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.

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.