‘American Idol’: ABC Plots Remote Live Shows Following COVID-19 Production Shutdown

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‘American Idol’: ABC Plots Remote Live Shows Following COVID-19 Production Shutdown
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ABC is ploughing ahead with American Idol’s live shows – albeit remotely. The network revealed that it has scheduled a two-hour show on Sunday April 26 at 8pm that will see judges Katy Perry, Luke …

The network revealed that it has scheduled a two-hour show on Sunday April 26 at 8pm that will see judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie coming to audiences remotely with Ryan Seacrest and Bobby Bones. The top 20 contestants will be performing for America’s vote remotely.

Richie and Perry will be judging from her homes in California, while Bryan will be judging from his home in Nashville with contestants performing at their own homes.It also follows an update from Katy Perry over the weekend. The judge took to Facebook, dressed in an Easter Bunny costume, to say, “We’re gonna all have to be really creative — I know we are going to be really creative.”ABC Sets Premiere Dates For 'Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The network bought itself a little time to explore multiple options for these by spreading two episodes set in set in Aulani, across two weeks rather than one. Those eps aired on on Sunday March 29 and Sunday April 5 rather than on March 29 and March 30.Celebrity Family Feud, produced by ABC News., which looked at the lives of our Top 20 contestants, with unseen footage and performance highlights on Sunday April 12 and the second part of this special will air Sunday April 19.

This comes after prep work on the live shows, including rehearsals with the finalists, was suspended. Contestants went home to be with their families amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak. The decision by , which makes the show in association with Industrial Media’s 19 Entertainment, was made following Los Angeles County’s strict guidelines prohibiting large gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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