However, a few AGT alumni have been up to some really neat stuff lately.įirst off, did anyone catch Just Jerk in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies yesterday? It’s great to see them showing their skills on the world stage! I don’t have the full video yet, but will post it here when I do and will leave you with this Instagram clip of the performance until then.Īnother Season 12 dancer is experiencing exciting times right now: Merrick Hanna has been nominated for a Shorty Award! The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media, and Merrick has been nominated as a Dance Influencer. There’s still not a lot of info on the upcoming season yet, but I’m working to compile the small amount of info we have so far into a separate update post. ![]() I took the last month off because news was slow, but February has brought some interesting developments. WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON OF ABC’S AMERICAN IDOL. The Winter Olympics, The Shorty Awards, and American Idol – AGT Alumni Update She was interviewed by Steve Harvey and of course sang a song as well! (Fellow finalist – and season champion – Darci Lynne Farmer will appear on the Kids Choice Awards broadcast this weekend.)Īnd speaking of television appearances by alumni…the final and arguably biggest development to share is that Season 9 contestant Mara Justine‘s audition for American Idol recently aired (again, I know I’m way late on this).Īs spoiled a while back, Mara moved on the the next round, and thanks to IdolPad we now know that she is one of the Top 14 contestants, which I believe means we will be seeing her in the live shows later this spring! Season 12 runner-up Angelica Hale was on Little Big Shots this week. Johnny Manuel, also from Season 12, has some exciting news: he is part of a group called Equinox who will be representing Bulgaria in this year’s Eurovision competition! Check out their song below. He just met his goal, but you can still donate if you would like any of the rewards, which you can learn more about here. Season 12’s Mike Yung is crowdfunding an album through Kickstarter. I know I complain about the gaggle of “karaoke” singers on America’s Got Talent and tend to root for almost anyone else to win, but when the season ends and everyone moves forward in their careers, I genuinely wish all of them the best, and I’ve been so happy to see how well several of them have been doing lately. (Alumni Updates in general are going to be taking a backseat going forward as we get closer to the return of the shows themselves). But for now, some big things have been happening with AGT alumni so today I’m going to get those updates out of the way. ![]() We’ve gotten a lot of new info on the upcoming installments of AGT and BGT (including a cast change) and I’m setting up another article for all those new developments which I’ll get up on here ASAP. I’m waaaay late on this post and for that I apologize. (As in, results that have yet to air on television.) WARNING: The following post contains spoilers for the current season of American Idol. ![]() Eurovision, Kickstarter, and American Idol: AGT Alumni Update
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