Male..Chris Daughtry

Female...Latoya London

Female - Carrie Underwood

Male - Chris Daughtry

Female - Kelly Clarkson
Male - Clay Aiken

Male - Chris Daughtry
Female - Kelly Clarkson/Jordin Sparks/Carrie Underwood (can't decide)

Male: Elliot Yamin.

Female: Fantasia Barrino.

Though I also really like Kelly Clarkson, Kimberley Locke, Latoya London, Vonzell Solomon, Paris Bennett, Jordin Sparks and Lakisha Jones.

Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry. Didn't even have to think about it.

I loved Carrie Underwood and Melinda Doolittle too though

Male Elliot Yamin , though not strictly a finallist , he should have been

Female Fantasia Barrino fave by a long , long distance !

Taylor Hicks & Kat McPhee.
Honourable mentions to Bo, Constantine, George, John S, Fantasia, Diana & Melinda!

Lakisha and Taylor

Male : Chris Daughtry

Female : Katharine McPhee/Kelly Clarkson

Male - Elliott Yamin

Female - Fantasia Barrino

Male: Elliott Yamin
Female: Carrie Underwood

Female: Fantasia
Male : Chris Sligh

Female - Fantasia
Male - Elliott Yamin/ Chris Daughtry

All-time favorite finalist male or female would be Kelly Clarkson. I'm having a hard time remembering a male that really caught my interest on the show. I guess I'll have to go with Michael Johns from this year.

Male - Clay
Female - Diana

Male - Chris Daughtry

Female - Kelly Clarkson

All time Fave ever is Chris.

Male- not sure
Female - Kelly Clarkson/ Carrie Underwood
but i have to mention Katharine Mcphee/ Kellie Pickler / Kady Malloy

Snap! I don't understand why Chris didnt get further than he did, I loved his performances.

Female - Kelly Clarkson - she rocks
Male - Chris Daughtry the guy is hot. hot voice, hot body, hot everything

Male - Bo Bice / Michael Johns

Female - Jordin Sparks / Katharine McPhee

It's too difficult to pick one so I will have to go by series:

Series 1
Male - none
Female - Kelly Clarkson

Series 2
Male - Ruben Studdart
Female - none

Series 3
Male - none
Female - none

Series 4
Male - Bo Bice (also liked Constantine Maroulis, Antony Fedorov and Anwar Robinson)
Female - Carrie Underwood

Series 5
Male - Taylor Hicks / Elliott Yamin / Chris Daughtry
Female - Katherine McPhee

Series 6
Male - Chris Sligh
Female - Jordin Sparks

Series 7
Male - Michael Johns
Female - Carly Smithson / Brooke White

Male - Chris Daughty/ Bo Bice
Female - Fantasia & Paris