American Idol not too long ago completed its twenty third season on the 2025 TV schedule, with Jamal Roberts outsinging the competitors to win the massive prize ultimately. Carrie Underwood returned to the present as a decide this season, and she or he acknowledged that quite a bit has modified for the reason that singing competitors’s days on Fox. One facet that’s not included within the present ABC model is the farewell phase, and the manager producer shared her ideas on whether or not or not that may ever make a comeback.
In early seasons of American Idol, after host Ryan Seacrest would reveal which contestant had acquired the fewest votes and was being despatched residence, America acquired to spend a number of closing moments with the outgoing singer, trying again at their journey on the present. Daniel Powter’s “Dangerous Day” famously performed over this montage beginning in Season 5 (one season after Carrie Underwood’s win), and showrunner and EP Megan Michaels Wolflick was requested by TVLine if they could carry that again. Wolflick stated:
The Daniel Powter, if you’ll? ‘Had a Dangerous Day’? [Laughs] Nicely, that labored as a result of we had a outcomes present. We had a second present the place the entire hour was devoted to the outcomes, so we might have that second. Now, with the real-time voting and the coast-to-coast dwell voting, it’s so troublesome to have that correct [goodbye], sadly. We wish to be sure that the 2 hours are jam-packed with music and every part else occurring.
It makes full sense that this was one phase that was misplaced when American Idol went from two episodes per week down to at least one. Beforehand, artists competed on one night time, and America had a day to forged their votes, with these outcomes being revealed the following night.
Now every part takes place in a single dwell two-hour present, so sadly the outcomes find yourself coming within the closing seconds with the credit already rolling.
Gone are the times when singers would cry as they watched again this life-changing expertise to the poignant lyrics of Daniel Powter. Now they barely have time to register their destiny earlier than Ryan Seacrest needs America an excellent night time. (What occurred to “Seacrest out,” anyway?)
Megan Michaels Wolflick did admit she favored the farewell phase, although, saying:
However sure, on the finish of the day, if we might have an additional two minutes to look again at every particular person’s journey, that will be pretty.
So it sounds prefer it’s not fully out of the query that we’d see a correct sendoff for the runners-up in future seasons. It actually does come all the way down to timing and presumably an effort to maintain audiences engaged within the final result till the final doable second. I’ll positively have an interest to see in the event that they make that change.
Talking of future seasons, followers are questioning what the judges’ desk will seem like for American Idol Season 24. No official phrase has come down from ABC about whether or not or not Carrie Underwood will proceed to guage alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie after changing Katy Perry on the panel.
Keep tuned for information on that, and in the event you didn’t get as a lot time as you needed with the eradicated Season 23 contestants, episodes can be found to stream with a Hulu subscription.