American Idol (season 14)
Order Contestant Song Result
1 Daniel Seavey You Make My Dreams Eliminated
2 Quentin Alexander In the Air Tonight Safe
3 Joey Cook Girls Just Want to Have Fun Safe
4 Tyanna Jones I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) Safe
5 Jax You Give Love a Bad Name Safe
6 Nick Fradiani Man in the Mirror Safe
7 Clark Beckham Every Breath You Take Safe
8 Qaasim Middleton Addicted to Love Safe
9 Rayvon Owen Everybody Wants to Rule the World Fan Saved
Finals -- Top 9 – Songs from the '80s
Guest mentor : Boy George Group performance : `` Karma Chameleon '' with Boy George Starting this week , the studio versions of each contestant performance were available at iTunes .
The fourteenth season of American Idol, also known as American Idol XIV, premiered on the Fox television network on January 7, 2015. Ryan Seacrest continues his role as host, while Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. returned for their respective fourth, third and second times as judges. Randy Jackson stepped down as mentor, being replaced by Scott Borchetta. Long-time sponsor Coca-Cola ended its relationship with the show. This was the fourth season to have an all-male finale and the third season where the final two contestants had never been in the bottom group prior to the finale. Before the finale, it was announced that the upcoming season airing in 2016 would be the last of the reality show. Since the series began in 2002 it peaked in viewership at 30 million viewers per episode in 2006, slipping to 20 million viewers per episode in 2011, and down further since with an average of about 9.15 million viewers per episode in 2015. On May 13, Nick Fradiani was announced the winner of the season, with Clark Beckham as runner-up.