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American Idol<\/a><\/em> Season 24 contestant Braden Rumfelt<\/a> is clearing up a \u201ccommon misconception\u201d that viewers have about the show. Ahead of his Top 9<\/a> performance on April 20, Braden posted a video explaining how much goes into preparing for the weekly live shows<\/a> on American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n He said that the most common misconception is that \u201cfinalists just show up on show days,\u201d which he insisted \u201ccould not be further from the truth.\u201d Braden compared\u00a0American Idol<\/em> to working a \u201cfull-time job,\u201d noting that he and the other contestants are on set \u201cat the buttcrack of dawn\u201d to start working.<\/p>\n \u201cVocal coach, run through the words, we got dry blocks, we got a dress rehearsal, we have to go to the dressing rooms and stuff and get fitted for all the clothes, meeting with creative, talking about what the background is going to look,\u201d he listed. \u201cThe song \u2026 usually we spend hours and hours on the song.\u201d<\/p>\n Braden reiterated that \u201ca lot more goes into it than people think,\u201d including \u201cchoreography, getting the lights and stuff put together and them showing us that kind of thing.\u201d He concluded his video by thanking his fans for voting him through this far.<\/p>\n Braden is a former athlete whose college baseball career was sidelined after he had to have two surgeries on his legs. He turned to singing to get through his recovery and didn\u2019t have much experience performing in front of large crowds before he came to\u00a0American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n With just nine artists left in the competition, the finale is fast approaching. On the April 20 episode, the Top 9 will perform Disney songs, and the two singers with the lowest amount of viewer votes at the end of the night will be eliminated.<\/p>\n