And she has followed in Clarkson’s footsteps as the host of the new syndicated talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show, which popped into The Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s former time slot in 2022.Originally a songwriter for Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston and Danity Kane, Jason Derulo recovered from a broken neck to become one of the big US R&B stars and score a string of hit singles. Thanks to A Strange Loop‘s Tony Award win for Best Musical in 2022, Hudson (who was a producer on the Broadway musical) is now on the short list of E.G.O.T. Hudson was hand-picked by Franklin to play her whenever her biopic was made prior to her death in 2018.
In 2007, she scored an Oscar for her turn in Dreamgirls and then followed that up with various film and TV roles, including a stint on Empire.īut she’s continued to pursue music: Her three studio albums have spawned such R&B hits as “Spotlight” and “No One Gonna Love You,” and in 2012, she memorably paid tribute to the late Whitney Houston at the Grammys telecast with a performance of “I Will Always Love You.” And in 2021, she combined her singing and acting skills once more for another tribute to a music legend by playing Aretha Franklin in RESPECT. No other Idol contestant has come close to Jennifer Hudson‘s achievements in the realm of acting. Here, we look back at the nine singers who represent American Idol‘s biggest success stories (in no particular order) ahead of the show’s return. The search begins in New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Nashville in the first episode, with audition episodes set to continue for several more Sundays.Īs evidenced by the hit-makers the show has produced, American Idol has a longer history of finding stars than its fellow singing competitions like The Voice(even if some of those stars ended up as coaches on the NBC reality series). Now, American Idol Season 21 premieres Sunday, February 19 at 8/7c on ABC (its sixth season on the network), and judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan will be on the hunt for the next Idol success story. The singing competition made its return in 2018 on ABC with OG host Ryan Seacrest and has been running ever since. The original Fox series ended with Season 15 in 2016, but it wasn’t long before it came back to the small screens.
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