The 2025 inductees into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame can be introduced on a reside episode of American Idol on Sunday (April 27).
Present host Ryan Seacrest will make the eagerly awaited announcement. James Taylor, who was inducted into the Rock Corridor in 2000, will function a mentor on the episode, on which this season’s prime 14 Idol contestants will carry out songs related to earlier Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame inductees.
On the finish of the episode, two contestants can be despatched residence, leaving this yr’s prime 12.
This yr’s eclectic group of nominees for the Rock Corridor have been introduced on Feb. 12: English rock supergroup Dangerous Firm; Southern blues rockers The Black Crowes; powerhouse singer/songwriter Mariah Carey; early rock ‘n’ roll hitmaker Chubby Checker; late blues belter Joe Cocker; radio-friendly punk rocker Billy Idol; post-punk-turned-dance-rock pioneers Pleasure Division/New Order; pop iconoclast Cyndi Lauper; Mexican rockers Maná; Britpop legends Oasis; crucial and business hip-hop faves Outkast; jam band commonplace bearers Phish; grunge hitmakers Soundgarden; and storage rock minimalists The White Stripes.
Idol additionally introduced that the theme of the reside present set to air on Monday, April 28, can be “Iconic Idol Moments.” Season 3 winner Fantasia will function the mentor for this episode and also will carry out. Artist-in-residence Jelly Roll will be a part of the present’s reside studio viewers.
Each episodes are set to air reside coast-to-coast from 8-10 p.m. ET/5-7 p.m. PT. The episodes may even be out there the next day on Hulu.
