- Will Young
William Robert Young BA (Exon) (born January 20, 1979) is an English singer and actor. He catapulted to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural UK "Pop Idol" contest. He has continued to work very successfully in music, and also as an actor.
- Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series "American Idol" in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album "Thankful" (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album "Breakaway" (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, …
- Ruben Studdard
Christopher Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978) is an American pop/R&B/gospel singer who rose to fame as winner of the second season of the "American Idol" television program.
- Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30 1984), or simply Fantasia, is a Grammy nominated, award-winning, American pop, R&B, soul singer and Broadway actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series "American Idol" in 2004. Her first album, "Free Yourself", was a commercial success, earning her three Grammy nominations and selling over 2.1 million copies.
- Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of "American Idol". She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was certified 6x platinum, and is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history.
- Kurt Nilsen
Kurt Erik Nilsen, won the Norwegian version of the television show "Pop Idol", aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He won with 53 % of the votes against Gaute Ormåsen. His subsequent single, "She's So High", written by Tal Bachman, went straight to number one in the Norwegian singles chart and is among the biggest-selling singles in Norway to date. His debut album was simply called "I". He subsequently won the vote for the "World Idol" title on January 1, 2004, …
- Maciej Silski
Maciek Silski is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after winning "Idol Poland 4", the Polish version of "Pop Idol", shown by Polsat. Maciek won with 53.58% of the vote in a 3-way final on June 18 2005.<br/>; Maciek was one of 15 national finalists of the "OGAE Poland" competition, to find a national representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, he performed the song he co wrote called "Za karę", but he did not win.
- Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks (born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer. On May 23, 2007, she was declared the winner of the sixth season of the reality television show "American Idol". At 17, this makes her the youngest winner in "American Idol" history. In addition, she is the only winner who is from the Southwestern United States, rather than the Southern United States
- Aneta Langerová
Aneta Langerová is one of the most popular singers in the Czech Republic. She first rose to fame at age 17 as the first winner of Česko hledá SuperStar, the Czech version of Pop Idol, in June 2004 and later that year released her first album, "Spousta andělů", which would go on to become the best-selling record in Czech music history. In May 2007, Langerová released her second proper record, "Dotyk", which marked her public debut as a songwriter.
- Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn d/o Joshua Thanaraj Victor (b. December 4 1978) was the winner of the first season of "Malaysian Idol", and has since become a successful singer. Victor, popularly known as Jac, was the first to gain the title of "Malaysian Idol", a singing competition spawned from the "Idol" series that started off as "Pop Idol" in the United Kingdom.
- Mark Medlock
Mark Medlock (born July 9, 1978 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German singer and the winner of the fourth season of the television show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS)", the German version of "Pop Idol".
- Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. He rose to prominence in the year 2006 as the winner of the fifth season of "American Idol". Upon winning the music competition, he was signed to Arista Records, …
- Monika Brodka
Monika Brodka is a Polish singer, who rose to fame as the winner of season three of the Polish Pop Idol in 2004, beating Kuba Kęsy. She was the second female winner of the show, and as of 2006, is the youngest of the four. Her single "Znam Cię na pamięć" debuted at #5 on MTV Poland's chart "The Interactive Chart".
- Patrick Jurdić
Patrick Jurdić (born 14 December 1985 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austro-Croatian singer who rose to popularity after winning "Hrvatski Idol 2", the Croatian version of "Pop Idol", shown by Nova TV. Additionally, he also took part in Austria's casting show Starmania and reached the top-12. Patrick was the second only Idol to previously appear on another Idol series' performance show, …
- Eva Avila
Eva Avila is a Canadian singer from Gatineau, Quebec and the winner of the 2006 season of "Canadian Idol", the fourth year or installment of the show. Avila is the second female winner. She auditioned for the competition in Ottawa. Her father introduced her to music and she has been singing in public since the age of 2, and at the age of 9 was a winner on "Homegrown Cafe", a talent show on CJOH-TV, in Ottawa.
- Timi Dakolo
Timi Dakolo is the winner of the first season of Idols West Africa. He was declared the winner on May 26, 2007 at the home of Idols, Planet One. The show was televised the next day. He beat out runner-up, Omawumi Megbele with 63% of the votes. With his victory, he takes home many prizes including a recording contract with Sony BMG.
- Alicja Janosz
Alicja Janosz was the winner of Polish Idol in 2002. She also appeared in "World Idol", where she sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from "Jesus Christ Superstar". In November 2002, her debut album, "Ala Janosz", was released. In 2003, she recorded a song for the Polish version of "Jungle Book 2," "Przyjaciel dobra rzecz" ("A friend is a good thing").
- Alexander Klaws
Alexander Klaws (born September 31983 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German pop singer, who came to fame as the winner of the first season of the television show "Deutschland sucht den SuperStar", the German version of "Pop Idol".
- Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson, born March 6 1988 in Vänersborg, is a Swedish singer who rose to popularity after winning "Idol 2005", the Swedish version of "Pop Idol", shown by TV4. The October 10th 2006 SVT confirmed that Agnes would participate in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007 with her song "More than a girl", but she got disqualified because she talked about the song in an interview with Aftonbladet.
- Myriam Abel
Myriam Morea also known as Myriam Abel is a French singer, of Algerian origin, who rose to popularity after winning "Nouvelle Star 3", the French version of "Pop Idol", shown by M6.
- Ryan Malcolm
Ryan Michael Malcolm (born October 13, 1979 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian singer best known as winner of the first "Canadian Idol". Ryan grew up in a small town just west of Kingston called Amherstview. The son of John and Sharron, Ryan had two older siblings, Kim and Sean. At the age of 9, Ryan's parents split and John re-married. Throughout the 90's, Ryan's father owned and operated many restaurants, which in turn is where Ryan started singing.
- Casey Donovan
Casey Donovan (born May 13, 1988) is an Australian singer and the youngest winner of the idol competition anywhere in the world, winning the second season of "Australian Idol" at the mere age of 16. On 17 July, 2006, it was announced that Donovan had been dropped by her label Sony BMG because of concerns about her image and poor sales of her albums.
- Jorun Stiansen
Jorun Stiansen won the Idol (Norway) version of Pop Idol in 2005. She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla. She is the only winner of this version to have been born outside of Norway, and as of 2005 (season 3), the only female to have won. Jorun Stiansen is one of only seven contestants in the Idol (Norway) history who succeeded in staying out of “bottom three/two” places in weekly votes along with Kurt Nilsen (season 1), Gaute Ormåsen (season 1), …
- Peter Evrard
Peter Evrard (born October 19, 1974) is the winner of the first season of "Idool 2003", the Belgian version of "Pop Idol". Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing punk rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardless, he managed to win the series, and in 2003 he placed third overall in the World Idol contest. Evrard lives and works in Beerse, Belgium. He is married and has 2 sons.
- Elli Erl
Elli Erl (born Elisabeth Maria Erl on May 25 1979 in Straubing, Bavaria) is a German musician, who came to fame as the winner of the second season of the television show "Deutschland sucht den SuperStar", the German version of "Pop Idol".
- Michelle McManus
Michelle McManus (born 8 May 1980, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish singer, Actress and television personality who won the second series of "Pop Idol" in 2003. McManus has been only briefly successful as a recording artist. She currently resides in London.
- Kayrat Tuntekov
Kayrat Tuntekov is a Kazakh singer who rose to popularity after winning "SuperStar KZ 2", the Kazakh version of "Pop Idol", shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya. Kayrat won in his semi final group with highest votes of 26.1% of the total vote to advance to the finals of SuperStar KZ 2. During the entire series Kayrat sang in no less than five languages - English, Russian, Kazakh, Spanish and Italian.
- Diana Karazon
Diana Karazon is a Jordanian singer.
- Jamai Loman
Jamai Loman (born June 30, 1986 in Gouda, the Netherlands) was the winner of the first series of Idols the Dutch variant on Pop Idol, pop singer and Dutch musical artist.<br
- Tobias Regner
Tobias Regner (born August 5 1982 in Teisendorf, Bavaria) is a Austro-German singer, songwriter and musician who has enjoyed success in the rock music genre. Regner made his debut under major label Sony MBG Domestic after he won the highly publicized third season of the television series "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", the German version of "Pop Idol", in 2006.
- Markus Fagervall
Markus Fagervall won Idol 2006, the third season of the Swedish version of Pop Idol. Markus beat out Erik Segerstedt on December 1, 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart. His debut album, "Echo Heart", was released on December 18 of the same year and has to date been certified double platinum.
- Aleksander Denstad With
Aleksander Denstad With (born June 30 1987 in Trondheim, Norway), won season 4 of the TV show Idol (Norway) in May 2006, becoming the youngest person ever to win the competition. Aleksander released his first album, titled 'Coming Home', on October 23rd, 2006. The album was a major success and peaked at #4 on the Top 40 Norwegian Albums Chart upon release.
- Steeve Estatof
Steeve Estatof (born October 29, 1972) is a French singer-songwriter and the winner of the second season of the French Idol show "Nouvelle Star".
- Heinz Winckler
Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler (born 22 March 1978) was the winner of the first series of "Idols". Born the eldest of three children in Stellenbosch, South Africa, he went on to study law at Stellenbosch University. After winning the South African "Idols" competition in June 2002, he discontinued his studies to devote time to a musical career.
- Christian Mendoza
Christian Mendoza (born 1987 in the Philippines, now living in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a singer who rose to popularity as the winner of "Idols Denmark", the Danish version of "Pop Idol". Christian won with 57% of the total vote against Mirza Radonjica.</br>
- Almas Kishkenbayev
Almas Kishkenbayev is a singer who rose to popularity after winning "SuperStar KZ", the Kazakh version of "Pop Idol", shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya.<br/> Almas is also the second only Idol winner who was previously a "Wildcard" on the show, next to Canada's Ryan Malcolm from Canadian Idol. Almas advanced to the finals as the jury's choice even though he received 3rd highest votes.
- Melissa O'Neil
Melissa Crystal O'Neil (born July 12, 1988 in Calgary, Alberta) was the winner of the third season of "Canadian Idol". She attended Lester B. Pearson High School, and was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta (parents Tim O'Neil and Alison Yeung). O'Neil has worked at a daycare centre, and has been involved in local musical theatre productions. Her mother has been quoted as saying that the singing only really started three years ago.
- Ilkka Jääskeläinen
Ilkka Aaron Jääskeläinen is a singer who rose to popularity after winning "Idols Finland 2", the Finnish version of "Pop Idol" with a 55% majority of the vote over runner-up Katri Ylander. Jääskeläinen's debute album "Vuosisadan rakkaustarina" (transl. Love Story of the Century) was released in 2006. There has been two top singles in this disc, "Unohda en" (I Won't Forget) and "Soita" (Call).
- Vlastimil Horváth
Vlastimil Horváth is the second Czech Superstar. He is ethnic Roma.
- Zbyněk Drda
Zbyněk Drda (b. 29 March 1987) is a Czech singer who won the Czech Idol (Česko hledá SuperStar) competition in 2006. He usually sings ballads and similar styles of pop music.