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Lionel Richie will join in the fun on the rebooted American Idol. He and Luke Bryan have been announced as judges for the next round of the show.
The superstar duo will join another superstar, Katy Perry, to round out the judges' table for the new season of the show now on ABC.
SO excited, I feel like DANCING ON THE CEILING. Time to KICK THE DUST UP❗@lukebryanonline @lionelrichie let's do this @AmericanIdol thing 👊🏻 https://t.co/inaClxs6Of
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) September 29, 2017
Host Ryan Seacrest will be the veteran of the bunch.
Bryan is currently on his annual Farm Tour that supports community scholarships. He has a new album that is scheduled to come out later this year. The Southwest Georgia native has won the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association entertainer of the year awards and has hosted the ACM Awards five times.
Richie is a singer, a songwriter and record producer and is responsible for indelible hits "Three Times a Lady" with the Commodores; charity single "We Are the World," written with Michael Jackson; and "Endless Love." He holds four Grammy Awards, an Oscar, a Golden Globe and was a Kennedy Center Honoree this year.
The entire judges' panel will say hello on Good Morning America on Oct. 4.
