Kelly Clarkson famously won the first season of "American Idol" and has since become one of its most successful winners, but she did not initially know what she had signed up for. During a recent ...

Carrie Underwood‘s American Idol journey has come full circle. Fans first met Underwood when she auditioned for season 4 of the singing competition. Following her 2005 victory, Underwood went on ...

Lola — the granddaughter of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson — was also accompanied by her father Rob Bonfiglio on guitar during the audition Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The runs in Teddy Swims' song 'Lose Control' are difficult, skillful and strong. But 19-year-old Jamier Jones made them look easy, seamless and velvety during his Nashville audition on this season ...

"It was a very unlikable thing in the industry," the singer said of the competition show she won. By Hannah Dailey As the first person to ever win American Idol, Kelly Clarkson walked a lonely ...

On the 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast, she also recalled that people who were "really mean" about her 'American Idol' win went on to be coaches on 'The Voice' Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE.

EXCLUSIVE: The American Play Company, most recently led by Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas and his business partner, Mark Shankman, is being acquired by the theatrical division of ...

Country singer Scotty McCreery, an American Idol winner, recently took a light fall during a live performance, which was captured on camera and shared by the artist himself. The incident occurred ...

(L-R Front Row) Mentor Scott Borchetta, Host Ryan Seacrest, Judge Keith Urban, Judge Jennifer Lopez, Judge Harry Connick, Jr., Executive Producer Trish Kinane, (L-R Back Row), S14 Winner Nick ...