{"id":117717,"date":"2024-05-15T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/15\/ryan-seacrest-says-katy-perrys-final-american-idol-episode-will-be-celebratory\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T18:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:01:51","slug":"ryan-seacrest-says-katy-perrys-final-american-idol-episode-will-be-celebratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/15\/ryan-seacrest-says-katy-perrys-final-american-idol-episode-will-be-celebratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Seacrest says Katy Perry’s final ‘American Idol’ episode will be “celebratory”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May 19 isn’t just the American Idol<\/em> finale \u2014 it’s also judge Katy Perry<\/strong>‘s final episode. She announced earlier this year that she’s stepping away from the show, and Idol<\/em> host Ryan Seacrest<\/strong> says she’ll be going out with a bang.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Seacrest said of Katy’s last hurrah, “She’s gonna perform, we’re gonna celebrate her all night.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s been a fantastic seven years with her, so sad to see her go,” Seacrest added. “We all know each other very, very well. The judges have such an amazing chemistry but the show, through its existence, has always evolved into the next chapter and we’re gonna do it again.”<\/p>\n

Seacrest didn’t\u00a0say who might replace Katy, but several names have already been mentioned, including American Idol<\/em> season\u00a03 champ Fantasia Barrino<\/strong>;\u00a0Jelly Roll<\/strong>; Meghan Trainor<\/strong>; and Lionel Richie<\/strong>‘s pick<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0the O.G. American Idol, Kelly Clarkson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The season 22 finale of\u00a0American Idol\u00a0<\/em>airs Sunday, May 19, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Jon Bon Jovi<\/strong> will serve as a guest mentor and there will be performances by Jason Mraz<\/strong>, Seal<\/strong>, New Kids on the Block<\/strong>, Hootie & the Blowfish<\/strong>, James Bay<\/strong> and season 14 champ Nick Fradiani<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The finale will also see either Abi Carter<\/strong>, Will Moseley<\/strong> or Jack Blocker<\/strong>\u00a0crowned this year’s Idol<\/em> winner.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disney\/Eric McCandless May 19 isn’t just the American Idol finale \u2014 it’s also judge Katy Perry‘s final episode. She announced earlier this year that she’s stepping away from the show, and Idol host Ryan Seacrest says she’ll be going out with a bang. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Seacrest said ofRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}