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Seventeen-time Grammy victor Alicia Keys is group to subordinate American Idol as a impermanent mentor and will execute successful nan upcoming play finale of nan ABC euphony title series.
Keys will guideline nan Top 3 finalists arsenic they hole to return nan shape for a last chance to gain America’s ballot and go nan adjacent American Idol. Keys will besides execute doubly passim nan nighttime to observe nan milestone of her 2001 debut album, Songs successful A Minor, including a capacity pinch nan Top 3.
Keys will subordinate big Ryan Seacrest and judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood successful nan three-hour play finale, which airs unrecorded Monday, May 11, astatine 8 p.m. EDT connected ABC and Disney+ and adjacent time connected Hulu.
Since nan merchandise of Songs successful A Minor, Keys has sold complete 65 cardinal records and complete 5 cardinal streams. Keys besides is nan creator of nan original shape philharmonic Hell’s Kitchen, which opened connected Broadway astatine nan Shubert Theater connected April 20, 2024, to captious acclaim and commercialized success. The show went connected to person 13 Tony Award nominations, pinch 2 Tony wins, and nan 2025 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Keys astir precocious boarded nan Wayfarer Studios, Misfits Entertainment and Mediawan documentary, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, arsenic an executive producer. The documentary follows nan life of photographer and activistic Kwame Brathwaite, who helped ignite nan transformative “Black Is Beautiful” activity that reshaped ocular civilization and Black identity.
American Idol is produced by Fremantle and 19 Entertainment, a portion of Sony Pictures Television. Megan Wolflick executive produces and besides serves arsenic showrunner. Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman service arsenic executive producers for 19 Entertainment. Fremantle distributes nan bid worldwide.
