In case you hadn’t gathered from the previous two weeks of American Idol Season 18 recaps that ABC aired, the pre-taped episodes ran out after Hawaii as the pandemic finally caught up with the show.
But if recent charity specials like One World: Together At Home and Jersey 4 Jersey have taught us anything, it’s that the show must and will go on, thanks to technology.Host Ryan Seacrest assures us from his own home with a classic Idol backdrop that the producers were determined to make the live episodes work, both for viewers and the Top 20 contestants who worked so hard to get here.