‘American Idol’: Teddy Swims, Lauren Spencer-Smith and Paul Russell will join Top 20 show on Sunday, April 14

Host Ryan Seacrest will announce the “American Idol” Top 20 in a live three-hour episode on Sunday, April 14. The Top 24 Season 22 contestants sang for America’s vote from Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa in Hawaii over the past two nights. Grammy winner Tori Kelly and Grammy nominee Jelly Roll mentored the finalists and joined judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie on the judges’ panel.

ABC has confirmed more special guests will take the stage next weekend while four contestants are eliminated. Music stars Teddy Swims, Lauren Spencer-Smith and Paul Russell are all slated to perform.

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Swims is a vocal powerhouse from Atlanta whose breakout Platinum single “Lose Control” sees his success climbing to new heights, garnering nearly 800 million global streams and reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Spencer-Smith is 2020 “Idol” alum who placed in the Top 20 on Season 18. Since then her debut album “Mirror” was released in 2023 and she has sold out her first headline tour. Russell is a singer, rhymer and multi-instrumentalist who signed to ARISTA Records in 2023. His independent anthem “Hallelujah” generated over 7.3 million Spotify streams and was followed up by the blockbuster single “Lil Boo Thang.”

As the Top 20 contestants for Season 22 are announced they’ll each perform for America’s vote once more. Then, on Monday, April 15, the Top 10 will be revealed before the judges save four more contestants — rounding out the Top 14.

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