American Idol is gearing up for its ninth season, with a well-recognized panel of judges returning to the present. Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood will all be again for the singing competitors’s upcoming season, which is able to air on ABC and Hulu. As Bryan put it, “Class is again in session.” Underwood added, “This yr, we’re majoring in music as we assist launch your desires.” Richie launched himself because the “professor of positivity,” whereas Bryan labeled himself “professor of enjoyable…critical, however enjoyable.”
The judges are searching for gifted singers to affix the present, and auditions are set to start on August 26 with the return of “Idol Throughout America.” This stay digital nationwide seek for the subsequent celebrity will give contestants the prospect to carry out for an American Idol producer and doubtlessly advance to fulfill the judges. As Richie stated, the one factor lacking from the upcoming season is “you” – the subsequent spherical of hopeful singers prepared to showcase their expertise.
Final yr, Underwood joined Bryan and Richie as a decide for the primary time, and the trio will reunite for one more season of the present, which has been named a high unscripted collection throughout its eight seasons on ABC. The season finale ranked No. 1 on the evening, No. 1 for the week in primetime, and earned one of the best Complete Viewer viewers in two years. The collection additionally continues to make waves on-line, holding the title of the No. 1 Most Social Actuality Sequence throughout TV, with over 1.65 billion social video views to this point this yr.
Season 9 auditions will kick off with “Idol Throughout America,” which is able to characteristic a collection of stay digital audition dates throughout all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Contestants can carry out for an American Idol producer and doubtlessly advance to the subsequent spherical. Auditions will even be open worldwide to all these eligible, and contenders can join and register to just about audition on the American Idol web site.
The “Idol Throughout America” audition dates are as follows:
“First 900” VIP Occasion (Aug. 26)
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi (Aug. 27)
Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas (Aug. 28)
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina (Sept. 2)
Nationwide open name (Sept. 3)
Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania (Sept. 4)
Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Tennessee (Sept. 8)
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington (Sept. 9)
Florida, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia (Sept. 11)
East Coast open name (Sept. 12)
The South open name (Sept. 15)
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin (Sept. 16)
West and Midwest open name (Sept. 18)
Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C. (Sept. 19)
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming (Sept. 22)
Nationwide open name (Sept. 24)
To enroll in “Idol Throughout America” and to register to just about audition, go to americanidol.com/auditions. Contestants can audition on any “Idol Throughout America” date, no matter location, and extra data relating to eligibility necessities and phrases and circumstances can be discovered on the web site.
