Jelly Roll and Tori Kelly are set to seem on American Idol, the place they’ll each function visitor mentors and carry out throughout season 22 of the long-running musical competitors, Leisure Tonight experiences.
Singer-rapper-songwriter Jelly Roll was not too long ago nominated for 2 Grammy Awards, for the all-genre greatest new artist accolade, in addition to for greatest nation duo/group efficiency for “Save Me” together with his labelmate Lainey Wilson. In November, Jelly Roll picked up his first CMA Award win, for brand new artist of the 12 months. The Billboard cowl star additionally earned three consecutive No. 1 Nation Airplay hits in 2023 with “Son of a Sinner,” “Want a Favor” and “Save Me.” In the meantime, his collaboration with Jessie Murph, “Wild Ones,” is presently at No. 35 on the all-genre Billboard Scorching 100.
After all, this isn’t Jelly Roll’s intro to Idol. Final 12 months, he teamed with Wilson to carry out “Save Me” on the American Idol finale. He additionally carried out “Want a Favor” with Idol contestant Oliver Steele.
For Kelly, the upcoming look marks a homecoming of kinds, as Kelly launched her profession partially via American Idol, making it via to Hollywood Week in season 9. She went on to launch her debut EP Handmade Songs in 2012 and has stacked up hits with songs together with “No one Love,” along with “By no means Alone,” that includes Kirk Franklin.
Along with top-tier mentors, this season’s contestants will see some sand and solar when the episodes that includes Jelly Roll and Tori Kelly tape in Ko Olina, Hawaii, as this 12 months’s contestants carry out seaside earlier than judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, in addition to host Ryan Seacrest.
American Idol‘s twenty second season will launch Feb. 18 on ABC.
