{"id":2047786,"date":"2025-09-25T00:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2047786"},"modified":"2025-09-25T00:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:39:43","slug":"bo-bice-returns-to-tv-20-years-after-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bo-bice-returns-to-tv-20-years-after-american-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Bice Returns to TV 20 Years After \u2018American Idol\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1182774\/bo-bice-now-today-american-idol-runner-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bo Bice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bo Bice<\/a> has returned to TV 20 years after his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/american-idol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:American Idol;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>American Idol<\/em><\/a> appearance. But, this time it isn\u2019t for singing. He is a contestant on Season 4 of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-floor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Floor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Floor<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bice also competed on Season 4 of <em>Idol<\/em> and was the runner-up against <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/carrie-underwood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carrie Underwood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carrie Underwood<\/a>. Despite not releasing an album since 2010, he still tours across America. He has been married to Caroline Fisher since 2005, and they have four children together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/rob-lowe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rob Lowe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rob Lowe<\/a> introduced two special players near the beginning of the Season 4 premiere episode of <em>The Floor<\/em>. Bice, who took second place on Season 4 of <em>Idol<\/em>, was one of them. He represented Tennessee in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/floor-scores-two-season-renewal-145804883.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Battle of the States;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Battle of the States<\/a>, and his category was \u201cCar Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, he isn\u2019t the only reality star on this season. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/survivor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Survivor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Survivor<\/em> <\/a>\u00a0and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/house-of-villains\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:House of Villains;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>House of Villains<\/em> <\/a>alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jon-dalton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jonny Fairplay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jonny Fairplay<\/a>, from Oregon<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jon-dalton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">,<\/a> is also competing for $250,000. After the third duel, Lowe said there were \u201csome familiar faces\u201d in the audience. \u201cWe\u2019ve got stars out here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got Bo Bice,\u201d Lowe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bice looked around and joked, \u201cWho me?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>&#8220;American Idol&#8221; runner up Bo Bice on Season 4, Episode 1 of &#8220;The Floor<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fox<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI so remember you. And that was when <em>American Idol<\/em> was <em>American Idol<\/em>. When it was on Fox,\u201d Lowe joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJonny Fairplay,\u201d from <em>Survivor<\/em>, was the second reality star to be on the season. He appeared on <em>Survivor: Pearl Islands<\/em> and <em>Survivor: Micronesia<\/em>. Lowe called him a winner, but he said he wasn\u2019t; he was just a Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bice didn\u2019t get randomized to play this round, so he advances to the next episode. However, Fairplay was the last to be picked for the episode. He faced off in the category \u201cStamps\u201d and won, earning two spots on the floor and advancing to the next round as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eight duels happened on premiere night, causing six people to go home. Find out if there are any more stars on the season by tuning in next week and see which state takes it all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>The Floor, <\/em>Wednesdays,<em>\u00a08\/7c<\/em>, Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bo Bice has returned to TV 20 years after his American Idol appearance. But, this time it isn\u2019t for singing. He is a contestant on Season 4 of The Floor. Bice also competed on Season 4 of Idol and was the runner-up against Carrie Underwood. Despite not releasing an album since 2010, he still tours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2047787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[27820,379817,22844,22074,379818,314244],"class_list":["post-2047786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-american-idol","tag-bo-bice","tag-carrie-underwood","tag-fox","tag-jonny-fairplay","tag-rob-lowe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bo-Bice-Returns-to-TV-20-Years-After-\u2018American-Idol.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2047787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}