada hari Rabu dan Kamis pada pukul 8:00 malam/7:00 CST. Di Asia, acara ini ditayangkan oleh STAR World setiap hari Kamis dan Jumat pukul 5.00 malam WIB (Siaran LIVE) dan 7.00 malam WIB (Siaran ulang).

Pada tanggal 23 Mei 2012, Phillip Phillips menjadi pemenang musim kesebelas dari American Idol. Jessica Sanchez secara otomatis menjadi runner-up.

 Juri dan presenter 
Ryan Seacrest telah dikonfirmasi untuk kembali sebagai pembawa acara.http://ryanseacrest.com/2011/05/18/ryan-seacrest-confirms-he-will-return-to-host-idol-in-2012-on-leno-video/ Pada tanggal 29 Juni 2011, Fox Broadcasting Company mengkonfirmasi bahwa Randy Jackson dan Steven Tyler telah mengkonfirmasi akan kembali sebagai juri pada Idol musim kesebelas.http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b249906_theyre_back_two_american_idol_judges.html Hal itu dikonfirmasi pada tanggal 10 Agustus 2011, bahwa Jennifer Lopez juga akan kembali sebagai juri untuk musim kesebelas, Bersamaan dengan Tyler & Jackson dan Ryan Seacrest akan kembali sebagai presenter.

 Proses awal 
 Audisi regional 
Audisi akan diadakan (atau berlangsung) di kota-kota berikut:
Kota AudisiTanggalTempatTanggal pemanggilan kembaliTempat pemanggilan kembaliTiket EmasSt. Louis, Missouri28 Juni 2011Scottrade Center2-3 September 2011Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark'American Idol' kembali untuk audisi putaran 246Portland, Oregon2 Juli 2011Rose Garden 28-29 September 2011 David L. Lawrence Convention Center38San Diego, California8 Juli 2011Petco Park9-10 Oktober 2011USS Midway Aircraft Carrier53Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania15 Juli 2011Heinz Field 28-29 September 2011 David L. Lawrence Convention Center38North Charleston, Carolina Selatan22 Juli 2011North Charleston Coliseum17-18 Agustus 2011Hyatt Regency, Savannah, GeorgiaRyan Seacrest, 'American Idol' land in Savannah42Denver, Colorado29 Juli 2011Invesco Field5-6 Oktober 2011Doerr-Hosier Center, Aspen31Houston, Texas26 Agustus 2011Reliant Arena30-31 Agustus 2011Galveston Island Convention Center55 East Rutherford, New Jersey 22 September 2011  IZOD Center 24-25 September 2011Nigel Lythgoe Twitter  — —Jumlah total Tiket ke Hollywood310

 Semi-finalis (24 Besar) 
Saat 42 kontestan yang tersisa menyanyikan solo yang terakhir mereka di hotel Wynn Las Vegas, mereka segera dipanggil satu per satu untuk mendengar penjurian terakhir dimana juri harus memutuskan apakah mereka berhasil atau tidak masuk ke Top 24. 14 semifinalis pertama diumumkan pada episode 22 Februari. 10 kontestan lainnya diumumkan pada episode 23 Februari.

Setelah penjurian akhir, berikut ini adalah anggota dari Top 24 Musim 11:

Saat 24 besar semifinalis telah diumumkan, diumumkan pula bahwa juri bersedia untuk menempatkan satu orang lagi, di mana mereka akan memutuskan antara Jermaine Jones, Richie Law, Johnny Keyser dan David Leathers Jr. Karenanya, hal ini akan menambahkan semifinalis menjadi Top 13 laki-laki dan juga Top 25 semifinalis.

Perempuan
 No  Kontestan Umur  Tanggal lahir  Daerah asal  Lokasi audisi1  Baylie Brown  22  6 Januari 1990       Krum, Texas  Houston, Texas2  Hollie Cavanagh  18  5 Juli 1993  McKinney, Texas  Houston, Texas3  Hallie Day  24  6 April 1987  Baltimore, Maryland  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania4  Jen Hirsh  25  25 Juni 1986  Agoura Hills, California  Houston, Texas5  Haley Johnsen  22  3 Januari 1989  Beaverton, Oregon  Portland, Oregon6  Skylar Laine  17  4 Februari 1994  Brandon, Mississippi  North Charleston, South Carolina7  Shannon Magrane  16  21 Oktober 1995  Tampa, Florida  North Charleston, South Carolina8  Jessica Sanchez  16  4 Agustus 1995   San Diego, California  San Diego, California9  Chelsea Sorrell  20  30 Juni 1991  Stokesdale, North Carolina  North Charleston, South Carolina10  Elise Testone  28    Mount Pleasant, South Carolina  North Charleston, South Carolina11  Erika Van Pelt  25  12 Desember 1985  South Kingstown, Rhode Island  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania12  Brielle Von Hugel  17  4 Mei 1994  Staten Island, New York  East Rutherford, New JerseyLaki-Laki
No  Kontestan Umur  Tanggal lahir  Daerah asal  Lokasi audisi13  DeAndre Brackensick  17  21 Oktober 1994  San Jose, California  San Diego, California14  Adam Brock  27    Washington, Pennsylvania  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania15  Colton Dixon  20  19 Oktober 1991  Murfreesboro, Tennessee  North Charleston, South Carolina16  Eben Franckewitz  15  13 Juni 1996  Loveland, Ohio  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania17 Creighton Fraker  28  12 Mei 1983  Queens, New York  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania18  Reed Grimm  26    Ellsworth, Wisconsin  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania19  Heejun Han  22  20 April 1989  Flushing, New York  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania20  Aaron Marcellus  27    Atlanta, Georgia  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania21  Joshua Ledet  19  9 April 1992  Westlake, Louisiana  Houston, Texas22  Chase Likens  20  15 Februari 1991  Point Pleasant, West Virginia  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania23  Phillip Phillips  21  20 September 1990  Leesburg, Georgia  North Charleston, South Carolina24  Jeremy Rosado  19  24 Maret 1992  Valrico, Florida  North Charleston, South Carolina

 Grup Pria 
 No Kontestan Lagu <small>(Penyanyi) Hasil Vote 1Reed Grimm "Moves Like Jagger" (Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera) Wild Card 2Adam Brock "Think" <small>(Aretha Franklin) Eliminasi 3DeAndre Brackensick "Reasons" <small>(Earth, Wind & Fire) Wild Card 4Colton Dixon "Decode" <small>(Paramore) Top 13 5Jeremy Rosado "Gravity" <small>(Sara Bareilles) Wild Card 6Aaron Marcellus "Never Can Say Goodbye" <small>(The Jackson 5) Eliminasi 7Chase Likens "Storm Warning" <small>(Hunter Hayes) Eliminasi 8Creighton Fraker "True Colors" <small>(Cyndi Lauper) Eliminasi 9Phillip Phillips "In the Air Tonight" <small>(Phil Collins) Top 13 10Eben Franckewitz "Set Fire to the Rain" <small>(Adele) Eliminasi 11Heejun Han "Angels" <small>(Robbie Williams) Top 13 12Joshua Ledet "You Pulled Me Through" <small>(Jennifer Hudson) Top 13 13Jermaine Jones "Dance With My Father" <small>(Luther Vandross) Top 13

 Grup Wanita 
 No Kontestan Lagu <small>(Penyanyi) Hasil Vote 1Chelsea Sorrell   "Cowboy Casanova" (Carrie Underwood) Eliminasi 2Erika Van Pelt  "What About Love" (Heart) Wild Card 3Jen Hirsh  "One and Only" (Adele) Wild Card 4Brielle Von Hugel "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding) Wild Card 5Hallie Day "Feeling Good" (Nina Simone) Eliminasi 6Skylar Laine "Stay with Me" (Faces) Top 13 7Baylie Brown "Amazed" (Lonestar) Eliminasi 8Hollie Cavanagh  "Reflection" (Christina Aguilera) Top 13 9Haley Johnsen "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" (Eurythmics) Eliminasi 10Shannon Magrane "Go Light Your World" (Kathy Troccoli) Top 13 11Jessica Sanchez "Love You I Do" (Jennifer Hudson) Top 13 12Elise Testone"One and Only" (Adele) Top 13

 Babak Wild Card 
 No Kontestan Lagu <small>(Penyanyi) Hasil 1Jen Hirsh  "Oh Darling" (The Beatles) Eliminasi 2Jeremy Rosado "I Know You Won't" (Carrie Underwood) Top 13 3 Brielle Von Hugel "Someone Like You" (Adele) Eliminasi 4 DeAndre Brackensick "Georgia on My Mind" (Ray Charles) Top 13 5 Erika Van Pelt "The Edge of Glory" (Lady Gaga) Top 13 6Reed Grimm "Use Me" (Bill Withers) Eliminasi

 Final 
 Top 13 – Whitney Houston & Stevie Wonder 

 Mentor: Mary J. Blige

Pada tanggal 7 Maret 2012, para wanita menampilkan lagu Whitney Houston dan pria menampilkan lagu Stevie Wonder. Akibatnya, pria dan wanita yang menerima jumlah suara terendah dari pemirsa akan diumumkan malam berikutnya, dan juri akan memilih siapa yang akan pulang.

+ Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil 1 Joshua Ledet "I Wish" <small>(Stevie Wonder) 3 Terbawah laki-laki 2 Elise Testone "I'm Your Baby Tonight" <small>(Whitney Houston) Terbawah perempuan 3 Jermaine Jones "Knocks Me Off My Feet" <small>(Stevie Wonder) 3 Terbawah laki-laki 4 Erika Van Pelt "I Believe in You and Me" <small>(Four Tops) 3 Terbawah perempuan 5 Colton Dixon "Lately" <small>(Stevie Wonder) Terselamatkan 6 Shannon Magrane "I Have Nothing" <small>(Whitney Houston) 3 Terbawah perempuan 7 Deandre Brackensick "Master Blaster (Jammin')" <small>(Stevie Wonder) Terselamatkan 8 Skylar Laine "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" <small>(Whitney Houston) Terselamatkan 9 Heejun Han  "All in Love Is Fair" <small>(Stevie Wonder) Terselamatkan 10 Hollie Cavanagh  "All the Man That I Need" <small>(Linda Clifford) Terselamatkan 11 Jeremy Rosado "Ribbon in the Sky" <small>(Stevie Wonder) Tereleminasi 12 Jessica Sanchez "I Will Always Love You" <small>(Dolly Parton) Terselamatkan 13 Phillip Phillips "Superstition" <small>(Stevie Wonder) Terselamatkan
 Penampilan Grup: "As" (Stevie Wonder)

 Top 11 – Year They Were Born 
 Karena kriminal masa lalu tersembunyi, Jermaine Jones didiskualifikasi sebelum acara penampilan pada hari Rabu. Cuplikan dari produser eksekutif Nigel Lythgoe dan Ken Warwick yang dihadapi Jones ditunjukkan pada apa yang akan menjadi Slot penampilannya, di antara pertunjukan Van Pelt dan Laine itu. Sebuah klip dari latihan nya, menyanyikan "Somewhere Out There", ditunjukkan setelah pemindahannya dari kompetisi. Voting terus dilakuan sesuai jadwal dengan 11 kontestan yang tersisa, mengikuti prosedur diskualifikasi dari peserta Musim 2 Corey Clark. Sekarang ini belum jelas bagaimana eliminasi akan dilanjutkan pada malam hasil.
 Mentor: will.i.am

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu (penyanyi asli) Tahun Hasil 1 Phillip Phillips "Hard to Handle" <small>(Otis Redding) 1990 Safe 2 Jessica Sanchez "Turn the Beat Around" <small>(Vicki Sue Robinson) 1995 Safe 3 Heejun Han "Right Here Waiting" <small>(Richard Marx) 1989 Safe 4 Elise Testone "Let's Stay Together" <small>(Al Green) 1983 Bottom 3 5 Deandre Brackensick "Endless Love" <small>(Lionel Richie & Diana Ross) 1994 Safe 6 Shannon Magrane "One Sweet Day" <small>(Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men) 1995Eliminated 7 Colton Dixon "Broken Heart" <small>(White Lion) 1991 Safe 8 Erika Van Pelt "Heaven" <small>(Bryan Adams) 1985 Bottom 3 9 Skylar Laine "Love Sneakin' Up on You" <small>(Bonnie Raitt) 1994 Safe 10 Joshua Ledet "When a Man Loves a Woman" <small>(Percy Sledge) 1992 Safe 11 Hollie Cavanagh "The Power of Love" <small>(Jennifer Rush) 1993 Safe

 Top 10 – Billy Joel 
 Mentor: Diddy

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu Hasil 1 Deandre Brackensick "Only the Good Die Young" Bottom 3 2 Erika Van Pelt "New York State of Mind" Eliminated 3 Joshua Ledet "She's Got a Way" Safe 4 Skylar Laine "Shameless" Safe 5 Elise Testone "Vienna" Safe 6 Phillip Phillips "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" Safe 7 Hollie Cavanagh "Honesty" Safe 8 Heejun Han "My Life" Bottom 3 9 Jessica Sanchez "Everybody Has a Dream" Safe 10 Colton Dixon "Piano Man" Safe
 Penampilan Grup: "The Longest Time"
 Joe Perry with group: "Happy Birthday to You" (to Steven Tyler)

 Top 9 – Their Personal Idols 
 Mentor: Stevie Nicks
 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Personal Idol Hasil 1 Colton Dixon "Everything" <small>(Lifehouse) Lifehouse Safe  2 Skylar Laine "Gunpowder & Lead" <small>(Miranda Lambert) Miranda Lambert Bottom 3 3 Heejun Han "A Song for You" <small>(Leon Russell) Donny Hathaway Eliminated 4 Hollie Cavanagh "Jesus, Take the Wheel" <small>(Carrie Underwood) Carrie Underwood Bottom 3 5Deandre Brackensick "Sometimes I Cry" <small>(Eric Benét) Eric Benét Safe 6Jessica Sanchez "Sweet Dreams" <small>(Beyoncé) Beyoncé Safe 7Phillip Phillips "Still Rainin'" <small>(Jonny Lang) Jonny Lang Safe 8Joshua Ledet"Without You" <small>(Badfinger) Mariah Carey Safe 9Elise Testone "Whole Lotta Love" <small>(Led Zeppelin) Led Zeppelin Safe

Pada malam penampilan:
 Colton Dixon, Elise Testone and Phillip Phillips: "Landslide" / "Edge of Seventeen" / "Don't Stop" (Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks medley)
 Deandre Brackensick, Heejun Han and Joshua Ledet: "The Lady in My Life" / "Rock with You" / "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (Michael Jackson medley)
 Hollie Cavanagh, Skylar Laine and Jessica Sanchez: "Like a Prayer" / "Borderline" / "Express Yourself" (Madonna medley)

 Top 8 – Lagu dari 1980-an 

 Mentor tamu: Gwen Stefani & Tony Kanal

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil 1 DeAndre Brackensick "I Like It" <small>(DeBarge) Eliminated 2 Elise Testone "I Want to Know What Love Is" <small>(Foreigner) Bottom 3 3 Colton Dixon & Skylar Laine "Islands in the Stream" <small>(Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) N/A 4 Phillip Phillips "That's All" <small>(Genesis) Safe 5 DeAndre Brackensick & Hollie Cavanagh  "I'm So Excited" <small>(The Pointer Sisters) N/A 6 Joshua Ledet "If You Don't Know Me by Now" <small>(Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) Safe 7 Jessica Sanchez "How Will I Know" <small>(Whitney Houston) Safe 8 Phillip Phillips & Elise Testone "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" <small>(Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty) N/A 9 Hollie Cavanagh "Flashdance... What a Feeling" <small>(Irene Cara) Bottom 3 10 Joshua Ledet & Jessica Sanchez "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" <small>(Aretha Franklin & George Michael) N/A 11 Colton Dixon "Time After Time" <small>(Cyndi Lauper) Safe 12 Skylar Laine "Wind Beneath My Wings" <small>(Bette Midler) Safe

 Top 7 (first week) – Lagu dari 2010-an 

 Guest mentor: Akon

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil 1 Skylar Laine "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" <small>(Kellie Pickler) Safe 2 Colton Dixon "Love the Way You Lie" <small>(Skylar Grey) Safe 3 Phillip Phillips & Elise Testone "Somebody That I Used to Know" <small>(Gotye feat. Kimbra) N/A 4 Jessica Sanchez "Stuttering" <small>(Jazmine Sullivan) Saved 5 Joshua Ledet "Runaway Baby" <small>(Bruno Mars) Bottom 3 6 Colton Dixon & Skylar Laine "Don't You Wanna Stay" (Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson) N/A 7 Hollie Cavanagh "Perfect" (Pink) Safe 8 Phillip Phillips "Give a Little More" (Maroon 5) Safe 9 Hollie Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet & Jessica Sanchez "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" <small>(Kelly Clarkson)<small> N/A 10 Elise Testone "You and I" (Lady Gaga)  Bottom 3

 Group performance: "Raise Your Glass" (Pink)

 Top 7 (second week) – Songs from Now & Then 

Each contestant performed two songs: a Billboard number-one hit from the 21st century and a song from the classic soul era.

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil1 Hollie Cavanagh "Rolling in the Deep" (Adele) Bottom 3 2 Colton Dixon "Bad Romance" <small>(Lady Gaga) Eliminated  3 Elise Testone "No One" <small>(Alicia Keys) Bottom 3 4 Phillip Phillips "U Got It Bad" <small>(Usher) Safe 5 Jessica Sanchez "Fallin'" <small>(Alicia Keys) Safe 6 Skylar Laine  "Born This Way" <small>(Lady Gaga) Safe 7 Joshua Ledet "I Believe" <small>(Fantasia Barrino) Safe 8 Hollie Cavanagh "Son of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield) Bottom 3 9 Colton Dixon "September" <small>(Earth, Wind & Fire) Eliminated  10 Elise Testone "Let's Get It On" <small>(Marvin Gaye) Bottom 3 11 Phillip Phillips "In the Midnight Hour" <small>(Wilson Pickett) Safe 12 Jessica Sanchez "Try a Little Tenderness" <small>(Ray Noble Orchestra with Val Rosing) Safe 13 Skylar Laine  "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" <small>(Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) Safe 14 Joshua Ledet "A Change Is Gonna Come" <small>(Sam Cooke) Safe

 Group performance: "Dancing in the Street" (Martha and the Vandellas)

 Top 6 – Queen / Pilihan Kontestan 

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli jika ada) Hasil 1 Jessica Sanchez "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe 2 Skylar Laine "The Show Must Go On" Bottom 3 3 Joshua Ledet "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Safe 4 Elise Testone "I Want It All" Eliminated 5 Phillip Phillips "Fat Bottomed Girls" Safe 6 Hollie Cavanagh "Save Me" Bottom 3 7 Jessica Sanchez "Dance with My Father" <small>(Luther Vandross) Safe 8 Skylar Laine "Tattoos on This Town" <small>(Jason Aldean) Bottom 3 9 Joshua Ledet "Ready for Love" <small>(India.Arie) Safe 10 Elise Testone "Bold as Love" <small>(The Jimi Hendrix Experience) Eliminated 11 Phillip Phillips "The Stone" <small>(Dave Matthews Band) Safe 12 Hollie Cavanagh "The Climb" <small>(Miley Cyrus) Bottom 3

 Brian May & Roger Meddows Taylor with group on performance night: "Fat Bottomed Girls" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "We Will Rock You" / "We Are the Champions" (Queen)

 Top 5 – Lagu dari 1960-an / Pop Inggris 
 Guest mentor: Steven Van Zandt

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil 1 Hollie Cavanagh "River Deep – Mountain High" <small> (Ike & Tina Turner) Bottom 2 2 Phillip Phillips "The Letter" <small> (The Box Tops) Safe 3 Skylar Laine "Fortunate Son" <small> (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Eliminated 4 Joshua Ledet & Phillip Phillips "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" <small>(The Righteous Brothers) N/A 5 Jessica Sanchez "Proud Mary" <small> (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Safe 6 Joshua Ledet "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" <small>(The Temptations) Safe 7 Hollie Cavanagh "Bleeding Love" <small>(Leona Lewis) Bottom 2 8 Phillip Phillips "Time of the Season" <small>(The Zombies) Safe 9 Hollie Cavanagh, Skylar Laine & Jessica Sanchez "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" <small>(Jackie Wilson) N/A 10 Skylar Laine "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" <small>(Dusty Springfield) Eliminated 11 Jessica Sanchez "You Are So Beautiful" <small>(Billy Preston) Safe 12 Joshua Ledet "To Love Somebody" <small>(Bee Gees) Safe

 Top 4 – California Dreamin' / Songs They Wish They'd Written 
The contestants sang songs that were sung by Californian artists and a song they wish they'd written themselves.

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu <small>(penyanyi asli) Hasil 1 Phillip Phillips "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" <small>(Creedence Clearwater Revival) Safe 2 Hollie Cavanagh"Faithfully" <small>(Journey) Eliminated 3 Joshua Ledet "You Raise Me Up" <small>(Secret Garden) Safe 4 Jessica Sanchez "Steal Away" <small>(Jimmy Hughes) Safe 5 Joshua Ledet & Phillip Phillips "This Love" <small>(Maroon 5) N/A 6 Hollie Cavanagh & Jessica Sanchez "Eternal Flame" <small>(The Bangles) N/A 7 Hollie Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips & Jessica Sanchez "Waiting for a Girl Like You" <small>(Foreigner) N/A 8 Phillip Phillips "Volcano" <small>(Damien Rice) Safe 9 Hollie Cavanagh "I Can't Make You Love Me" <small>(Bonnie Raitt) Eliminated 10 Joshua Ledet "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" <small>(James Brown) Safe 11 Jessica Sanchez "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" <small>(Jennifer Holliday) Safe

 Penampilan grup: "California Dreamin'" (The Mamas & the Papas)

 Top 3 – Pilihan Juri / Pilihan Kontestan / Pilihan Jimmy Iovine 
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! scope="col"| Dipilih oleh
! scope="col"| Hasil
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| 1
| Joshua Ledet
| "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Etta James)
| Randy Jackson
| Eliminated
|-
| 2
| Jessica Sanchez
| "My All" (Mariah Carey)
| Jennifer Lopez
| Safe
|-
| 3
| Phillip Phillips
| "Beggin'" (The Four Seasons)
| Steven Tyler
| Safe
|-style="background:#ccc;"
| 4
| Joshua Ledet| "Imagine" (John Lennon)
| Self
| Eliminated|-
| 5
| Jessica Sanchez
| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith)
| Self
| Safe
|-
| 6
| Phillip Phillips
| "Disease" (Matchbox Twenty)
| Self
| Safe
|-style="background:#ccc;"
| 7
| Joshua Ledet| "No More Drama" (Mary J. Blige)
| Jimmy Iovine
| Eliminated|-
| 8
| Jessica Sanchez
|"I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5)
| Jimmy Iovine
| Safe
|-
| 9
| Phillip Phillips
| "We've Got Tonight" (Bob Seger)
| Jimmy Iovine
| Safe
|}

 Penampilan Grup': "Got to Get You into My Life" (The Beatles)

 Top 2 – Pilihan Simon Fuller / Penampilan Favorit / Singel Pemenanghttps://twitter.com/#!/dizzyfeet/status/203475907485241344 
Sebuah koin dilempar untuk menentukan urutan kinerja finale. Phillip Phillips memenangkan lemparan koin dan memilih untuk melakukan kedua, dengan Jessica Sanchez untuk melakukan pertama secara default.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idol-phillip-phillips-jessica-sanchez-joshua-ledet-326299

 Urutan Kontestan Lagu (penyanyi asli) Dipilih Oleh Hasil 1 Jessica Sanchez "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) Simon Fuller Runner-Up 2 Phillip Phillips "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King) Simon Fuller Pemenang 3 Jessica Sanchez "The Prayer" (Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli) Self Runner-Up 4 Phillip Phillips "Movin' Out (lagu Anthony)" (Billy Joel) Self Pemenang 5 Jessica Sanchez "Change Nothing" (Jessica Sanchez) Jimmy Iovine Runner-Up 6 Phillip Phillips "Home" (Phillip Phillips) Jimmy Iovine Pemenang

 Peringkat Eliminasi 
 Wanita Pria Top 25 Wild Card Top 13 Pemenang

 Tidak Tampil Terselamatkan Terselamatkan Pertama Terselamatkan Terakhir Tereleminasi Terselamatkan Top 13 Terselamatkan Juri

Panggung:FinalMinggu:3/13/83/153/223/294/54/124/194/265/35/105/175/23 1 Phillip Phillips Top 13     Pemenang 2 Jessica Sanchez Top 13  Saved Runner-Up 3 Joshua Ledet Top 13      Elim 4 Hollie Cavanagh Top 13  	     Elim 5 Skylar Laine Top 13 Bottom 3  Bottom 3 Elim 6 Elise Testone Top 13 Saved  Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim 7 Colton Dixon Top 13   Elim 8  Wild Card Top 13   Elim9 Heejun Han Top 13  Bottom 3 Elim 10 Erika Van Pelt Wild Card Top 13 Bottom 3 (F) Bottom 3 Elim 11 Shannon MagraneTop 13 Bottom 3 (F) Elim 12 Jermaine Jones Top 13 Bottom 3 (M)Disq 13 Jeremy Rosado Wild Card Top 13 Elim 14-16 Reed Grimm Wild Card Elim Jen Hirsh Wild Card Brielle Von Hugel Wild Card 17-25 Adam Brock Elim Baylie Brown Hallie Day Creighton Fraker Eben Franckewitz Haley Johnsen Chase Likens Aaron Marcellus Chelsea Sorrell : Untuk minggu pertama kompetisi, tiga terbawah perempuan dan tiga terbawah laki-laki diumumkan. Para juri memilih siapa yang harus dieleminasi antara penerima suara terendah setiap gender.
: Jermaine Jones didiskualifikasi dari kompetisi ketika waran penangkapannya yang beredar muncul.
: Karena para juri menggunakan 'Judges' Save' per musim, untuk meyelamatkan Sanchez, 'Top 7' tetap utuh selama seminggu lagi.

 Penampilan Result Show 
 Minggu  Penampil  Judul  Hot 100 reaction  Digital sales reaction  Tipe Penampilan Top 13 Lauren Alaina  "Georgia Peaches"  failed to chart  12,000 (+64%)  live performance Mary J. Blige  "Why"  failed to chart  TBA  live performance Top 11 Demi Lovato  "Give Your Heart a Break"  failed to chart  TBA  live performance Daughtry"Outta My Head"   failed to chart  TBA  live performance Top 10 Lana Del Rey "Video Games"  91  13,000 (+147%)  pre-recorded performance Haley Reinhart  "Free"  104 (debut)https://archive.today/20120721015513/www.billboard.com/news/chart-beat-bonus-847462.story%23/news/chart-beat-bonus-847462.story  35,000 (debut)  live performance Top 9 Nicki Minaj  "Starships"  6 (-1)  159,000 (+13%)  live performance Scotty McCreery  "Water Tower Town"  failed to chart  15,000 (+1,340%)  live performance  Top 8 Jennifer Lopez  ft. Pitbull "Dance Again"  failed to chart  118,000 (debut)  music video premiere The Wanted  "Glad You Came" 3 (+1) 198,000 (+23%)  live performance  Kellie Pickler  "Where's Tammy Wynette"  failed to chart  TBA  live performance  Top 7 Week 1 James Durbin  "Higher Than Heaven"  failed to chart  TBA  live performance Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo </small>  "Think Like a Man"  90 (debut)  25,000, (+109%)  live performance   Kris Allen  "The Vision of Love"  failed to chart  TBA  live performance LMFAO  "Sorry for Party Rocking"  failed to chart  15,000  (-18%)  live performance  Top 6  Queen Extravaganza  "Somebody to Love"  unreleased  unreleased live performance Stefano Langone "I'm on a Roll"  failed to chart  TBA live performance Katy Perry  "Part of Me"  12 (-2)  73,000 (-6%) pre-recorded performance  Top 5 Coldplay "Paradise" 48 (re-entry)http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100?begin=41&order=position  TBA pre-recorded performance Carrie Underwood  "Blown Away"  66 (debut)  66,000 (debut)  live performanceColdplay  "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" failed to chart  TBA pre-recorded performance  Top 4 David Cook "The Last Song I'll Write for You" failed to chart  15,000 (debut)  live performance Jennifer Lopez  "Dance Again"  17(+3)  104,000 (+39%) pre-recorded performance  Top 3 Lisa Marie Presley "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet TBA TBA pre-recorded performance Adam Lambert "Never Close Our Eyes" TBA  TBA live performance Top 2 Jason Derülo"Undefeated" TBA  TBA  Scotty McCreery "Please Remember Me"  TBA  TBA  live performance(shown on Performance night) FinaleEliminated Contestants"Runaway Baby" TBA  TBA live performance John Fogerty & Phillip Phillips "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" / "Bad Moon Rising" TBA  TBA  live performance Fantasia Barrino & Joshua Ledet "Take Me to the Pilot"  TBA  TBA  live performance American Idol Girls & Chaka Khan Medley: "Ain't Nobody" / "" / "I'm Every Woman"  TBA  TBA  live performance Rihannahttp://www.billboard.com/news/rihanna-set-for-american-idol-finale-performance-1007006352.story#/news/rihanna-set-for-american-idol-finale-performance-1007006352.story "Where Have You Been"  TBA TBA TBA Reba McEntire & Skylar Laine "Turn On the Radio"  TBA  TBA  live performance Jessica Sanchez "I Will Always Love You"  TBA  TBA  live performance American Idol Boys (minus Phillip Phillips) & Neil Diamond Medley: "America" / "Cracklin' Rosie"/ "I'm a Believer" / "Sweet Caroline" TBA  TBA  live performance Jennifer Lopez & Wisin & Yandel "Follow the Leader"  TBA  TBA  live performance Jordin Sparks & Hollie Cavanagh "You'll Never Walk Alone"  TBA  TBA  live performance American Idol Boys (minus Phillip Phillips)  "How Deep Is Your Love" TBA  TBA  live performance Jennifer Holliday & Jessica Sanchez "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"  TBA  TBA  live performance Aerosmith "Legendary Child"  TBA TBA TBA Phillip Phillips & Jessica Sanchez "Up Where We Belong"  TBA  TBA  live performance

 Penampilan cameo selebriti selama akhir termasuk Jame Lynch, Dean Cain, Lisa Rina, Carrie Underwood, Mike Fisher dan Lauren Alaina.

 Kontroversi 
 Diskualifikasi Jermaine Jones 
Pada tanggal 14 Maret 2012, Jermaine Jones menulis di Twitter bahwa ia tidak lagi di program itu. Kemudian terungkap bahwa ia didiskualifikasi karena tidak mengungkapkan kepada produsen bahwa ia memiliki catatan kriminal.Jermaine Jones disqualified from 'American Idol'

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