The following is a list of the winners of singing competitions belonging to the Idol series - a television format that aims to discover the best singers throughout the country by conducting a series of nationwide auditions in which the television viewers voting determines the winner.

Each winner is given a title as their nation's Idol, SuperStar or Star, with the exception of Kurt Nilsen, who had the titles of Norwegian Idol and World Idol); and Hady Mirza, with Singapore Idol and Asian Idol.

There are currently 184 winners of the format, the first being Will Young of the United Kingdom and the most recent being Phillip Phillips from United States.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first series of American Idol, is the highest-selling Idol winner worldwide, with around 36 million singles and 23 million albums sold around the world.

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Winners is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies which also owns HomeSense. It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewellery, beauty products, and housewares. According to an example in the Winners FAQ, an item selling there for $29.99 was made to sell for 20-60% more at a specialty or department store.^{[citation needed]} The company operates over 200 stores across the country. Winners is modeled after its American sister store Marshalls.

In 1982, Winners was founded in Toronto, Ontario. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, Winners merged with TJX Companies, the world's largest off-price department store owner.

Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with Homesense, a home accessory retailer owned by Winners Merchants, modelled on TJX's American HomeGoods stores. Winners acquired the struggling "Labels" brand from Dylex in 2001. Labels was meant to compete with Winners, but never succeeded. Most Labels stores have been turned into Homesense stores.

Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol. He is also the owner of the television production and music publishing house Syco.

As a judge, Cowell is known for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. He is also known for combining activities in both the television and music industries, having promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. He was most recently featured on the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent and the first season of The X Factor USA.

In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".

Cowell was born in Lambeth, London and brought up in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His mother, Julie Brett (née Josie Dalglish), is a former ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918–1999), was an estate agent developer and music industry executive. Cowell's father was from a mostly Jewish family, though he did not discuss his background with his children (Cowell's paternal grandmother had immigrated from Poland). Cowell's mother was from a Christian background, and is of part Scottish descent. He has one brother and three half-brothers and a half sister; younger brother Nicholas Cowell, half-brother John Cowell, half-brother Tony Cowell, half-brother Michael Cowell and half sister June Cowell.