‘American Idol’ Tops Demo As Monday’s Top Singing Series; CBS Wins Monday Audience With ‘NCIS’, ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Crossover

CBS shared the primetime throne with ABC on Sunday, with both networks’ slates tying for the night’s highest rating.

Meghan Markle paid tribute to late mother-in-law Princess Diana by channeling her wardrobe during her appearance at the Invictus Games over the weekend.The 40 year old attended the opening ceremony of the veteran sporting event on Saturday wearing an ivory off-the-shoulder top with ruching at the centre paired with black tailored trousers. Meghan looked stunning in the off white-bodysuit from designer Khaite’s latest collection, which appeared to be an almost identical style of that worn by the Princess of Wales decades before.The elegantly fashioned Cerise Knotted Bodysuit, as it is titled on the designer’s official website, is comprised of stretch-cotton jersey forming a slim fit perfect for wearing underneath high waisted skirts and trousers.

Emyrson Flora is packing some serious star-power.

unceremoniously dumped the show last week — but won’t stop singing!The 17-year-old has debuted a new, possibly hint-filled original song on TikTok just a short time after quitting ABC’s venerable talent competition for “personal reasons.”“Here is the chorus of a song I wrote not too long ago,” Anderson said as she sat by her piano and began to harmonize in the now-deleted clip, the Daily Mail reported.“I need to find, need to find something better than what I had, and with no strings attached,” she sang in the clip which quickly fueled fan speculation that she left the show because she already scored a record deal. She also crooned, “Don’t I deserve that? Something with no strings attached.” Once she finished her chorus, she jokingly teased her followers saying, “That’s all you get.” Hours later she yanked the clip from the video platform.However, that didn’t stop her loyal #Kenicat — yes, she already has a hashtag — followers from flooding the comments section of her TikTok with encouraging comments about Anderson scoring her own record deal — all while checking out her other posted performance clips.Cool #fyp #fypシ“Hope you got a better opportunity than what American Idol would have given you,” one fan wrote.

Kenedi Anderson may have just left American Idol after being noted as a surefire standout, but she appears to not be going anywhere from music. Just days after speaking about about leaving the show for “necessary” reasons, the teen shared a TikTok on Wednesday debuting a new song and the lyrics are … perhaps a little telling.

The CMT Music Awards’ move to CBS and Paramount+ paid off on Monday night, growing 521% in viewers from its 2021 iteration.

A post shared by Kenedi Anderson (@kenedianderson_)On Tuesday, a rep from Fremantle, who develops , shared a statement to ET regarding Anderson's exit. «We are disappointed to see Kenedi leave, but we are excited to watch this celebratory 20th season unfold with the incredible talent vying to be the next American Idol,» the statement read.Anderson's announcement comes weeks after judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan were first blown away by her talent.

17-year-old contestant got into the Top 24 for season 20 of the ABC series. However, on Monday, she took to social media to share that she decided to drop out of the musical race. Her Top 24 performance was pre-taped and aired on Sunday.

Katy Perry knows how to commit to an entertaining bit once she gets on board, and that's just what she did on the latest episode of American Idol.MORE: Katy Perry selling stunning $19.5m family home - see insideThe singer started off the episode wading in the waters of Hawaii, hanging onto a surfboard while seemingly drowning.VIDEO: Katy Perry's Prague adventuresShe spoke to a plastic seagull that perched atop her board, telling it there was "no land in sight" in an homage to Tom Hanks' performance in Cast Away."You'll be the judge now," she told the bird as she then implored for it to fly away, comically swatting it off the board and saying: "Goodbye Luke! Goodbye Lionel!"MORE: Katy Perry suffers wardrobe malfunction on latest American Idol episodeIt then cut to her two fellow judges, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, sitting on a boat as they pulled up to her, revealing that she was only 30 feet from shore, where host Ryan Seacrest lay on a beach chair with a drink in his hand.She then got out of the water and walked back to shore, seemingly embarrassed, revealing that she wore a curve-hugging white swimsuit with a multi-colored pattern during her scene.A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry)Katy channeled Tom Hanks in Cast Away for her pre-show bitKaty expertly riffed on herself in the caption of her post, writing: "And the Oscar for the Most Idiotic [performance] goes to…But tbh you haven't seen REAL drama until America gets to vote.

Bebe Rexha and Jimmie Allen are returning to their roots. ET's Lauren Zima spoke to the musicians at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa in Kapolei, Hawaii, where the pair were serving as mentors on , years after they each auditioned for the singing competition series.«It's hard, 'cause I feel like we actually care about the future generations of music of all genres,» Allen said of their mentoring gig.

Long Island-native Christian Guardino struck a major chord with the judges on ABC’s “American Idol,” earning him a spot among the show’s top 24 contestants — and a trip to Hawaii to compete at Disney’s Aulani resort. Guardino, 22, was born with a rare condition that causes blindness, but he beat the odds and is now on the road making a name for himself on one of the industry’s biggest stages — which he told The Post’s Angela Barbuti is “so exciting — but it’s craziness.” Can you explain the condition you had as a kid? I was born with a rare disorder called Leber congenital amaurosis, but we call it LCA. It’s a disorder that causes a gene that’s missing in your eye, because if the gene isn’t there, it’s not producing proteins that your cells need to live, so they all start to die off and then it causes inevitable blindness.

 without Vanessa Hudgens?! It almost happened. Hudgens opened up about how she nearly auditioned for  ahead of auditioning for the role of Gabriella in the early aughts classic, during Tuesday's episode of .«I grew up doing theater, and this has always been a passion of mine, and you were on , and you won, and I was like, 'That's it, I'm going on, and then that next week, I got an audition for  and booked it, so then I was like, 'Well, never mind,'» she told Clarkson.

NBC’s American Song Contest can’t seem to land a high note, continuing to fall behind American Idol on ABC, which remains Monday’s highest-rated program.

Nicolina Bozzo got the “American Idol” crowd on their feet.

Katy Perry shared a maternal moment with two moms-to-be during Sunday's episode of  Contestants Haley Slaton and Sam Moss were paired up to sing a duet after Sam announced that she was, in fact, four months pregnant. «Since my audition, life has thrown me a huge curveball,» Sam shared. «Becoming a mom this year was not part of my plan, but it brings a whole new reason and motivation to continue to do what I love.» Haley, who had been pregnant during her initial audition, was in her eighth month during the pre-taped performance and both contestants struggled with emotions and endurance as they prepared for their duet of Robyn's «Dancing On My Own.» Katy pulled the women aside to give them a pep talk before the performance and the moment left her in tears. «My lifelong thing is I'm never enough,» Katy shared with the singers.

Katy Perry has certainly left a memorable impression on this season's slate of contestants.The songstress and judge picked up the mic on Monday's new episode to belt out an impromptu rendition of her hit single «Teenage Dream,» and ended up teaching the young up-and-coming singers a lesson in keeping your composure.Right as Perry hit the lyric, «Put your hands on me and my skintight jeans,» the singer's own skintight coral red pleather pants split in the rear and she bent over.Instead of running off stage in embarrassment, Perry simply asked of the production crew, «Can I get some tape? Some gaffer tape?»ima get ur heart racing in my skin-tight jeans on #americanidol tonight

Five years have passed since “America’s Got Talent” alum Yoli Mayor appeared on the competitive reality TV show and, now, the singer is making a comeback with her “American Idol” Season 20 audition.

The United States finally got its first look at its own version of the Eurovision with NBC’s American Song Contest, which made a two-hour debut on Monday night. The new singing competition on the block, however, fell behind the latest episode of American Idol on ABC.