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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘American Idol' Season 23 Winner Crowned
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Sunday-night season finale of American Idol has a new winner. More from The Hollywood Reporter The Who Parts Ways With Drummer Zak Starkey (Again) The Weeknd Credits Tom Cruise's "Can't Feel My Face" Lip Sync for Helping With Early Career Success Eurovision 2025: Austria Wins Song Contest With Johannes Pietsch, Israel Places Second Jamal Roberts was voted winner at the Season 23 finale by fans of the ABC singing competition. Host Ryan Seacrest said there were 26 million votes cast, which broke a record and was twice as many as for last year's finale. Roberts is the first Black man to win the singing competition since Ruben Studdard was crowned champ of Season 2, which aired in 2003. John Foster was the runner-up, with Breanna Nix coming in third. The finale also featured several performers, including Jessica Simpson, Good Charlotte, Salt-N-Pepa, Kirk Franklin, Jennifer Holliday, Patti LaBelle, Goo Goo Dolls and more. In addition, the top three finalists performed duets during the live broadcast Roberts sang with Jelly Roll, Foster performed with judge Luke Bryan, and Nix sang with Brandon Lake. Along with Bryan, the show's judges include Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood, a first-time judge who won Season 4. Underwood replaced Katy Perry on the judges' panel this season. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
CNN
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘American Idol' latest winner is….
This story contains spoilers about the Season 23 winner of 'American Idol.' 'American Idol' has a new champion. The long-running singing competition series crowned the winner of Season 23 on Sunday, after drawing 26 million fan votes, the most since the reality singing competition moved from Fox to ABC in 2018 after the first 15 seasons. Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old physical education teacher in Mississippi was declared the winner. The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show's second season in 2003. Country singer John Foster came in second. Roberts grabbed his face in surprise when host Ryan Seacrest announced him as the winner before performing the Anthony Hamilton single, 'Her Heart.' This season was also the first where former 'American Idol' and country star Carrie Underwood served as a judge, along with fellow singer Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album, Underwood is releasing a new special edition vinyl, 'Some Hearts 20th Anniversary Edition.' The eight-time Grammy winner won the fourth season of 'American Idol.' Roberts received prizes that include a recording contract. He now joins the ranks of past winners including Studdard, Underwood and the first winner, Kelly Clarkson who has parlayed her win into a successful career as both a singer and a daytime talk show host.
CNN
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘American Idol' latest winner is….
This story contains spoilers about the Season 23 winner of 'American Idol.' 'American Idol' has a new champion. The long-running singing competition series crowned the winner of Season 23 on Sunday, after drawing 26 million fan votes, the most since the reality singing competition moved from Fox to ABC in 2018 after the first 15 seasons. Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old physical education teacher in Mississippi was declared the winner. The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show's second season in 2003. Country singer John Foster came in second. Roberts grabbed his face in surprise when host Ryan Seacrest announced him as the winner before performing the Anthony Hamilton single, 'Her Heart.' This season was also the first where former 'American Idol' and country star Carrie Underwood served as a judge, along with fellow singer Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album, Underwood is releasing a new special edition vinyl, 'Some Hearts 20th Anniversary Edition.' The eight-time Grammy winner won the fourth season of 'American Idol.' Roberts received prizes that include a recording contract. He now joins the ranks of past winners including Studdard, Underwood and the first winner, Kelly Clarkson who has parlayed her win into a successful career as both a singer and a daytime talk show host.
CNN
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘American Idol' latest winner is….
This story contains spoilers about the Season 23 winner of 'American Idol.' 'American Idol' has a new champion. The long-running singing competition series crowned the winner of Season 23 on Sunday, after drawing 26 million fan votes, the most since the reality singing competition moved from Fox to ABC in 2018 after the first 15 seasons. Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old physical education teacher in Mississippi was declared the winner. The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show's second season in 2003. Country singer John Foster came in second. Roberts grabbed his face in surprise when host Ryan Seacrest announced him as the winner before performing the Anthony Hamilton single, 'Her Heart.' This season was also the first where former 'American Idol' and country star Carrie Underwood served as a judge, along with fellow singer Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album, Underwood is releasing a new special edition vinyl, 'Some Hearts 20th Anniversary Edition.' The eight-time Grammy winner won the fourth season of 'American Idol.' Roberts received prizes that include a recording contract. He now joins the ranks of past winners including Studdard, Underwood and the first winner, Kelly Clarkson who has parlayed her win into a successful career as both a singer and a daytime talk show host.
Washington Post
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
How the ‘American Idol' frontrunner actually won the show
Jamal Roberts certainly seemed like a front-runner on 'American Idol' this season, and judge Luke Bryan had a 'gut feeling' he would take home the crown, but that never guarantees anything — more than two decades in, the show has had its share of upsets. But on Sunday night, Roberts, a 27-year-old elementary school physical education teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, was named winner of Season 23. Host Ryan Seacrest announced that the show received 26 million votes from viewers, the most since the 'Idol' moved from Fox to ABC in 2018.
