Hold the (micro) phone, American Idol is getting a reunion!
In honor of the singing competitors’s 20 th season, a few of the series’ greatest names will grace the American Idol phase for The Great Idol Reunion on May 2. The artists consist of: Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, David Cook, Kris Allen, Laine Hardy, Laci Kaye Booth, Maddie Poppe, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Willie Spence and Grace Kinstler
And we are living for this fond memories. According to Deadline, who initially reported the news, the vocalists will be combined as followed: Season 2 winner Studdard with season 6 winner Sparks; season 10 runner-up Alaina with season 10 winner McCreery; Season 7 winner Cook with season 8 winner Allen; season 17 winner Hardy with season 17’s Booth, season 16 winner Poppe with runner up Hutchinson; and season 19’s Spence and Kinstler.
“It’s a testimony to this program’s unbelievable tradition that we have the ability to commemorate 20 years of American Idol in this remarkable method,” showrunner and executive manufacturer Megan Michaels Wolflick stated of the reunion. “We are so thrilled to welcome back some of our most beloved alumni from over the years to reunite on the Idol stage.”
“American Idol continues to produce super stars simply as it has actually done because 2002,” she included, “and bringing back these Idol Icons is the perfect way to herald the next generation.”
But this isn’t the very first time an alum has actually taken the phase. Sparks returned previously this season to function as a coach.
