| 100% | AIKEN | 5 | "American Idol" season 2 runner-up Clay |
| 62% | ADAMLAMBERT | 11 | Runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol, who has collaborated with the British rock band "Queen" as lead vocalist: 2 wds. |
| 60% | AIKEN | 5 | "American Idol" runner-up Clay |
| 57% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | Runner-up on both "American Idol" and "Celebrity Apprentice": 2 wds. |
| 51% | GUARINI | 7 | Justin, who was the first American Idol runner-up |
| 51% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | "American Idol" runner-up who unsuccessfully ran for a North Carolina congressional seat in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CLARKSON | 8 | Winner of American Idol Season One |
| 47% | THESIMPSONS | 11 | American animated sitcom which is running its 29th season making it the longest running TV series with 629 episodes: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ADAM | 4 | "American Idol" runner-up Lambert |
| 46% | CLAY | 4 | "American Idol" runner-up Aiken |
| 46% | KEITHURBAN | 10 | Country singer who was an "American Idol" judge for four seasons: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BLAKE | 5 | 2007 "American Idol" runner-up ___ Lewis |
| 45% | ADAM | 4 | 2009 "American Idol" runner-up Lambert |
| 42% | AIKEN | 5 | "American Idol" runner-up whose fans are known as "Claymates" |
| 42% | SIMONCOWELL | 11 | An American Idol judge known for his cutting remarks: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ADAM | 4 | Singer Lambert, runner-up on the 2009 "American Idol" |
| 42% | AMERICANDAD | 11 | American adult animated sitcom featuring Roger Smith which is running its 15th season: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MCPHEE | 6 | Katharine of "Smash" who was an "American Idol" runner-up |
| 41% | ATAB | 4 | Run ___ (build up charges, as at a bar): 2 wds. |
| 41% | AIKEN | 5 | Clay, "Idol" runner-up who also ran for political office |
| 40% | AIKEN | 5 | "American Idol" alumnus Clay |
| 40% | JOHNOHURLEY | 11 | "Family Feud" host from 2006 to 2010, and runner-up on the first season of "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | "American Idol" runner-up Young who's married to "American Idol" runner-up DeGarmo |
| 39% | AIKEN | 5 | "American Idol" singer-songwriter Clay |
| 39% | CLAY | 4 | Idol runner-up Aiken |
| 39% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | An American idol judge who starred in movies such as "Maid in Manhattan": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JESSEMCCARTNEY | 14 | Pop singer with Dream Street who was the runner-up on season 3 of "The Masked Singer" as the Turtle: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | Female singer who won the inaugural season of "American Idol": 2 wds. |
| 39% | CSI | 3 | American procedural forensics crime drama TV series which ran for 15 seasons: Abbr. |
| 38% | AIKEN | 5 | Clay of ''American Idol'' |