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  'American Idol' crowns Iam Tongi Season 21 winner over runner-up Megan Danielle

  
  American Idol crowned Iam Tongi its Season 21 champion during the live finale broadcast that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' decides Top 3 finalists, eliminating We Ani and Zachariah Smith

  
  American Idol determined its Top 3 finalists and eliminated We Ani and Zachariah Smith during the Season 21 performance episode that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' reveals Season 21's Top 5 finalists, eliminating Haven Madison, Oliver Steele, and Warren Peay

  
  American Idol determined its Top 5 finalists and eliminated Haven Madison, Oliver Steele, and Warren Peay during the Season 21 performance episode that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  Ed Sheeran and Alanis Morissette to fill in for Katy Perry and Lionel Richie as 'American Idol' guest judges

  
  American Idol has announced pop icons Alanis Morissette and Ed Sheeran will be serving as guest judges, filling in for regular judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, next week.
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  'American Idol' reveals Season 21's Top 8 finalists eliminating Marybeth Byrd and Tyson Venegas

  
  American Idol determined its Top 8 finalists and eliminated Marybeth Byrd and Tyson Venegas during the Season 21 performance episode that aired Monday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' reveals Season 21's Top 10 finalists as Lucy Love and Nutsa are eliminated

  
  American Idol determined its Top 10 finalists and eliminated Lucy Love and Nutsa during the Season 21 performance episode that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' reveals Season 21's Top 12 finalists as eight hopefuls are eliminated

  
  American Idol has revealed its Top 12 contestants after eliminating eight hopefuls from the Season 21 competition during Monday night's episode on ABC.
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  'American Idol' cuts six hopefuls and reveals Season 21's Top 20 singers

  
  American Idol eliminated six hopefuls and revealed its Top 20 contestants for Season 21 during Sunday night's broadcast on ABC.
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  'American Idol' reveals remaining semifinalists and expands Season 21 to a Top 26

  
  American Idol unveiled the rest of the Top 24 contestants during Part 2 of the Showstoppers: The Final Judgment round -- but in a plot twist, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie expanded it to a Top 26 due to an abundance of talent competing on Season 21.
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  'American Idol' reveals half of Season 21's Top 24 singers

  
  American Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie advanced 11 singers to Season 21's Top 24 during Part 1 of the series' Showstoppers: The Final Judgment round that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' judges award soul singer Cam Amen final Platinum Ticket of Season 21

  
  American Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie have awarded their final Platinum Ticket of Season 21 to Cam Amen during the last auditions episode that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' judges award Platinum Ticket to Kaylin Hedges after Nashville audition

  
  American Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie handed out their second Platinum Ticket to Kaylin Hedges during the Season 21 auditions episode that aired Sunday night on ABC.
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  'American Idol' alum Kellie Pickler's husband Kyle Jacobs dead from apparent suicide

  
  American Idol alum Kellie Pickler has lost her husband of 11 years, Kyle Jacobs, to apparent suicide.

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