Updated April 20, 2026, 10:17 p.m. ET
Two singers’ “American Idol” journeys are over after “Disney Night.”
With the assistance of mentor and visitor decide Jennifer Hudson, the Top 9 sang tunes from throughout Disney’s filmography, together with “Hannah Montana: The Movie” and “The Lion King,” within the hopes of constructing it into the Top 7 throughout the Monday, April 20, episode.
The 44-year-old “Idol” alumna, who completed in seventh on Season 3 and went on to turn into the youngest woman to EGOT, helped put together the following technology of “Idol” hopefuls to impress judges Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan and win America’s vote.
She described 18-year-old Lucas Leon as an “old soul,” heaped reward on Jordan McCullough – whose voice is like “an anointing” – and shed tears as Keyla Richardson carried out the precise tune (“Circle of Life”) that Hudson belted out on her personal season 22 years in the past.
Another notable second was energy vocalist Rae making a shock return to the stage following her elimination the previous week – however she wasn’t there to sing. Instead, after Brooks Rosser sang a stripped-back model of “The Climb,” she delivered a relationship hard-launch.
“The princess is here to claim her prince,” she advised Ryan Seacrest.
Despite the largely optimistic suggestions, not everybody made it via to subsequent week’s Taylor Swift-themed present. “This is the start of your career,” Hudson reassured the contestants earlier than they discovered their fates.
Here’s who stayed and who went home after “American Idol” viewers voted for the Top 7.
Who’s within the ‘American Idol’ Top 7 in 2026?
- Daniel Stallworth
- Keyla Richardson
- Jordan McCullough
- Chris Tungseth
- Hannah Harper
- Brooks Rosser
- Braden Rumfelt
