American Idol - International Broadcast

International Broadcast

American Idol is broadcast to over 100 nations outside of the United States. In most nations these are not live broadcasts and may be tape delayed by several days or weeks. Episodes are aired live in Canada on CTV, but it may simsub over the Fox broadcast by cable and satellite systems, depending on provider and region.

It is also aired live in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico by XHRIO-TV in English because it is a Fox affiliate that serves a US market across the border; in the rest of the country, as of the rest of Latin America, the show is broadcast and subtitled by Sony Entertainment Television.

In southeast Asia, this show is brought to the audiences via satellite by STAR World every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after. Philippines airs episodes every Thursday and Friday nine or ten hours after its US telecast on ETC. Australia airs episodes a few hours after their US showing. The UK airs episodes one day after their US showing on digital channel ITV2. As of Season 12, they will now air on 5*. It is also aired in Ireland on TV3 two days after the showing. In Brazil and Israel, the show airs two days after the showing in the United States. In the instances where the airing is delayed, the shows may sometimes be combined into one episode to summarize the results.

The channel in bold also broadcasted their own version of Idol.

Country / Region Channel
United States (origin) Fox
Pan-Arab States FOX
Argentina Sony Entertainment Television
Armenia Shant TV
Australia Network Ten (2002–2007, 2013), Fox8 (2008–2012)
Asia Pacific / ASEAN
Hong Kong
Macau
STAR World Asia
Belgium VTM Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij
Brazil Sony Entertainment Television
Canada CTV
China STAR World Asia
Chile Sony Entertainment Television
Croatia RTL Televizija
Denmark TV3
Estonia TV3
Fiji Sony Entertainment Television
Finland Sub
France M6, W9
Germany RTL Television
Greece Alpha
Hong Kong
Macau
Guangdong
ATV World Channel, STAR World Asia
Hungary TV2
Iceland Stöð 2
India Zee Café, STAR World India
Indonesia STAR World Asia, B Channel (2011–present), RCTI (2004–2006), Global TV (2006–2008)
Iran PMC Family (Season 8–11)
Ireland TV3, 3e
Israel HOT family / Yes Base (Seasons 1–9), Yes Drama / Yes Drama HD (Season 10–present)
Italy Sky Uno
Japan FOXlife, FOX HD, BS11
Latin America Sony Entertainment Television
Malaysia 8TV, STAR World Asia
Middle East STAR World Middle-East, MBC4 (Season 9), OSN (Season 10), Dubai One (Season 3)
New Zealand TV2, (2003-2012) Prime (2013-)
Norway TV2 Zebra
Philippines ABC (2004–2007) (Season 3–6) (Free-to-air)
QTV (2008–2011) (Season 7–10) (Free-to-air)
GMA News TV (2011) (Season 10) (Free-to-air)
ETC (2012–present) (since Season 11) (Free-to-air)
STAR World Philippines (2002–present) (Season 1–present) (Cable)
Poland TV6, AXN
Portugal FOXlife
Spain LaSexta
Puerto Rico Fox Latin America
Romania AXN
Russia MTV Russia (Season 8, 9, 11)
Singapore MediaCorp TV Channel 5, STAR World Asia
South Africa M-Net Series (Season 1–8)
M-Net (Season 9)
Sweden TV4
Republic of China STAR World Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago CNC3 (Season 8–11)
United Kingdom ITV2 (Season 1–11)
5* (Season 12-present)
Vietnam HTV2 (Season 6 & 8), VTV6 (Season 12–), STAR World Vietnam
Venezuela Sony Entertainment Television
Latvia TV6

NOTE: Some channels/TV networks may not be aired even when airing live broadcasts thus ether it will be pre-recorded or just televised it. Moreover, it depends it on other TV networks that broadcasts it. Foreign Television Stations broadcasts this show, American Idol may vary depending on their area, even without notice.

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