Ryan Seacrest continues his hosting reign

Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie return as judges for ABC’s seventh season of American Idol, airing in spring 2024. Veteran host Ryan Seacrest also returns to help discover America’s next singing sensation for the show’s 22nd season overall.

Auditions kick off Wednesday, August 2nd, with the return of “Idol Across America,” the live virtual nationwide search for the next superstar, which discovered last year’s winner, Iam Tongi. Those auditioning will be given the opportunity to showcase their talents face-to-face with an American Idol producer, from anywhere in America, across any official audition date for a chance to proceed to the judge audition round of the competition. Beginning with the First 700 event, where hopefuls can sign up to grab a VIP spot before anyone else, contenders will also be given the opportunity to audition under their genre for the first time in “IAA” history. Auditions will be open worldwide to all those eligible.

American Idol ranked as the No. 1 program in the Sunday 8-10 pm time slot last season among Adults 18-49 and its time period for the fourth straight year in the demo. In addition, the program was ABC’s No. 1 program last season in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 and was the No. 1 most social reality series across all of television, year to date, with nearly one billion social video views.