ABC Network launched its 4th season (aka 19th season) of American Idol for year 2021 with the top selected contestants (singers) list.
American Idol 2021 premiered its first episode on Valentine’s Day, February 14th 2021 on ABC.
The makers have already finished the audition rounds in October 2020 itself. From them, the top 40 will perform in front of our 3 Judges and from them, our judges will select top 20 singers for this season by giving him/her a Golden Ticket.
American Idol 2021 is judged by Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie. We also have Bobby Bones as the mentor in this season. This season is also hosted and presented by Ryan Seacrest.
We saw 10 selected contestants from the last season (American Idol 2020) came back to compete for a second chance in The Comeback round. From them, Arthur Gunn got selected.
American Idol Contestants 2021
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| Sr No. | Contestant Name | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Kennedy | Roebuck, SC | In Top 7 |
| 2 | Willie Spence | Douglas, GA | In Top 7 |
| 3 | Deshawn Goncalves | Cleveland, OH | Eliminated (Top 10) |
| 4 | Casey Bishop | Estero, FL | In Top 7 |
| 5 | Chayce Beckham | Apple Valley, CA | In Top 7 |
| 6 | Alyssa Wray | Perryville, KY | Eliminated (Top 10) |
| 7 | Arthur Gunn | Wichita, Kansas | In Top 7 |
| 8 | Cassandra Coleman | Columbia, TN | Eliminated (Top 10) |
| 9 | Hunter Metts | Franklin, TN | In Top 7 |
| 10 | Grace Kinstler | Lakewood, IL | In Top 7 |
| 11 | Alana Delsherm | Lakewood Ranch, FL | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 12 | Alanis Sophia | Dade City, FL | Eliminated (Top 16) |
| 13 | Andrea Valles | Houston, TX | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 14 | Anilee List | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 15 | Ava August | Laguna Niguel, CA | Eliminated (Top 12) |
| 16 | Beane | Boston, MA | Eliminated (Top 12) |
| 17 | Cecil Ray | Rockdale, TX | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 18 | Colin Jamieson | Boston, MA | Eliminated (Top 16) |
| 19 | Graham DeFranco | Rockwall, TX | Eliminated (Top 16) |
| 20 | Hannah Everhart | Pickens, MS | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 21 | Jason Warrior | Chicago, IL | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 22 | Liahona Olayan | Vineyard, UT | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 23 | Madison Watkins | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Top 12) |
| 24 | Mary Jo Young | Cleveland, OH | Eliminated (Top 24) |
| 25 | Wyatt Pike | Park City, UT | Drop-out (Top 16) |
| 26 | Christina Daugherty | Knoxville, TN | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 27 | Will Pellerin | Nashville, TN | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 28 | Malachi Mills | Atlanta, GA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 29 | John Okafo | Chicago, IL | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 30 | Mignon | Nashville, TN | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 31 | Vanessa Dominguez | Orlando, FL | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 32 | Ryan Romano | Washington, MI | Not Selected |
| 33 | Laila Mach | New Paltz, NY | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 34 | Joshua Kuntz | Arkansas | Not Selected |
| 35 | Reh | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 36 | Anthony Guzman | Bay Area, CA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 37 | Abby LeBaron | Springville, UT | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 38 | Brianna Collichio | Spencerport, NY | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 39 | Simeon Taylor | Iowa City, Iowa | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 40 | Cheryl K | Los Angeles, CA | Not Selected |
| 41 | Dreion | Omaha, NE | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 42 | Olya Lvova | Los Angeles, CA | Not Selected |
| 43 | Mason Picks | Winston Salem, NC | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 44 | Zoe Levy | Miami, FL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 45 | Lambo | Orlando, FL | Not Selected |
| 46 | Nia Renee | Arkansas | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 47 | Sofia Gomez | Miami, FL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 48 | Sade Frame | San Diego, CA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 49 | Alexis Arai | Nashville, TN | Not Selected |
| 50 | Taylor Sackson | Tempe, AZ | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 51 | Ronda Felton | Milwaukee, WI | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 52 | Alex Miller | Lancaster, KY | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 53 | Nastachia | Hollywood, CA | Not Selected |
| 54 | Celeste Butler | Southern California | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 55 | Mikayla Jackson | Minnesota | Not Selected |
| 56 | Katelyn Myers | Tahlequah, OK | Not Selected |
| 57 | Sloane Simon | Pittsburgh, PA | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 58 | Nicole Acosta | Miami, FL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 59 | Tryzdin | Columbus, OH | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 60 | Pajama Josh | Boca Raton, FL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 61 | Jamie Grace | Phoenix, AZ | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 62 | Henry Thompson | Scottsdale, AZ | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 63 | Monica Leah | Brooklyn, NY | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 64 | Jackson Snelling | Austin, IN | Not Selected |
| 65 | Julian Cunningham | Sacramento, CA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 66 | Steven Paul | Los Angeles, CA | Not Selected |
| 67 | Claudia Conway | Washington, DC | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 68 | Adriel Carrion | Cumming, Georgia | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 69 | Xavier Washington | Atlanta, GA | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 70 | Aeden Alvarez | Hong Kong | Not Selected |
| 71 | Sadie Leigh | Fort Washington, PA | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 72 | Miranda Kitchpanich | Seattle, WA | Not Selected |
| 73 | Benson Boone | Monroe, WA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 74 | Presley Barker | Traphill, NC | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 75 | Ashlyn Ruder | Nashville, TN | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 76 | Amanda Mena | Boston, MA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 77 | McKayla Marie | Eugene, OR | Not Selected |
| 78 | DJ Johnson | Lindale, TX | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 79 | Danica Steakley | N/A | Not Selected |
| 80 | Mario Adrion (Mr. Speedo) | Miami, FL | Not Selected |
| 81 | Ammon Olayan | Nashville, TN | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 82 | Yurisbel | Miami, FL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 83 | Calvin Upshaw | Marks, MS | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 84 | Ace Stiles | Tulsa, OK | Not Selected |
| 85 | Samantha Sharpe | Basking Ridge, NJ | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 86 | Tom McGovern | NYC | Not Selected |
| 87 | DZaki Sukarno | New Mexico | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 88 | Christian McGuckian | Easley, SC | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 89 | Jeremias “Mias” Williams | Apopka, FL | Not Selected |
| 90 | Erika Perry (ET) | Sasche, TX | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 91 | Timmy Skelly | Sandwich, IL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 92 | Micheal Gerow | St Louis, MO | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 93 | Cameron McGhar | Clanton, AL | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 94 | Anthony Key | Not known | Not Selected |
| 95 | Murphy | New Orleans, LA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 96 | Heather Russell | Toronto, CA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 97 | Liv Grace Blue | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 98 | Zachary D’Onofrio | Tampa, FL | Eliminated (Duet Challenge) |
| 99 | Vahhley | Brooklyn, NY | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 100 | Althea Grace | Chicago, IL | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 101 | Ren Patrick | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 102 | Jay Camaro | Saint Petersburg, FL | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 103 | Emi Sunshine | Vonore, TN | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 104 | James Perdue | Clear Creek, WV | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 105 | Lizzy O’Very | Ephriam, UT | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 106 | Trinity Rose | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 107 | Christian Terry | New Castle, IN | Eliminated (Genre Challenge) |
| 108 | Funke Lagoke | New York | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 109 | Kya Monee | Austin, TX | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 110 | Jazzy Rose | Los Angeles, CA | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 111 | Ben Dodson | Nashville, TN | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 112 | Camille Lamb | Louisiana | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 113 | Janie Hughes | Baltimore, MD | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 114 | Drake McCain | Rhea County, TN | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
| 115 | Ethan Kuntz | Arkansas | Eliminated (Showstoppers) |
In Top 7: These contestants moved forward to the Mother’s Day Round.
Eliminated: A contestant got eliminated from the particular challenge.
Not Selected: A contestant was not selected at the auditions.
Golden Ticket: A contestant received the Golden Ticket at the auditions.
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The racism in Americas vote is so easily detectable, when you see someone like Alasyya not even make top seven.
When will we know which one from from last season makes the cut? I want Arthur Gunn to win that spot as he came in second last season.
I love the contestants and the judges are Awesome !!! Chance Beckham is a favorite here.
Casey is the best, her range is incredible and can sing anything!
I love Casey bishop and makayla Phillips I think one of them are going to win American idol I voted for makayla Phillips tonight I hope she makes it through vote for her please on the American idol app
Very disappointed this year-
Beans?? lol as Colin went home??
Murphy never made it?
But we have a screeching cave woman?
Judges should not be involved in voting-
It’s called AMERICAN IDOL- let America pick
I agree. .
I wholeheartedly agree with Mike’s earlier email of 4-13-21 at 9:25 pm. Graham was far superior than a few others that made it. One in particular that got thru has consistently been out of tune, but appears to be one of the judge’s favorite and only hear good comments about this person…Hunter, although modest and not aware of his unique sound, glad to see he made it.
Graham and Colin got screwed over while a few people moved on who haven’t got any better throughout the competition. They went based off last night’s performance and Graham who had a Top 3 performance didn’t make it? So Fixed
Colin’s vocals were’nt strong enough!
beane… LOL
gee, thanks “judges”… but we do need one to “dislike” and get frustrated seeing
judges should not be involved in choosing