This season's judges are legend Lionel Ritchie, American Idol and country superstar Carrie Underwood, and country cutie Luke Bryan. Get our free mobile appThe American Idol judges gave Lee a golden ticket to advance in the competitionIt didn't take any of the judges long to be wowed and offer Lee a golden ticket to Hollywood. Lee captioned an Instagram post of her holding her golden ticket, "YA GIRLLLLL GOT A GOLDEN TICKET. 10 'American Idol' Secrets They Don't Want You to Know Iam Tongi may have won Season 21 of American Idol, but he was not the show's real winner. Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes13 'American Idol' Stars Who've Died You'll find eight Top 12 finalists on this list of American Idol stars who've died.