Overview
- Viewers finished casting votes for the Top 20 after Monday’s Hawaii performances, with the window closing early Tuesday, March 24, under new rules.
- ABC’s five-method system now counts website ballots, SMS texts, and comments on American Idol’s Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, with up to 10 votes per contestant per method.
- Social votes only count when a voter comments a singer’s first name as a standalone original comment, not as a reply, not with “x10,” and not with multiple names in one post.
- Eligibility rules set the guardrails for participation, with online voting open to viewers 16 and older in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, and social voting limited to U.S. users 18 and older.
- Results from the March 16 and March 23 Top 20 shows will be revealed live on March 30, when the Top 14 is named after weeks that featured mentoring by Brad Paisley and Keke Palmer and judges flagging clear frontrunners.