American Idol 2025 Spoilers: Top 24 Season 23 Contestant List & Disney Aulani Round Song Picks
American Idol 2025 filmed the season 23 Top 24 contestants at Disney Aulani Resort in Hawaii as the show has done for a few seasons now. The taping took place on Tuesday Feb. 11 and Wednesday Feb 12 in front of the judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood. As always, Ryan Seacrest served as host. 20 years after winning American Idol in 2005, Carrie joins Lionel and Luke on the panel after the departure of Katy Perry.
And heck yeah. There are SPOILERS from the round, which was filmed in front of a live audience.
Ashanti and Josh Groban served as mentors. Jelly Roll is the official American Idol “Artist in Residence”
Earlier this week, ABC officially announced that R&B singer Ashanti and pop crooner Josh Groban mentored the Top 24 contestants specifically. What’s more, American Idol has added country singer Jelly Roll as an “artist in residence.” He began working with the singers during Hollywood Week, and is set to help the contestants throughout the season.
American Idol 23 Heads to Hawaii: New Mentor, Ticket Details and More
Top 24 features familiar faces and a NEPO BABY!
A few names on the American Idol 2025 Top 24 list may sound familiar. Drew Ryn finished in sixth place on X Factor USA Season 1 in 2011. She was only a 14 year old teen. Now she is 27 and about to age out of Idol’s upper age limit, which is 28!
The Top 24 also features a couple of The Voice alums. Thunderstorm Artis come in third place on The Voice 18 on Team Nick Jonas. Unfortunately, during spring 2020 when the season took place, the world was locked down due to Covid and Thunderstorm never experienced a live show. Maybe now he will. Also Victor Solomon, an R&B singer from season 20 and Team John Legend is a Top 24 contender. But is he really singing a Luke Bryan song? Hm.
Remember that one season singing competition Boy Band? It aired summer 2017. Mikey Jimenez aka MKY finished JUST before the final vice were chosen!
French Canadian singer Olivier Bergeron competed on Star Academie.
And 22 year old country singer Baylee Littrell is the SON of Backstreet Boy member Brian Littrell. Wow.
Reportedly, after fans vote, the Top 24 will be cut down to a Top 20 as in years past.
As always, remember, THESE ARE UNOFFICIAL SPOILERS. While the list comes from a bunch of folks at Idol Forums who have helped spoil in the past, and is likely correct. AND, mjsbigblog has been able to confirm many of these spoilers independently, there could be a few corrections along the way.
American Idol 2025 Season 23 Top 24 Contestant List
Females:
Amanda Barise – Instagram
Breanna Nix – Instagram
Drew Ryn – Instagram
Gabby Samone – Instagram
Grayson Torrence – Instagram
Kolbi Jordan (Platinum Ticket awarded at a Tennessee Titans game) – Instagram
Kyana Fanene – Instagram
Mattie Pruitt – Instagram
Penny Samar – Instagram
Zaylie Windsor – Instagram
Males
Baylee Littrell – Instagram
Canaan – Instagram
Che Chesterman – Instagram
Desmond Roberts – Instagram
Filo (Platinum Ticket awarded by Carrie and Ryan NY Rockin Eve) – Instagram
Isaiah “Makk” Misailegalu – Instagram
Jamal Roberts – Instagram
John Foster – Instagram
Josh King – Instagram
MKY (Mikey Jimenez) – Instagram
Olivier Bergeron – Instagram
Slater Nalley – Instagram
Thunderstorm Artis – Instagram
Victor Solomon – Instagram
American Idol 2025 Top 24 Season 23: Disney Aulani round song choices
Group 1 – Ashanti mentors
- Baylee Littrell – Happy (from ‘Despicable Me 2’) by Pharrell Williams
- Breanna Nix – Lauren Daigle – Still Rolling Stones by Lauren Daigle
- Che Chesterman – Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’) by Stevie Wonder (Opened the show)
- Gabby Samone – It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Pandora’s Box/Celine Dion
- Isaiah Misailegalu (Makk) – You Can Have It All by Maoli
- Jamal Roberts – Liar by Jelly Roll – (Closed the show)
- Kolbi “Koko” Gwen Jordan – New Attitude (from ‘Beverly Hills Cop’) by Patti LaBelle
- Mikey Jimenez (M.K.Y.) – Adorn by Miguel
- Penny Samar – Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan
- Slater Nalley (with guitar) – (Somewhere) Over The Rainbow (from ‘The Wizard Of Oz’) by Judy Garland
- Victor Solomon – That’s My Kind Of Night by Luke Bryan
- Zaylie Windsor (with guitar) – Heart of Glass by Blondie
Group 2 – Josh Groban mentors
- Amanda Barise – Defying Gravity (from ‘Wicked’) by Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth (closed the show)
- Canaan “C.J.” Hill – Glory To Glory To Glory by Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ
- Desmond Roberts – Do I Do? by Stevie Wonder
- Drew Ryn – I’m With You by Avril Lavigne
- Filo Ebid – Who’s Lovin’ You? by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles/The Jackson 5
- Grayson Torrence – Ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine
- John Foster (with guitar) – – Callin’ Baton Rouge by The Oak Ridge Boys/Garth Brooks (opened the show)
- Josh King – I’m Still Standing by Elton John
- Kyana Fanene – I Am (from ‘Origin’) by Stan Walker
- Mattie Pruitt – Wide Awake by Katy Perry
- Olivier Bergeron – I Am Not Okay by Jelly Roll
- Thunderstorm Artis (with guitar) Is This Love? by Bob Marley & The Wailers
