American Idol (season 4) American Idol (season 4) The fourth season of "American Idol" premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. Carrie Underwood won the season with approximately 500 million votes cast in the season and 37 million for the finale. Underwood has since gone on to become a seven-time Grammy-winning country megastar. While in the past seasons celebrity guest judges have been invited to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest judges were invited to participate in the
American Idol (video game) of 100 for the PC version, and 41 out of 100 each for the PS2 and GBA versions. "X-Play" gave the game a 1 out of 5, complaining about the gameplay consisting of pressing buttons in time to judge the character's singing and not on the player's actual singing. In addition to the release of "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol" for the PlayStation 2 on January 2, 2007, a sequel "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore" was released during the 1st quarter of 2008 following its direct sequel "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2" which was released on November