Overview
- Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- "America the Beautiful" will be performed by the Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale, representing South Florida’s only historically Black university.
- Miami-area students Maria Pernalete and Brianna Therve will deliver American Sign Language renditions, with Pernalete signing the national anthem and Therve signing "America the Beautiful."
- Roberts, a 28-year-old from Meridian, Mississippi and former elementary school physical-education teacher, won Season 23 of American Idol with a record 26 million votes.
- He earned a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song for a live version of "Still" with Jonathan McReynolds.