American Idol is taking center stage for a 24th season.
ABC’s singing competition show is returning in January, months after Jamal Roberts was crowned the newest American Idol. Ahead of his May 2025 win, Roberts revealed to Billboard that he had auditioned for the show two times before.
“I didn’t get defeated. I never gave up,” he told the outlet in April 2025 of not getting the greenlight from the signing competition. “I took the no. I’ve always been able to take constructive criticism and use it for my gain and try again. This has always been me.”
Roberts went on to share some of the best ad...
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