The American Idol judges are right here to remain.
ABC introduced July 25 that Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie will all be returning for the singing competitors’s upcoming twenty second season. Longtime host Ryan Seacrest may even be again.
Auditions kick off Aug. 2 with the return of Idol Throughout America, the stay digital nationwide seek for the following singing celebrity, with audition dates throughout all 50 states already announced.
Perry’s return comes following a rollercoaster season 21 by which she confronted criticism from followers on a number of events.
The Grammy winner first got here beneath hearth when she was accused of mom shaming contestant and mom of three Sara Beth Liebe after saying the aspiring singer had “been laying on the desk an excessive amount of” throughout her audition. Perry was additionally booed after she informed competitor Nutsa Buzaladze to put on much less glitter throughout the present’s Hawaii week performances.
Bryan came to her defense in June, as did contestant Oliver Steele.