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USA TODAY - "American Idol" hopeful Kenedi Anderson addressed her reasons for quitting ABC's singing competition, despite rave reviews for her performances from the show's star judges. The 18-year-old Virginia native wrote on Instagram, where the singer has 124,000 followers, that she was unable to continue on …

Although Sam Finelli's experience singing in front of people was limited to karaoke, the autistic man tried out for American Idol and wowed the judges.

It's another exciting night of American Idol on ABC tonight with an all-new Sunday, March 28, 2022, season 5 episode 6 called "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge"

Alums Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Lauren Alaina, Ruben Studdard, Chayce Beckham, Lee DeWyze, and Haley Reinhart come back to mentor.

The 18-year-old singer from Boone County, West Virginia, overcame her nerves to advance during the Hollywood Week genre challenge on Mondays episode of American Idol on ABC.  

In a new episode of the long-running singing competition show, more than 100 artists participate in the Genre Challenge which will send them to Round 2: The Duets.

Hollywood Week at "American Idol" is a pressure cooker. Which contestants will crack and which will soar to the next round?

Beacon College students and staff gathered together Monday night to cheer on alumnus Sam Finelli as he took the stage on American Idol.

It didn’t take long for 'American Idol' judges to realize there was something refreshing about Sam Finelli, who auditioned with Kacey Musgaves' 'Rainbow.'

Sam is a Georgia resident who grew up dealing with his autism thinking he wasn't good enough to audition for Idol. The judges told him otherwise.