Tedius Zanarukando is a fan of American Idol, and he has been watching the show since season 6. Based on his preference, personality, talent, full star potential, and what kind of people voted for him or her, he ranks the 120 finalists of American Idol seasons 1 through 10 in this order:
- Jasmine Murray (season 8, 13th place)
- Chikezie (season 7, 10th place)
- Vonzell Solomon (season 4, 3rd place)
- Jacob Lusk (season 10, 5th place)
- Ruben Studdard (season 2, winner)
- Trenyce (season 2, 5th place)
- Rickey Smith (season 2, 8th place)
- Lil Rounds (season 8, 7th place)
- Nikko Smith (season 4, 9th place)
- Charles Grigsby (season 2, 11th place)
- Jordin Sparks (season 6, winner)
- Jennifer Hudson (season 3, 7th place)
- Anoop Desai (season 8, 6th place)
- Syesha Mercado (season 7, 3rd place)
- Michael Lynche (season 9, 4th place)
- Stefano Langone (season 10, 7th place)
- David Archuleta (season 7, runner-up)
- Paige Miles (season 9, 11th place)
- Elliott Yamin (season 5, 3rd place)
- Tamyra Gray (season 1, 4th place)
- David Hernandez (season 7, 12th place)
- Fantasia (season 3, winner)
- Christina Christian (season 1, 6th place)
- Justin Guarini (season 1, runner-up)
- Matt Giraud (season 8, 5th place)
- Jorge Núñez (season 8, 12th place)
- Sanjaya Malakar (season 6, 7th place)
- Mandisa (season 5, 9th place)
- Lisa Tucker (season 5, 10th place)
- David Cook (season 7, winner)
- George Huff (season 3, 5th place)
- Adam Lambert (season 8, runner-up)
- Ashthon Jones (season 10, 13th place)
- Karen Rodriguez (season 10, 12th place)
- Scott MacIntyre (season 8, 8th place)
- Michael Johns (season 7, 8th place)
- Clay Aiken (season 2, runner-up)
- Carrie Underwood (season 4, winner)
- Melinda Doolittle (season 6, 3rd place)
- Naima Adedapo (season 10, 11th place)
- Thia Megia (season 10, 10th place)
- Kris Allen (season 8, winner)
- RJ Helton (season 1, 5th place)
- Blake Lewis (season 6, runner-up)
- LaToya London (season 3,
- Paris Bennett (season 5, 5th place)
- James Durbin (season 10, 4th place)
- Kelly Clarkson (season 1, winner)
- Anwar Robinson (season 4, 7th place)
- LaKisha Jones (season 6, 4th place)
- Kimberley Locke (season 2, 3rd place)
- Pia Toscano (season 10, 9th place)
- Brandon Rogers (season 6, 12th place)
- Jasmine Trias (season 3, 3rd place)
- Stephanie Edwards (season 6, 11th place)
- Chris Daughtry (season 5, 4th place)
- Andrew Garcia (season 9, 9th place)
- Casey James (season 9, 3rd place)
- Allison Iraheta (season 8, 4th place)
- Katie Stevens (season 9, 8th place)
- Brooke White (season 7, 5th place)
- Crystal Bowersox (season 9, runner-up)
- Constantine Maroulis (season 4, 6th place)
- Chris Richardson (season 6, 5th place)
- Nadia Turner (season 4, 8th place)
- Scott Savol (season 4, 5th place)
- Lee DeWyze (season 9, winner)
- Kristy Lee Cook (season 7, 7th place)
- Taylor Hicks (season 5, winner)
- Aaron Kelly (season 9, 5th place)
- Lindsey Cardinale (season 4, 12th place)
- Kimberly Caldwell (season 2, 7th place)
- Carmen Rasmusen (season 2, 6th place)
- Leah LaBelle (season 3, 12th place)
- Kellie Pickler (season 5, 6th place)
- Jessica Sierra (season 4, 10th place)
- Danny Gokey (season 8, 3rd place)
- Gina Glocksen (season 6, 9th place)
- Mikalah Gordon (season 4, 11th place)
- Carly Smithson (season 7, 6th place)
- Jason Castro (season 7, 4th place)
- Amanda Overmyer (season 7, 11th place)
- Ramiele Malubay (season 7, 9th place)
- Camile Velasco (season 3, 9th place)
- Casey Abrams (season 10, 6th place)
- Anthony Federov (season 4, 4th place)
- Corey Clark (season 2, 9th place)
- Lauren Alaina (season 10, runner-up)
- Scotty McCreery (season 10, winner)
- Siobhan Magnus (season 9, 6th place)
- Phil Stacey (season 6, 6th place)
- Katharine McPhee (season 5, 3rd place)
- Ace Young (season 5, 7th place)
- Josh Gracin (season 2, 4th place)
- Bo Bice (season 4, runner-up)
- Diana DeGarmo (season 3, runner-up)
- Haley Reinhart (season 10, 3rd place)
- Ryan Starr (season 1, 7th place)
- Haley Scarnato (season 6, 8th place)
- AJ Gil (season 1, 8th place)
- Melissa McGhee (season 5, 12th place)
- EJ Day (season 1, 10th place)
- John Stevens (season 3, 6th place)
- Jim Verraros (season 1, 9th place)
- Paul McDonald (season 10, 8th place)
- Kevin Covais (season 5, 11th place)
- Tim Urban (season 9, 7th place)
- Jon Peter Lewis (season 3, 8th place)
- Matthew Rogers (season 3, 11th place)
- Chris Sligh (season 6, 10th place)
- Julia DeMato (season 2, 10th place)
- Michael Sarver (season 8, 10th place)
- Bucky Covington (season 5, 8th place)
- Didi Benami (season 9, 10th place)
- Megan Joy (season 8, 9th place)
- Alexis Grace (season 8, 11th place)
- Amy Adams (season 3, 10th place)
- Lacey Brown (season 9, 12th place)
- Vanessa Olivarez (season 2, 12th place)
- Nikki McKibbin (season 1, 3rd place)