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Katy Perry gave us two fierce looks during the season finale of American Idol!

The 36-year-old singer was joined on stage by fellow judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie during the finale on Sunday (May 23) in Los Angeles.

All three of the judges took to the stage to perform duets with contestants during the final show of the season.

Katy did a duet of her song “Thinking of You” with contestant Hunter Metts, Luke performed the Bon Jovi song “Livin’ on a Prayer” with contestant Casey Bishop, and Lionel sang “One World” with the Top 8 contestants.

The winner of the season was crowned at the end of the night after tons of amazing performances. The evening featured a whopping 22 performances overall and there were so many great celebrity guests!

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The judges from American Idol are breaking their silence on the controversy surrounding contestant Caleb Kennedy‘s abrupt exit from the show last week.

If you missed it, the 16-year-old singer was cut from the competition after a video surfaced of him sitting next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan-style white hood.

Just hours after the video went viral, Caleb announced that he would be leaving the show and taking a break from social media to better himself.

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The judges on American Idol are facing some criticism on social media tonight for what they’re telling the contestants, even from a popular former contestant.

Melinda Doolittle, who came in third place in season six and is one of the most beloved members of the American Idol community, spoke out about the judges on Sunday night (April 18).

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan currently sit on the show’s judging panel.

Click inside to find out what Melinda Doolittle said… More Here! »

Katy Perry was a beauty in blue during American Idol‘s first live show of the season and she revealed her dress made some interesting sounds!

The 36-year-old singer took to Instagram to show off her look ahead of the show on Monday night (April 12) in Los Angeles.

“LOTS OF PLOT TWISTS TONIGHT. YOU MUST TUNE IN. NO @LUKEBRYAN BUT ☝🏼@PAULAABDUL! TOP 12 REVEALED. DRESS FARTS. 💨 #AMERICANIDOL,” Katy captioned the below video.

Katy said in the video, “If you think that I’m farting on live television, I’m not. It’s just going to be my dress.”

There really were some plot twists during the episode. One of the contestants dropped out of the competition unexpectedly and we learned that something huge is going to happen next week.

Watch the cute video below.

Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak, Lionel Richie, Brandi Carlile, Chris Martin and Brittany Howard are honoring musicians who passed away this year at the 2021 Grammys.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, who performed earlier in the night as the duo Silk Sonic, honored Little Richard who died last May at age 87. The pair covered his hits “Long Tall Sally” and “Good Golly Miss Molly”.

Lionel Richie then gave a somber performance of his close friend Kenny Rogers‘ song “Lady”, which Lionel wrote, and “The Gambler”. The country music legend passed away in March at the age of 81.

Brandi Carlile followed with a rendition of John Prine‘s “I Remember Everything.” John died from complications related to COVID-19 in April at the age of 73. She ended her performance with, “We all thank you, John. For everything.”

Brittany Howard and Chris Martin finished the segment with a cover of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” as pictures of Bunny Wailer, Hal Willner, and Jerry Jeff Walker played behind them.

The montage also included Eddie Van Halen, Pop Smoke, Sophie, Charley Pride, Ennio Morricone, among many others.

Here are all the winners from the 2021 Grammys.

The brand new season of American Idol airs tonight on ABC and we have some details about the salaries of the three star judges and the host of the show, Ryan Seacrest.

If you don’t know, the three returning judges this season are Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie, who all participated in last year’s season as well.

The reboot of American Idol debuted on ABC back in 2018. The show previously aired on Fox for 15 seasons before making the move to ABC.

WILL YOU BE WATCHING season 19 of American Idol, debuting tonight? Just Jared will be live blogging throughout the show, so stay tuned with us to see who brings the “wow!”

Click through the slideshow to see the salaries for the American Idol hosts…

Katy Perry is getting back to work!

The 35-year-old entertainer and new mom returned to the American Idol stage alongside fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan and host Ryan Seacrest.

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In a new interview, Katy opened up about returning to work on Idol after welcoming daughter Daisy Dove with fiance Orlando Bloom back in August.

“It’s amazing. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and for this job, and to be able to continue to inspire other people to go after their dreams,” Katy shared with Entertainment Tonight. “I mean, my life just feels very full and whole. And you know, it’s hard a little bit these first couple of days away and not being able to be there.”

“But Daddy’s doing a great job. Daddy has stepped in,” Perry said of her fiancé, Orlando Bloom. “I’ve seen the Bjorn on him, I’ve seen him with the bottle, I’ve seen all the pictures. It’s all good.”

Find out how American Idol will be handling auditions for the new season with new COVID-19 protocols.

Orlando recently revealed who their daughter looks like more!