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Jelly Roll<\/strong> is thrilled that he’ll be American Idol<\/em>‘s first “artist-in-residence” when the show returns for its new season March 9 on ABC. But if he has his way, he’ll be the first \u2014 and the last.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight<\/strong><\/em>,<\/strong><\/a> Jelly said, “What I want to do is get a permanent<\/em> artist-in-residency there. That\u2019s my dream right now \u2014 is that it never could be anybody but me, and American Idol<\/em> signs a lifelong contract for Jelly Roll to be the mentor artist-in-residence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jelly, an American Idol<\/em> fanatic, also shares that he got the newly created position by “just fanning my way into the job … proving how much I know and love about American Idol<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept of “paying it forward” is what excites Jelly the most about his role. “Music changed my life,\u201d he told ET<\/em>. \u201cBefore I wrote a song … music changed my life. These kids are on the verge of having their life changed.”<\/p>\n

He admits, “Every time I leave there, I feel wrong that, like, they let me do that, you know what I mean? Like, they let me do that on TV. It’s crazy.”<\/p>\n

He also shares that judges Luke Bryan<\/strong> and Lionel Richie<\/strong> are “the funniest … they’re a hoot and a half,” while new judge and former Idol<\/em> champ\u00a0Carrie Underwood<\/strong> is “killin’ it.”<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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