--- description: She took to Twitter to announce that she'd be voting, for the first time, for La'Porsha Renae over Trent Harmon or Dalton Rapattoni title: Kelly Clarkson Never Voted on 'American Idol' Until Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e36bc171c9eae99/69888e12428a9e7f66cd21d4/gettyimages-453131373.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kelly Clarkson Says She Never Voted on _American Idol_ Until Now by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2016 4:04 AM CUT  Kelly Clarkson photographed in 2013 Kelly Clarkson photographed in 2013NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2016 4:04 AM CUT On Wednesday evening, one night into the [two-night finale](http://time.com/4283634/american-idol-last-episode-legacy/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") of _American Idol,_ Kelly Clarkson took to Twitter to announce that she’d be voting for La’Porsha Renae over Trent Harmon or Dalton Rapattoni. _American Idol_ will be over on Thursday after 15 momentous seasons — the first of which, of course, Clarkson won, back in 2002\. When she wrote that she’d be voting for La’Porsha, she also disclosed that she’d never voted for a contestant on _American Idol,_ not even herself. > [](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/717876437957677056) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4284630/kelly-clarkson-tweet-american-idol-vote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4284630/kelly-clarkson-tweet-american-idol-vote/"},"headline":"Kelly Clarkson Says She Never Voted on American Idol Until Now","datePublished":"2016-04-07T04:04:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:31:37.903Z","description":"She didn't even vote for herself back during the show's first season","url":"https://time.com/4284630/kelly-clarkson-tweet-american-idol-vote/","keywords":["Television","twitter","American Idol","kelly clarkson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e36bc171c9eae99/69888e12428a9e7f66cd21d4/gettyimages-453131373.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e36bc171c9eae99/69888e12428a9e7f66cd21d4/gettyimages-453131373.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale - Season 2013","caption":"Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale - Season 2013","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4284630/kelly-clarkson-tweet-american-idol-vote/","name":"Kelly Clarkson Says She Never Voted on American Idol Until Now"}}]}] ```