American Idol is hosting a Taylor Swift night!<\/p>\n
The popular singing competition show announced a special night honoring the \u201cOpalite\u201d singer during the Monday, April 20 episode. Next week, the top seven contestants will perform Swift\u2019s \u201cchart-topping hits and defining eras.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which Songs Should The American Idol Season 24 Top 7 Finalists Sing On Taylor Swift Night?<\/p>\n
\u201cNext week, the top seven will officially enter their Taylor Swift era!\u201d host Ryan Seacrest said during the episode. \u201cThey\u2019ll be taking the stage, celebrating the music of Taylor Swift, with iconic songs from Taylor\u2019s acclaimed catalog \u2014 from her early country roots to her global pop anthems, and all the Grammy-winning songs in between.\u201d<\/p>\n
American Idol\u201d’s Top 7 Singers Are Entering a New ‘Era’ with Taylor Swift Night – AOL<\/p>\n
The April 27 episode will include guest judge Nikki Glaser, who has professed her admiration and support for Swift, 36, many times.<\/p>\n
The impact of Swift\u2019s music has long been felt on American Idol, especially in more recent seasons, as her songs are popular choices for many contestants.<\/p>\n
Ryan Seacrest to Host ‘American Idol’ Season 24<\/p>\n
In season 22, winner Abi Carter covered Swift\u2019s beloved Red track \u201cAll Too Well,\u201d and most recently, Bryant Thomas delivered a rendition of the pop star\u2019s \u201cChampagne Problems\u201d from her 2020 album Evermore.<\/p>\n
The contestants slated to perform Swift songs on April 27 are Daniel Stallworth, Keyla Richardson, Jordan McCullough, Chris Tungseth, Hannah Harper, Brooks Rosser and Braden Rumfelt.<\/p>\n
American Idol’ to Host Taylor Swift Night for Top 7 Contestants Next Week, Superfan Nikki Glaser to Guest Judge | American Idol, Taylor Swift, Television | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment,<\/p>\n
The top seven emerged on the April 20 episode, when the nine remaining contenders performed various Disney hits for the themed night, including tracks from The Lion King and Hannah Montana: The Movie. Featuring guest judge Jennifer Hudson, the episode ultimately resulted in contestants Lucas Leon and Kyndal Inskeep being sent home.<\/p>\n
American Idol airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC and is available to stream on Hulu the following day.<\/p>\n
Source: People.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
American Idol is hosting a Taylor Swift night! The popular singing competition show announced a special night honoring the \u201cOpalite\u201d singer during the Monday, April 20 episode…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16835,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16833\/revisions\/16835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}