Question: who won chris daughtry's american idol season
Answer: Stage : Semifinals Finals Week : 2 / 23 3 / 2 3 / 9 3 / 15 3 / 22 3 / 29 4 / 5 4 / 12 4 / 19 4 / 26 5 / 3 5 / 10 5 / 17 5 / 24 Place Contestant Result Taylor Hicks Winner Katharine McPhee Bottom 2 Top 2 Bottom 2 Runner - Up Elliott Yamin Bottom 2 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Elim Chris Daughtry Bottom 2 Top 2 Elim 5 Paris Bennett Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Elim 6 Kellie Pickler Elim 7 Ace Young Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim 8 Bucky Covington Bottom 2 Elim 9 Mandisa Elim 10 Lisa Tucker Bottom 2 Bottom 3 Elim 11 Kevin Covais Bottom 3 Elim 12 Melissa McGhee Elim 13 -- 16 Gedeon McKinney Elim Ayla Brown Will Makar Kinnik Sky Bottom 3 17 -- 20 José `` Sway '' Penala Elim David Radf