The seventeenth season of American Idol will premiere on March 3, 2019, on the ABC television network. This will be the show’s second season to air on ABC after the network brought the rights of the show from FOX. Ryan Seacrest will continue his role as the show’s host, while Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie continue as judges. Bobby Bones will return as the in-house mentor. American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle USA and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It initially aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. On March 11, 2018, the sixteenth season debuted on ABC. Each season, the series aims to find the most outstanding unsigned solo recording artist in a region. Originally aimed for pop singers, the series has since evolved to accept singers from different genres of music, such as rock, r&b, pop, country, and other genres. Through a series of mass auditions, a group of finalists is selected by a panel of judges which usually consists of artists and record producers who offer critiques on their performances. The finalists then advance to the weekly live shows. On each live show, the contestants all sing, the television audience votes by telephone or SMS, and then the contestant who receives the fewest votes gets eliminated, with the winner coming through at the end. The series premieres Sunday at 8:00 pm on the ABC network. Stay tuned for more details.