,” which marks its 20th year on air this season. For that reason, several familiar faces are returning to the show tonight as mentors during Hollywood Week.
While in the past the show featured appearances by Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert, this move marks the first time since “Idol” rebooted on ABC in 2018 that former Idols are being brought back “help the new class,” longtime executive producer and showrunner Megan Michaels Wolflick tells“It’s like a sorority-fraternity, big brother-little sister kind of thing,” she explains. “It’s really cool because they’ve been through the process us and they understand Hollywood week.
“Fish out of water is the best way to describe it because no matter how experienced you are as a singer or a vocalist or a performer,” the country singer continues. “If you’ve never been on live television like that before, it’s such a wild and amazing experience. It’s so nerve-wracking, even for people like me, I felt really proud to be able to go back and give them some comfort more than advice. I told them every emotion that you’ll feel is valid. It is crazy, but it is so life changing.
For some former Idols — like Studdard — returning was surreal. “For Ruben, who was on ‘American Idol in 2003, he’s working with contestants who weren’t even born then. This was a full-circle, crazy moment to kind of give back to the next generation.” Adds Cook: “I got to talk with them as a group, and then I broke off with maybe five or six of them to work with them through their songs. Anybody who’s watched the process, even on TV, you can tell there’s a lot of talent in the room and I think the people that can differentiate themselves are typically the ones that can hone that talent into creating a moment in their performances. You only have a minute or two to sway a judge or to get somebody’s attention.
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