Overview
- Season 24 premiered Monday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.
- The series shifts to a weekly Monday schedule, with live ABC access for cord‑cutters on DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV and Fubo.
- Auditions were taped at Belmont University in Nashville, and Hollywood Week shifts to “Music City Takeover” as a single‑phase round across three episodes.
- A new Ohana Round features the Top 30 performing for industry tastemakers, after which only 20 will remain.
- Ryan Seacrest returns alongside judges Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan, with social‑media voting being added to the existing voting methods.