Overview
- Season 24 closed its four-week Nashville auditions on Feb. 16, with golden-ticket winners advancing to the retooled next phase.
- Hollywood Week relocates to Nashville as a one-round “Music City Takeover” that producers say will deliver the largest early-season elimination.
- The new Ohana Round at Disney’s Aulani in Hawai‘i brings industry tastemakers into the evaluations before judges set the Top 20.
- Viewers can cast votes via social media this season as part of an effort to make real-time participation easier for younger audiences.
- Episodes air Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC with next-day streaming on Hulu, with judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood and host Ryan Seacrest.