American Idol All Stars 2 was the second AI Redux game of the series. Originally hosted by Tom2433, he left after the second week and the game was taken over officially by Jordan. The entire final three from the first season returned to make up the judging panel as well as a special fourth judge who was added later in the season.
With fewer contestants, this season's format randomly divided the Top 16 into two random groups of two. For three weeks, the two groups would compete against each other and lowest vote getter from each group would be eliminated, leaving us with our Top 10. At that point, both groups would be combined into one final group, where each week the lowest vote getter would be eliminated until only one remained.
In the end, Kelly Clarkson/Jacare15 came back for redemption following her shocking elimination in the first season to defeat Kris Allen/wellmabk in a close vote for the title.
Judges[]
Chris Daughtry/chillfact0r7 - Host and Season 1 Winner
Simon Cowell/ANDand19 - Co-Host and Season 1 Runner-Up
Randy Jackson/saraholic - 2nd Runner-Up, Season 1
Kara Dioguardi/Tom2433 - Original Host Season 1
Ellen Degeneres/Jukebox Blues - Sixth Place, Season 1
Contestants[]
| Contestant | Top 16 Group | Top 10 Finalists | Finish | Bottom Twos | Top Twos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellie Pickler
Colton Pierzina |
One |
1st Eliminated |
1 | 0 | |
| Kristy Lee Cook
Avilsta |
Two | 2nd Eliminated | 1 | 0 | |
| Jennifer Hudson
smileyriley14 |
One | 3rd Eliminated | 1 | 0 | |
| David Cook
coolboy66 |
Two | 4th Eliminated | 1 | 1 | |
| Kimberly Caldwell
kaylicious |
Two | 5th Eliminated | 1 | 0 | |
| Allison Iraheta
nelehrocks |
One | 6th Eliminated | 1 | 1 | |
| Diana DeGarmo
tiffers66 |
Two | Top 10 | 7th Eliminated 1st Finalist Out |
3 | 0 |
| Ramiele Malubay
Wuming Shi |
One | Top 10 | 8th Eliminated 2nd Finalist Out |
1 | 1 |
| Jason Castro
louie77 |
One | Top 10 | 9th Eliminated 3rd Finalist Out |
2 | 1 |
| Mishavonna Henson
reggierules |
One | Top 10 | 10th Eliminated 4th Finalist Out |
2 | 0 |
| Christina Christian
americanidolfan4life |
One | Top 10 | 11th Eliminated 5th Finalist Out |
2 | 1 |
| Carrie Underwood
RijabX |
Two | Top 10 | 12th Eliminated 6th Finalist Out |
2 | 2 |
| Chris Richardson
fallon5102004 |
Two | Top 10 | 13th Eliminated 7th Finalist Out |
1 | 2 |
| Adam Lambert
Diggory15 |
One | Top 10 | 14th Eliminated 8th Finalist Out |
3 | 5 |
| Kris Allen
wellmabk |
Two | Top 10 | Runner-Up |
2 | 5 |
| Kelly Clarkson
Jacare15 |
Two | Top 10 | Winner |
1 | 4 |
Elimination chart[]
Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last.
| Top 16 | Top 10 | Winner |
| Top 2 | Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale | ||
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Clarkson | Top 2 | B3 | Top 2 | Top 2 | B2 | Top 2 | Winner | ||||||
| 2 | Kris Allen | Top 2 | Top 2 | B2 | Top 2 | B3 | B2 | Top 2 | Top 2 | Runner-Up | ||||
| 3 | Adam Lambert | Top 2 | Top 2 | Top 2 | B3 | B2 | Top 2 | Top 2 | Elim | |||||
| 4 | Chris Richardson | B3 | Top 2 | B3 | Top 2 | B3 | Elim | |||||||
| 5 | Carrie Underwood | B2 | Top 2 | Top 2 | Elim | |||||||||
| 6 | Christina Christian | Top 2 | B2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 7 | Mishavonna Henson | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Jason Castro | Top 2 | B2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 9 | Ramiele Malubay | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Diana DeGarmo | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 11-12 | Allison Iraheta | Top 2 | Elim | |||||||||||
| Kimberly Caldwell | ||||||||||||||
| 13-14 | David Cook | Top 2 | Elim | |||||||||||
| Jennifer Hudson | ||||||||||||||
| 15-16 | Kristy Lee Cook | Elim | ||||||||||||
| Kellie Pickler | ||||||||||||||