American Idolis back in business, baby. After a hybrid virtual season that saw passionate, big-voiced Just Sam crowned the season 18 winner with, sadly, little fanfare, your favorite reality TV singing competition has returned looking like its old self well, mostly. There are some COVID-related changes put in place to keep everyone a little safer: The judges are sitting further away from each other. Instead of handing out golden tickets to those contestants moving on to Hollywood Week, there s a rack with tickets for people to take on their way out. Rather than letting everyone s entire family on the premises, there s floor to ceiling screens where contestants can chat with family members and break down into tears. Ryan Seacrest has a quar-beard. You know, the changes you d expect at this point.
NBC Oct 25, 2019
During an episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Clarkson revealed that people mistake her for the fellow American Idol winner pretty frequently. “That happens to me all the time!” the superstar told her guests Gabriel Iglesias and D’Arcy Carden. “Seriously, I have been asked all the time or they’ll be like, ‘Oh my gosh, I love your song ‘So Small.’. NBC Oct 14, 2019
The new season premiere of American Idol brings back the celebrity judges of Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. But in the first auditions the daughter of former President Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway, Claudia, sung for a ticket to Hollywood.
The new season of American Idol on ABC did not waste any time in getting to the high-profile contestants.
Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie returned as the familiar faces handing out the coveted tickets to Hollywood. But it was one social media star who stole the show in the season s first episode.
Sixteen-year-old Claudia Conway, daughter of Kellyanne Conway, who served as a special counselor to former President Donald Trump, showed off what kind of singing skills she has by first singing a rendition of Rihanna s 2016 hit Love on the Brain. The internet can be a very, very dark place, but when life is all going downhill, I have my music, Conway said, hoping to reach stardom through singing. Her social media profiles already boast millions of followers.