Seasons · Fox

Season 15 (2016)

Aired on Fox from January 6, 2016 to April 7, 2016. The 10 finalists (Top 10): the contestants listed for season 15 in the Contestants table of Wikipedia's List of American Idol finalists, the same group as the season's Top 10 finals and elimination chart.^⁠[1][2]

Finalists

• Winner
• Runner-up
• Other finalists

Season 15 finalists: show result, then career after the show

Finalist	Show result	After the show
Trent Harmon	Winner⁠[1][2] Last competed April 7, 2016	Trent Harmon received a recording contract with Big Machine Records when he won American Idol on April 7, 2016, and he parted ways with Big Machine in May 2019. The EP Trent Harmon came out on December 9, 2016, on 19 Recordings. The album You Got 'Em All came out on May 18, 2018, on Big Machine Records, and had sold 4,500 copies in the United States as of June 2018. On May 30, 2025, he released the Christian EP Scars & Sins on Soul Chaser LLC.⁠[3][4]
LRLa'Porsha Renae	Runner-up⁠[1][2] Last competed April 7, 2016	Latest documented update (May 22, 2022): On May 22, 2022 she released four albums through Man of Yah Productions in the series The Odessy of Love. Those albums were later removed from streaming. She also uses the name A.S.E. Her debut album Already All Ready came out on Motown on March 31, 2017.⁠[5]
DRDalton Rapattoni	Eliminated (3rd)⁠[1][2] Last competed April 6, 2016	Latest documented update (March 27, 2022): His debut solo album Nobodys Home came out on September 22, 2017, on Nobody 2 Productions. He has taught at School of Rock since 2015. In March 2022 he formed King Honey Bee, and the band released Velvet Jacket on March 27, 2022.⁠[6][7][8]
MBMacKenzie Bourg	Eliminated (4th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 31, 2016	The EP judy's inn came out on Position Music on November 19, 2025. Earlier singles were licensed to Preach Records. Roses, released on April 7, 2016 in association with Big Machine Records, reached number 13 on Hot Rock Songs and number 4 on Rock Digital Songs.⁠[9][10]
SVSonika Vaid	Eliminated (5th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 24, 2016	Latest documented update (March 22, 2024): Sonika Vaid graduated from Boston University with a degree in business and marketing. In 2019 she became an executive assistant at The Agency RE. By November 2022 she was an agent on the Grauman Rosenfeld Team and a main cast member of Buying Beverly Hills. That Netflix series aired from November 4, 2022 through March 22, 2024, in 2 seasons and 18 episodes. In 2021 she wrote on Instagram that she was still doing music.⁠[11][12]
TMTristan McIntosh	Eliminated (6th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 17, 2016	Latest documented update (June 22, 2024): Her site names Not Losing Him as her newest single, Champagne Rampage as her debut release, and Getaway Car. Champagne Rampage came out on June 22, 2024, on Tristone Records. She has shared the stage with Darius Rucker and Mickey Guyton and has performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee. She has been working on new music with Kent Wells, Craig Krampf, and Ron Nevison.⁠[13][14]
AYAvalon Young	Eliminated (7th–8th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 10, 2016	Latest documented update (2024): Avalon Young released the single Falsetto in 2024. Her album Shift is placed in 2016, and her later EPs include Superbloom in 2019 and Lush in 2021.⁠[15][16][17]
LJLee Jean	Eliminated (7th–8th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 10, 2016	No career summary documented yet.
GIGianna Isabella	Eliminated (9th–10th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 3, 2016	Latest documented update (January 17, 2025): Isabella, a season 15 finalist, released the single Told My Mom on Starr Records on January 17, 2025. Earlier singles are Nights With You on April 10, 2020, Feel the Same on July 10, 2020, and Hypnotize on January 29, 2021.⁠[18][19][20]
OROlivia Rox	Eliminated (9th–10th)⁠[1][2] Last competed March 3, 2016	In February 2026 she released Watch on Roxymoron Music, after Your Smile on January 9 and Bittersweet on January 30. Super Cool Songs came out on January 10, 2025, on Roxymoron Music. Songbird Records released Poprox on September 19, 2019.⁠[21][22][23]

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   • Contestants table, row MacKenzie Bourg: Season 15, Place finish 4th
   • Contestants table, row Sonika Vaid: Season 15, Place finish 5th
   • Contestants table, row Tristan McIntosh: Season 15, Place finish 6th
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   • Top 4 section; Elimination chart, row Sonika Vaid: Pl. 5, Top 5 column (3/24); ratings table, episode 20, March 24, 2016: “Sonika Vaid did not perform before she was eliminated, based on the previous week's votes.”
   • Top 5 section; Elimination chart, row Tristan McIntosh: Pl. 6, Top 6 column (3/17); ratings table, episode 19, March 17, 2016: “McIntosh was eliminated midway through the show, prior to singing a second song.”
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