- Is this legal?
Yes, it is, as long as you place your bet at a legitimate sportsbook. Because most US states don’t have any laws that ban gambling online with offshore operators, there are no laws to break.
US laws do not affect betting sites with TV and music odds and sportsbooks operating outside of the United States, and the US gambling laws in play provide regulations and restrictions directed at gambling business owners and money processors rather than individual bettors. If you can vote on American Idol, you can bet on it, too.
Wagering on American Idol can be done at one of the top online sportsbooks listed on this page. The first item of business is to select the sports betting site that you want to join. Once there, click or tap on the “Join” button, and you’ll be prompted to select a username and password. This page will also ask for other basic information, such as your name and address, which must be accurate. Otherwise, you won't receive your payouts when you win.
Since you’ll be making financial transactions with legal sports betting sites, it is very important that you keep your login information confidential. The next prompt you’ll be taken to will ask for your initial deposit. You can skip this step for now and wait to make your deposit when you're ready to place your bets. We actually recommend signing up at multiple sportsbooks so that you can shop for the best odds and cash payouts.
Once those steps have been completed, navigate to the sportsbook section of the site, and locate the entertainment betting section. Betting lines for American Idol 2023 can be found there. All that is left now is to turn in your bet slip and cross your fingers that the odds are in your favor.
- Iam Tongi -200 66.7%
- Megan Danielle +200 33.3%
- Colin Stough +300 25.0%
- He is 18 years old, 5'7"tall, weighs 230 pounds and is of Tongan, Samoan and Irish descent.
- He currently is a senior at Decatur High School in the state of Washington.
- Wait, a minute, isn't he from Hawaii?
- He was born there.
- At the age of 50, his father passed away at the end of 2021. Watch Iam's audition and his story of his dad Rodney. Note Iam's rubber slippers.
- Has four siblings, and mother Lilli.
- The family moved away from Hawaii three years ago because they couldn't afford to live there.
- A year after his father died, Iam's mother signed him up to again audition for American Idol. He had failed the first time, and was not particularly happy to lose again. This time he was a hit.
- He however chose Kahuku, Hawaii as his home town, for that was where his heart was.
Soon after he made the top three, he gave a free concert at Turtle Bay, North Shore, where he grew up. Hawaii's Governor Josh Green and Honolulu's Mayor Rick Blangiardi were there to honor him. Kahuku High School gave him an honorary degree.
- There are three ways to vote: online at American Idol’s website, through the American Idol app or text the voting numbers of the contestant you would like to vote for to “21523.” Voters must be at least 16 years of age and located in the U.S., Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
- Here is Jasmine Trias singing Run to You in 2004, She ended up at #3. Her advice to Iam.
- Keith Urban is back to mentor. He judged in seasons 12-15. This is season 21.
Returning to perform from Season #2, winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken.- Clay is now 44 and has had a fascinating career in singing, plus Broadway, almost politician, while gay, child with Jaymes, sister of David Foster and UNICEF ambassador.
- Ruben, also 44, got a Grammy nomination, has been on Broadway and is an actor.
- Also entertaining will be Pitbull, TLC, James Blunt, Kylie Minogue, Lauren Daigle and others. For his audition, Iam sang Blunt's Monster, about his father dying of kidney failure, same as Iam's. You must of course remember Blunt's first hit, You're Beautiful. That was nearly 20 years ago.
- #'s 4-#12 will be there, and judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel will sing their own hits.
- Season 1: Kelly Clarkson
- Season 2: Ruben Studdard
- Season 3: Fantasia Barrino
- Season 4: Carrie Underwood
- Season 5: Taylor Hicks
- Season 6: Jordin Sparks
- Season 7: David Cook
- Season 8: Kris Allen
- Season 9: Lee DeWyze
- Season 10: Scotty McCreery
- Season 11: Phillip Phillips
- Season 12: Candice Glover
- Season 13: Caleb Johnson
- Season 14: Nick Fradiani
- Season 15: Trent Harmon
- Season 16: Maddie Poppe
- Season 17: Laine Hardy
- Season 18: Just Sam
- Season 19: Chayce Beckham
- Season 20: Noah Thompson
American Idol #22 will premiere in January of 2024.
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