American Idol might be moving to a new location but it will have the same judges and host as before.
Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood are returning as judges for Season 25 of the music competition show alongside host Ryan Seacrest.
Bryan announced the news on stage at a show in Nashville, Tennessee.
It marks the third year that the trio of Bryan, Richie and Underwood will judge the contestants together; Seacrest has hosted since the start and has been the sole host (he co-hosted with Brian Dunkleman in Season 1) since 2003.
Idol was renewed for Season 25 or Season 10 on ABC in July but the judges deals always take a couple of months after that.
Auditions kicked off last month with the traditional Idol Across America tour, a virtual search for singers taking place across the country.
However, the big news in Idol-land is the move to Georgia. Bryan and Underwood both live in Tennessee, so it’s closer for the pair of them but Richie lives in LA and Seacrest splits his time between LA and New York.
Richie recently underwent a heart procedure for atrial fibrillation and canceled some tour dates but is expected to begin a residency in Las Vegas next month.
The show is produced by Fremantle and Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment with Megan Michaels Wolflick as showrunner.
Idol introduced a number of changes last season including social voting for the first time, moving Hollywood Week to Nashville, Tennessee, premiering on a new night in Monday (rather than Sunday) and started streaming live on Disney+.
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