<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ◀ </Li> <Li> 2016 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ◀ </Li> <Li> 2016 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> <P> The fifteenth season of American Idol, also branded as American Idol: The Farewell Season, premiered on the Fox television network on January 6, 2016 . Ryan Seacrest continued as the show's host, while Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr. returned as judges . This season was four to six weeks shorter than seasons 2 through 14 . On April 7, Trent Harmon was announced as the season's winner and La'Porsha Renae was the runner - up . Harmon was the third consecutive winner to never be in the bottom two or three, and the eighth male winner in nine years . </P> <P> It was the series' final season to air on Fox; in May 2017, ABC announced that it would revive American Idol . </P>

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