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How different would the Emmys race be if The Bear hypothetically submitted in the Drama categories rather than the Comedy categories.

The following is a list of all the coronation songs, i.e. the singles that the winner released as the first song of their music career from what point onward.

Feel free to judge it based on how well they performed it on the show, or how good the professional single is.

I am only including the winners' singles, not any of the runners-up. I might make a separate post for that.

Season 1: "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson
Season 2: "Flying Without Wings by Ruben Studdard
Season 3: "I Believe" by Fantasia Barrino
Season 4: "Inside Your Heaven" by Carrie Underwood
Season 5: "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks
Season 6: "This is My Now" by Jordin Sparks
Season 7: "The Time of My Life" by David Cook
Season 8: "No Boundaries" by Kris Allen
Season 9: "Beautiful Day" by Lee DeWyze
Season 10: "I Love You This Big" by Scotty McCreery
Season 11: "Home" by Phillip Phillips
Season 12: "I Am Beautiful" by Candice Glover
Season 13: "As Long as You Love Me" by Caleb Johnson
Season 14: "Beautiful Life" by Nick Fradiani
Season 15: "Falling" by Trent Harmon
Season 16: "Going, Going, Gone" by Maddie Poppe
Season 17: "Flame" by Laine Hardy
Season 18: "Rise Up" by Just Sam
Season 19: "23" by Chayce Beckham
Season 20: "One Day Tonight" by Noah Thompson
Season 21: "I'll Be Seeing You" by Iam Tongi
Season 22: "This Isn't Over" by Abi Carter
Season 23: "Heal" by Jamal Roberts
Season 24: "String Cheese" by Hannah Harper

*In Season 18, three contestants had a three-way tie for third place (Dillon James, Francisco Martin and Jonny West). I am not sure if you personally want to include them or not but technically none of them got "third place" exactly.

Anyways all of the third place contestants include:

Season 1: Nikki McKibbin
Season 2: Kimberley Locke
Season 3: Jasmine Trias
Season 4: Vonzell Solomon
Season 5: Elliott Yamin
Season 6: Melinda Doolittle
Season 7: Syesha Mercado
Season 8: Danny Gokey
Season 9: Casey James
Season 10: Haley Reinhart
Season 11: Joshua Ledet
Season 12: Angie Miller
Season 13: Alex Preston
Season 14: Jax
Season 15: Dalton Rapattoni
Season 16: Gabby Barrett
Season 17: Madison VanDenburg
Season 18: Dillon James/Francisco Martin/Jonny West
Season 19: Grace Kinstler
Season 20: Leah Marlene
Season 21: Colin Stough
Season 22: Jack Blocker
Season 23: Breanna Nix
Season 24: Keyla Richardson

I did one of these for every winner. So... how about we do one for every runner-up too?

For context, here is every runner-up:

Season 1: Justin Guarini
Season 2: Clay Aiken
Season 3: Diana DeGarmo
Season 4: Bo Bice
Season 5: Katharine McPhee
Season 6: Blake Lewis
Season 7: David Archuleta
Season 8: Adam Lambert
Season 9: Crystal Bowersox
Season 10: Lauren Alaina
Season 11: Jessica Sanchez
Season 12: Kree Harrison
Season 13: Jena Irene
Season 14: Clark Beckham
Season 15: La'Porsha Renae
Season 16: Caleb Lee Hutchinson
Season 17: Alejandro Aranda
Season 18: Arthur Gunn
Season 19: Willie Spence
Season 20: Huntergirl
Season 21: Megan Danielle
Season 22: Will Moseley
Season 23: John Foster
Season 24: Jordan McCullough

How would you rank all the American Idol winners?

For context here are the winners.
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
Season 21: Iam Tongi
Season 22: Abi Carter
Season 23: Jamal Roberts
Season 24: well, you should know but I won't say in case of spoilers

The rules are simple. The Finale of American Idol has the same two people but instead of having a live coast-to-coast vote, you are the only person who makes the decision of who wins. Who would you choose? And how much would it differ from what really happened?

You can judge this based on how well they did the Finale night or how well they did overall during the season.

For context here are the lineups:

Season 1: Kelly Clarkson vs. Justin Guarini
Season 2: Clay Aiken vs. Ruben Studdard
Season 3: Fantasia Barrino vs. Diana DeGarmo
Season 4: Bo Bice vs. Carrie Underwood
Season 5: Taylor Hicks vs. Katharine McPhee
Season 6: Blake Lewis vs. Jordin Sparks
Season 7: David Archuleta vs. David Cook
Season 8: Kris Allen vs. Adam Lambert
Season 9: Crystal Bowersox vs. Lee DeWyze
Season 10: Lauren Alaina vs. Scotty McCreery
Season 11: Phillip Phillips vs. Jessica Sanchez
Season 12: Candice Glover vs. Kree Harrison
Season 13: Jena Irene vs. Caleb Johnson
Season 14: Clark Beckham vs. Nick Fradiani
Season 15: Trent Harmon vs. Dalton Rapattoni vs. La'Porsha Renae
Season 16: Gabby Barrett vs. Caleb Lee Hutchinson vs. Maddie Poppe
Season 17: Alejandro Aranda vs. Laine Hardy vs. Madison VanDenburg
Season 18: Arthur Gunn vs. Just Sam
Season 19: Chayce Beckham vs. Grace Kinstler vs. Willie Spence
Season 20: Huntergirl vs. Leah Marlene vs. Noah Thompson
Season 21: Megan Danielle vs. Colin Stough vs. Iam Tongi
Season 22: Jack Blocker vs. Abi Carter vs. Will Moseley
Season 23: John Foster vs. Breanna Nix vs. Jamal Roberts
Season 24: Hannah Harper vs. Jordan McCullough vs. Keyla Richardson