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American Idol Ordered for Season 20 Following Ku Klux Klan Video Scandal
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The ABC singing competition has been picked up for another season following the latest finale which caused a buzz due to Caleb Kennedy s departure over Ku Klux Klan scandal. May 14, 2021
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American Idol has been picked up for a new season, 10 days before the show s latest finale this month (23May21).
The singing competition has been renewed for a fifth season at ABC, taking its total run of seasons to 20.
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The pick-up news comes a day after Idol favourite
Caleb Kennedy quit the show after a video featuring him seated next to a guy dressed like a white supremacist Ku Klux Klan member surfaced on Snapchat.
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American Idol will be one contestant down when it returns on May 16, after Caleb Kennedy announced on social media that he was leaving Season 19. This makes Kennedy the second contestant on the ABC this year to withdraw from the competition, following Wyatt Pike earlier in the year.
May 16 is set to be the semi-final of
Idol 2021, and was meant to see the top five perform two songs. This has left fans wondering whether the show will replace him with one of the recently eliminated contestants like comeback twist winner Arthur Gunn or Hunter Metts.
"American Idol" contestant Caleb Kennedy has exited the current season after a video surfaced that appears to show him standing next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood.