Now that we've picked a new Idol and runner-up, where do they rank in your overall rankings of AI winners and runner-ups over the seasons?

Mine:

WINNERS
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Taylor Hicks
4. Jordin Sparks
5. Ruben Studdard
6. Fantasia

RUNNER-UPS
1. Blake Lewis
2. Bo Bice
3. Katharine McPhee
4. Diana DeGarmo
5. Clay Aiken
6. Justin Guarini

OVERALL
1. Blake Lewis
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Bo Bice
4. Carrie Underwood
5. Taylor Hicks
6. Jordin Sparks
7. Katharine McPhee
8. Diana DeGarmo
9. Clay Aiken
10. Ruben Studdard
11. Fantasia
12. Justin Guarini

Heres' my ranking:

WINNERS
1. Kelly Clarkson--always will be my favorite Idol winner!!!
2. Carrie Underwood-- a very close second!!!
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Ruben Studdard
5. Fantasia Barrino
6. Taylor Hicks

RUNNER-UPS
1. Blake Lewis <3 <3
2. Katharine McPhee
3. Bo Bice
4. Clay Aiken
5. Diana DeGarmo
6. Justin Guarini

WINNERS:
1. Taylor Hicks
2. Ruben Studdard
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Kelly Clarkson
5. Fantasia
6. Jordin Sparks

RUNNER-UPS
1. Clay Aiken
2. Blake Lewis
3. Bo Bice
4. Justin Guarini
5. Katharine McPhee
6. Diana DeGarmo

OVERALL
1. Clay Aiken
2. Taylor Hicks
3. Ruben Studdard
4. Blake Lewis
5. Bo Bice
6. Justin Guarini
7. Katharine McPhee
8. Carrie Underwood
9. Kelly Clarkson
10. Fantasia
11. Diana DeGarmo
12. Jordin Sparks

WINNERS
1. Ruben Studdard
2. Taylor Hicks
3. Kelly Clarkson
4. Jordin Sparks
5. Carrie Underwood
6. Fantasia

RUNNER-UPS
1. Clay Aiken
2. Blake Lewis
3. Bo Bice
4. Katharine McPhee
5. Diana DeGarmo
6. Justin Guarini

WINNERS:
1. Kelly Clarkson
2 Taylor Hicks
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Jordin Sparks
5. Ruben Studdard
6. Fantasia

RUNNER UPS:
1. Clay Aiken
2. Blake Lewis
3. Diana DeGarmo
4. Katharine McPhee
5. Bo Bice
6. Justin Guarini

OVERALL
1. Clay Aiken
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Blake Lewis
4. Taylor Hicks
5. Diana DeGarmo
6. Carrie Underwood
7. Katharine McPhee
8. Jordin Sparks
9. Bo Bice
10. Justin Guarini
11. Ruben Studdard
12. Fantasia

YAY RANKINGS!11

Winners
1. Carrie
2. Kelly
3. Jordin
4. Taylor
5. Fantasia
6. Ruben

Runner-ups
1. Bo
2. Kat
3. Diana
4. Blake
5. Clay
6. Justin
...Bo and Kat are pretty much tied as well as Blake and Clay. but i gave the edge to Blake in the second one just cause i've seen more of him, lol. and as for Bo/Kat...Bo gets #1 because I FEEL LIKE IT.


Overall
1. Carrie
2. Kelly
3. Jordin
4. Bo
5. Kat
6. Diana
7. Blake
8. Clay
9. Taylor
10. Fantasia
11. Ruben
12. Justin

WINNERS
1. Carrie Underwood
2. Jordin Sparks
3. Kelly Clarkson
4. Fantasia
5. Ruben Studdard
6. Taylor Hicks

RUNNERS UP
1. Bo Bice
2. Katharine McPhee
3. Diana DeGarmo
4. Blake Lewis
5. Clay Aiken
6. Justin Guarini

and that actually is my top 12 in order, I like ALL the winners better than ALL the runners up

However, if we were including other people then Elliott, Chris Daughtery, Melinda, LaToya, Jennifer Hudson, etc would all beat many of the people on this list

WINNERS
1. CARRIE
2. Kelly
3. Jordin
4. Taylor
5. Fantasia
6. Ruben

RUNNER UPS
1. Bo
2. Diana
3. Kat
4. Blake
5. Clay
6. Justin

Winners:
1. Fantasia
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Carrie Underwood
5. Taylor Hicks
6. Ruben Studdard

Runners-Up
1. Clay Aiken
2. Katharine McPhee
3. Bo Bice
4. Justin Guarini
5. Diana DeGarmo
6. Blake Lewis

Overall:
1. Fantasia
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Clay Aiken
5. Carrie Underwood
6. Katharine McPhee
7. Taylor Hicks
8. Bo Bice
9. Justin Guarini
10. Diana DeGarmo
11. Blake Lewis
12. Ruben Studdard

winners
1. kelly clarkson
2. carrie underwood
3. jordin sparks
4. fantasia
5. taylor hicks
6. ruben studdard

runner ups
1. clay aiken
2. katharine mcphee
3. diana degarmo
4. blake lewis
5. justin guarini
6. bo bice

overall
1. kelly clarkson
2. carrie underwood
3. clay aiken
4. jordin sparks
5. katharine mcphee
6. diana degarmo
7. blake lewis
8. taylor hicks
9. justin guarini
10. fantasia barrino
11. ruben studdard
12. bo bice

Winners
1) Kelly Clarkson (never saw Season 1, but still love her)
2) Carrie Underwood (only about a .10th behind Kel)
3) Taylor Hicks (he was good, and I hated how they, esp post-Idol, salivatated over Chris at Taylor's expense)
4) Jordin Sparks (not as all over great as they claim / want her to be)
5) Ruben Studdard (good voice, but still was on the Clay train)
6) Fantasia Barrino (do not understand her appeal at all)

Runners-Up
1) Clay Aiken (he'll always be my #1)
2) Blake Lewis (his YGLABN was incredible, and I <3 him)
3) Diana DeGarmo (she was miles better than anyone *ahem, Simon* ever gave her credit for)
4) Katharine McPhee (like a few of her performances)
5) Bo Bice (liked him, but was in love with Constantine)
6) Justin Guarini (don't really have a reason to dislike him, just like the others more)

Overall
1) Kelly Clarkson
2) Carrie Underwood
3) Clay Aiken
4) Blake Lewis
5) Diana DeGarmno
6) Taylor Hicks
7) Jordin Sparks
8) Katharine McPhee
9) Bo Bice
10) Ruben Studdard
11) Justin Guarini
12) Fantasia Barrino


A/N: Note that the running commentary is only my opninion, and thus not meant to offend anyone)

For me, some of the runners-up have been better than the winners, yet no matter how you rank them, no one will come close to Kelly Clarkson. Her fame just keeps growing every year. Her new album "My December" isn't as good as "Breakaway", but it's still better than about 95% of what else is out there, and that includes fellow Idol Daughtry. I hate that guy! But on to the business at hand:


THE BEST IDOLS (Winners and Runners Up included)

1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Katherine McPhee

THE WORST OVERALL

1. Bo Bice
2. Taylor Hicks
3. Justin Guarini
4. Clay Aiken

Dishonourable Mention: William Hung and Sanjaya Malakar. May we never see (or hear!) their kind again.

BEST CANADIAN IDOLS

1. Melissa O'Neil (2005 winner)
2. Eva Avila (2006 winner)

Now I realize that most of you have not seen either of these lovely and talented ladies so I'd like to introduce them to you personally via YouTube.

Melissa O'Neil --- Alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKAvt3lceuY)

Eva Avila --- Fallin' For You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqi3XvxRt48)

I hope this year's winner will be a good choice like they were. Those are tough acts to follow.