{"id":2342483,"date":"2026-03-23T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2342483"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:24:13","slug":"how-to-watch-american-idol-season-24-episode-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-to-watch-american-idol-season-24-episode-9\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch American Idol Season 24, Episode 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-watch-20-contestants-battle-for-the-chance-to-move-on-in-hawaii-on-episode-9-of-season-24-of-american-idol-on-monday-night\">Watch 20 contestants battle for the chance to move on in Hawaii on Episode 9 of Season 24 of <em>American Idol<\/em> on Monday night.<\/h2>\n<p>With the top 20 contestants revealed, the show will bring in mentors, and contestants will start to be narrowed down as Season 24, Episode 9 of <em>American Idol<\/em> will premiere on Monday night. In the first seven episodes of this season, there has been nothing short of amazing performances that have made judges make strong decisions. The first three episodes, hosted in New Orleans and Las Vegas, were all auditions that happened with Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie being the judges. Heading into the fourth and fifth episodes, American Idol made its way to Hollywood. At this point, eliminations started as contestants faced group performances and solo challenges that led to rising tensions as these contestants navigated the pressure of competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Watch American Idol<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-91d9b013-9734-41f1-962e-6438df0ab857\"><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday, Mar. 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-f6856998-3afa-4131-8e22-49aca4dfbf1d\"><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a08:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<div class=\"fubo-cta-banner\">\n<h4>LIVE SPORTS &amp; TV WITHOUT CABLE<\/h4>\n<p>            <span>Watch now. No commitment. Cancel anytime.<\/span><br \/>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=387694&amp;irmp=3160064&amp;sharedid=CTA_TOP&amp;ftv_campaign=news_cta_top\">Watch now<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<p id=\"block-e8f95838-280b-4a23-9476-ceb83692fe53\"><strong>TV Channel:<\/strong>\u00a0ABC<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-96f49851-de52-4214-b985-7a0eb8640d47\"><strong>Live stream American Idol<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>on Fubo:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/ent\/?irad=356360&amp;irmp=3160064&amp;sharedid=USA_FN_Entertainment_American_Idol\">Start Watching Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the showcase round was done in Episode 6, Episode 7 revealed the Top 24 of the season. The top 24 shared in the success, while some reminisced on the path that led them to where they are. In Episode 8, the one directly before this episode, contestants went back to fighting as the group was narrowed to 20. In that episode, Catherine McGrath, Dylan McGowan, and Hannah Nicolaisen were the four who were eliminated to get the group of contestants down to the Top 20 for this episode.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This PLATINUM Ticket Winner Left The Judges SPEECHLESS On American Idol 2026 Top 20 Pt. 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUCZiUlZd40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The final Top 20 contestants who will take the stage in this episode include Abayomi, Braden Rumfelt, Brooks Rosser, Chris Tungseth, Daniel Stallworth, Genevieve Heyward, Hannah Harper, Jake Thistle, Jesse Findling, Jordan McCullough, Juli\u00e1n Kalel, Keyla Richardson, Kutter Bradley (Golden Ticket), Kyndal Inskeep, Lucas Leon, Makiyah, Madison Moon, Philmon Lee, Rae, and Ruby Rae. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-4cb1404b-1189-4020-95d8-a996ce4773ab\">What Time Is American Idol On?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-694a4dca-2183-4d95-8110-a8174d60ca9a\"><em>American Idol<\/em> will take place on<strong>\u00a0Monday, March 23, 2026,<\/strong>\u00a0at<strong>\u00a08:00 p.m. ET<\/strong>. Tune in and catch all the past, present, and future episodes of your favorite shows.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-3f0ac011-1fa0-40ed-94e9-42820af33eb6\">What Channel Is American Idol On?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-b500e1e3-d32d-49a8-8270-a2d884e28abd\">Looking to watch this show? Fans can tune into\u00a0<strong>ABC<\/strong>\u00a0to see the action. Make sure you subscribe to Fubo now to watch this match and many entertainment shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live stream American Idol<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>on Fubo:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/ent\/?irad=356360&amp;irmp=3160064&amp;sharedid=USA_FN_Entertainment_American_Idol\">Start Watching Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Regional restrictions may apply.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fubo-cta-banner-2\">\n<h4>WATCH LIVE SPORTS &amp; TV WITHOUT CABLE.<\/h4>\n<p>            <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=387694&amp;irmp=3160064&amp;sharedid=CTA_BOT&amp;ftv_campaign=news_cta_bot\">Watch now<\/a>\n        <\/div><\/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.fubo.tv \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch 20 contestants battle for the chance to move on in Hawaii on Episode 9 of Season 24 of American Idol on Monday night. With the top 20 contestants revealed, the show will bring in mentors, and contestants will start to be narrowed down as Season 24, Episode 9 of American Idol will premiere on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2056035,"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":[21741,226985],"class_list":["post-2342483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-how-to-watch"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stream-Season-2-Premiere-Live-TV.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342483","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=2342483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342484,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342483\/revisions\/2342484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}