{"id":76668,"date":"2024-02-17T20:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/jordin-sparks-wants-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T20:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T20:01:39","slug":"jordin-sparks-wants-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/jordin-sparks-wants-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordin Sparks Wants to Replace Katy Perry as &#8216;American Idol&#8217; Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/katy-perry\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Perry<\/a><span>\u00a0(soon-to-be) out,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/jordin-sparks\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordin Sparks<\/a><span>\u00a0in?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sparks raised her hand (via emoji) and volunteered to replace Perry as one of the judges on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/american-idol\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>American Idol<\/em><\/a><span>\u00a0following Perry&#8217;s announcement that she&#8217;s leaving the reality singing competition after seven seasons. Sparks took to X on Friday to express her interest in the gig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She tagged <\/span><em><span>American Idol<\/span><\/em><span> and tweeted, &#8220;Oh hiiii\u00a0<\/span><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanIdol\" role=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AmericanIdol<\/a><span>\u00a0\u2014I hear a seat opened up at the judges table! I\u2019m putting my name in the hat!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sparks made <\/span><em><span>American Idol<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0history in 2007 during season 6 when she became the youngest contestant ever to win the competition at the age of 17. Soon after, Sparks released her self-titled debut studio album, which earned commercial success and rave reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More recently, the 34-year-old singer dropped her new single, &#8220;Call My Name,&#8221; in October. A week later, she took things to another level when she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/jordin-sparks-debuts-steamy-call-my-name-music-video-with-husband-dana-isaiah-213406\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropped the steamy music video<\/a><span>, directed by Alfredo Flores.\u00a0The simple yet sensual visual reflects the song&#8217;s intimate lyrics, solely featuring Sparks and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/jordin-sparks-secretly-marries-dana-isaiah-announces-shes-pregnant-first-child-91022\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her husband,\u00a0Dana Isaiah<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sparks is throwing her hat in the ring for the upcoming vacancy after Perry made the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/katy-perry-leaving-american-idol-after-7-seasons-219748\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surprise announcement<\/a><span> on <\/span><em><span>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/span><\/em><span> that this upcoming season (her seventh and the show&#8217;s 22nd season) will be her last.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;This fall, in September, I&#8217;m going to be doing this huge music festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio&#8230; so I think this will probably be my last season for\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Idol,&#8221;<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0Perry said, to the shock of the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I mean, I love\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Idol<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0so much,&#8221; she added, &#8220;It&#8217;s connected me with the heart of America, but I need to feel that pulse of my own beat.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perry joined <\/span><em><span>American Idol<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0in season 16 back in March 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Kimmel asked, &#8220;What did Luke and Lionel say&#8221; about her exit, Perry sheepishly replied, &#8220;Well, they&#8217;ll find out tonight!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Season 22 of\u00a0<\/span><em><span>American Idol<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and available next day on Hulu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/jordin-sparks-wants-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge-220051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katy Perry\u00a0(soon-to-be) out,\u00a0Jordin Sparks\u00a0in?\u00a0 Sparks raised her hand (via emoji) and volunteered to replace Perry as one of the judges on\u00a0American Idol\u00a0following Perry&#8217;s announcement that she&#8217;s leaving the reality singing competition after seven seasons. Sparks took to X on Friday to express her interest in the gig. She tagged American Idol and tweeted, &#8220;Oh hiiii\u00a0@AmericanIdol\u00a0\u2014I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[837,174,40,782,341,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-76668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-american-idol","9":"tag-entertainment-tonight","10":"tag-et-black-stories","11":"tag-jordin-sparks","12":"tag-katy-perry","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}