The final season of Fox’s American Idol will premiere Jan. 6, marking the end of the singing competition show’s 15-season-long run.
In May, the network announced that the 15th season of the show would include veteran judges and American musicians Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr., and that longtime host and television and radio personality Ryan Seacrest would return for the final season.
According to the New York Times, at the height of its popularity, American Idol drew north of 30 million viewers and, for eight years, held the No. 1 spot for television shows on broadcast television.
“American Idol, the original music show phenomenon, returns for its 15th – and final – season in January 2016, along with host Ryan Seacrest and judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr,” Fox said in a statement. “It will be the ultimate celebration – a tribute to the past 14 seasons, the amazingly talented contestants and the millions of fans who tweeted, texted and championed their Idols.”
