{"id":7220,"date":"2026-01-26T08:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:02:48","slug":"american-idol-quietly-erases-hollywood-week-and-hands-power-to-social-media-in-season-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=7220","title":{"rendered":"American Idol Quietly Erases Hollywood Week And Hands Power To Social Media In Season 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Premiering in 2002,\u00a0American Idol<\/em>\u00a0offers up-and-coming artists a foot in the door to the uber-competitive music industry. Last year, Mississippi P.E. teacher Jamal Roberts\u00a0walked away\u00a0with the record deal and $250,000 cash prize, earning a record-setting 26 million votes. Now in its 24th season, the world will meet\u00a0Idol\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0next batch of hopefuls during Monday\u2019s (Jan. 26) season premiere on ABC. However, the road to victory will look a bit different this year, as producers announced some major changes on Thursday (Jan. 22.)<\/p>\n

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\u2018American Idol\u2019 Is the First Reality Show To Introduce Live Social Media Voting<\/h3>\n

Although last year\u2019s judges\u2014Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood\u2014will reprise their roles, season 24 otherwise marks an entirely new era of\u00a0American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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For the first time ever, viewers can now vote for their favorites in real time on social media,\u00a0Deadline<\/em>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

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ABC and Fremantle, which produces the show in association with Sony Pictures Television\u2019s 19 Entertainment, are still working out the logistics of social media voting. For the time being, text and phone voting aren\u2019t going anywhere, executive producer Megan Michaels Wolflick told\u00a0Deadline<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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