Every year, we wonder which judges will be returning to American Idol. And for the last few seasons, Luke Bryan has teased that he will not be returning. So did he make good on that tease this season?
Nope! ABC announced that Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood, and the Country singer will be returning to the judges’ table this Spring.
Not only that, they also announced that producers’ auditions start tomorrow and will hit all 50 states between then and throughout September. To see where and when they will be near you, then you can see the list here.
If you think you have what it takes, then don’t miss your chance to be the next American Idol!
Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan, and Carrie Underwood are some of the biggest musicians in their genres, but that is where their triple-threat talents stop.
Bryan shared a video of himself and the other two dancing to Montell Jordan’s This Is How We Do It, and that is not how you do it. I don’t know what they were doing, but it was not dancing.
While Dancing with the Stars is not in the future, American Idol is, as they are now back with the live shows.
Things we know about Gene Simmons. He is the singer of KISS, is married to Shannon Tweed, and has a very long tongue.
So, yesterday, when he was a mentor on American Idol, he posed with the singing competition’s judges. And if you are going to pose with Simmons, what do you do? You stick your tongue out. So, here are Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie doing just that.
That is why Simmons is known for his tongue, but they are not.
Lionel Richie released a documentary on Netflix called The Greatest Night in Pop about the making of We Are the World.
They share a lot of things we didn’t know about that night. For example, we learned that the producers had to choose between Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, and the boys just wanted to have fun with the latter girl. But they didn’t tell us why.
Yesterday, when the Commodore was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host asked him why. He explained, “Because we only had half a line to sing. Let me say this now, ‘A half a line!’ So we had to have voices that people knew right away.”
And let’s be honest, Cyndi’s voice is much more recognizable than Madonna’s. Plus, in 1985, both singers were equally as famous.
And Lauper almost thought she was too famous to do it. Richie shared with Kimmel that she told him at the American Music Awards, right before the recording, that her boyfriend didn’t think it was a hit. Thankfully, she didn’t listen to him because her half a line stood out.
And the rest is music history.
Oh, and Madonna was not the only one who missed out. Kimmel revealed that Eddie Murphy was invited. But opted not to sing along. And yes, he regrets it, as he should.
