American Idol said farewell last year and closed up shop. The show decided to bow out due to declining ratings after 15 seasons. If you were a fan, rejoice because ABC has just announced they're bringing American Idol back for 2018. Pop star Katy Perry will be on board as one of the judges, but that's the only judge we know of so far. As the show makes it trek across the country holding auditions, they've announced they're making 2 stops in Louisiana.
American Idol is coming back! Maybe. Reports indicate that ABC will bring back the long-running Fox reality singing competition that spawned the careers of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery and more.
It wasn’t terribly surprising that FOX would say goodbye to American Idol after so many years, but word that NBC might look to revive it alongside The Voice came more unexpectedly. Now, FOX is reportedly bidding for the rights to bring American Idol back on its own, almost exactly as we remember it.
It hasn’t been terribly long since FOX said goodbye to American Idol, what with the whole “reality competition” craze having appreciably cooled since the early 2000s regardless. Still, leave it to NBC to potentially drag Ryan Seacrest back to the stage for a revival season, throwing The Voice into question in the process.
Quite a few major country singers have been discovered over the 15 seasons of American Idol, a fact that was brought home on the series finale on Thursday night (April 7).
The 'Idol' judges have seen plenty of country singers audition and make their way into the pool of finalists throughout the years. Have you ever wondered what happened to some of them?
A flu bug is running across the American Idol stage, leaving no fewer than three singers on vocal rest and several others flat-out sick. Mentor Scott Borchetta says bad habits are catching up with a few finalists, and it may not be the three you’re thinking.