After a season of inspiring covers, powerful ballads and upbeat anthems, Season 24 of \u201cAmerican Idol”\u00a0will conclude tonight<\/a> with a three-hour-long finale. However, there are still great performances to come Monday, May 11.<\/p>\n Alicia Keys will serve as a guest mentor and performer to close out the season, according to an ABC.<\/a> The judges, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and former “Idol” winner Carrie Underwood,<\/a> will also sing during the finale, alongside some pretty big names.<\/p>\n Here’s everything we know about the “American Idol” Season 24 finale performances.<\/p>\n Keyla Richardson performs ‘American Idol’ homecoming show in Pensacola<\/p>\n “American Idol” finalist Keyla Richardson performed a filmed homecoming concert in Pensacola on May 6, revisiting several songs from the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/media-video><\/div>\n After making the Top 3, all three finalists returned home for a hometown heroes-style parade and concert<\/a> filmed by the Idol production team that will air in the show\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n Richardson\u2019s hometown visit<\/a> included many familiar sights for Pensacola locals, including the Blue Angels, the Blue Wahoos, the Pensacola Beach water tower, a Mardi-Gras style parade and second line, and an outdoor concert at the Hunter Amphitheater<\/a> outside Maritime Park.<\/p>\n There will be a variety of special guest performers during the 2026 “American Idol” finale, including\u00a0eliminated Top 5 contestants Braden Rumfelt and Chris Tungseth.<\/p>\n Here’s who else will take the stage<\/a> on Monday, May 11:<\/p>\n The Season 24 finale of “American Idol” airs at 7 p.m. CT\/8 p.m. ET on Monday, May 11.<\/p>\n ABC airs “American Idol” at 7 p.m. CDT every Monday. If you don’t have cable, paid streaming platforms also show episodes in real time, such as YouTube TV, DirecTV, Fubo, Sling,\u00a0Hulu + Live<\/a>\u00a0TV and more.<\/p>\n Watch “American Idol” on Disney+<\/a><\/p>\n If you miss it, the episode is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu the next day.<\/p>\n There are three ways to vote on American Idol: on the American Idol website, via text message, and the newly introduced social media voting method, using\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n For voting on the American Idol website, visit\u00a0AmericanIdol.com\/Vote<\/a>\u00a0once the voting window opens.<\/p>\n For text message voting, text the number of the finalist you would like to vote for to \u201c21523.\u201d\u00a0Richardson\u2019s voting number will be 20.<\/p>\n![\"play\"](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\"){kind=icon}
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Alicia Keys, Nelly to perform on ‘American Idol’ finale tonight<\/h2>\n
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