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Lopez to Perform New Single “Ain’t Your Mama” on American Idol Finale

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Jennifer Lopez is bringing her Mama to American Idol…

The 46-year-old Puerto Rican singer, actress and AI judge will debut her new single “Ain’t Your Mama” during her performance on the Fox reality singing competition’s two-hour series finale on Thursday.

Jennifer Lopez

In a Facebook live chat, the Idol judge not only announced the news, but also offered a little preview of what her track sounds like.

“Ain’t Your Mama” will be available on iTunes right after the finale, which will crown this season’s winner. The three-part finale starts Tuesday night (April 5) with the 90-minute special American Idol: American Dream hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

American Idol airs live at 8:00 pm on April 6 and 7 on Fox.

Former Idols including Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are scheduled to appear on the season finale.

Carrie Underwood Frocks Out in Diaz’s Cage Bodice at ACM Awards

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Manuel Diaz knows why the caged American Idol sings…

During this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM Awards), country superstar and former AI winner Carrie Underwood performed her latest single “Church Bells” in one of the Mexican designers fashion-forward dresses.

Carrie Underwood in Manuel Diaz

Underwood sparkled in the silver cage bodice by Diaz over a Sanyae Semure dress, as well as gladiator-style heels, Graziela Gems earrings, and a Mariana Harutunian bracelet and rings.

The ACM Awards were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (April 3) in Las Vegas.

Click here to see Diaz’s website.

McCreery Returning to Perform on “American Idol”

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Scotty McCreery is returning to the American Idol stage…

The 22-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer and former AI champion will return to Fox’s reality singing competition to perform with one of this season’s contestants.

Scotty McCreery

On this Wednesday’s show (Feb. 10) MacKenzie Bourg, Emily Brooke, Gianna Isabella, James VIII, Jeneve Rose Mitchell, Stephany Negrete, Jenna Renae, La’Porsha Renae, Jordan Sasser, Thomas Stringfellow, Sonika Vaid and Avalon Young will each get a chance to perform solo.

The next night (Feb. 11), the semi-finalists will have the opportunity to duet with McCreery, Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard, Caleb Johnson, Lauren Alaina, and Nick Fradiani . Each Idol will duet with 12 semi-finalists, seven of which will move forward to the next round, according to a Fox release.

The Feb. 17 show will feature Jenn Blosil, Amelia Eisenhauer, Trent Harmon, Lee Jean, CJ Johnson, Adam Lasher, Tristan McIntosh, Dalton Rapattoni, Olivia Rox, Manny Torres, Kory Wheeler and Shelbie Z.

The next night they will get their chance to duet with alums Constantine Maroulis, Haley Reinhart, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks and David Cook. The judges will then announce which contestants are moving forward and who is going home.

The following week (Feb. 24), the judges will reveal which eight singers are definitely moving forward to the top 10, leaving six remaining vocalists to compete for America’s vote.  The show will go live the next night (Feb. 25), when host Ryan Seacrest announces the results and which two singers will complete the top 10. As a bonus that evening, Kelly Clarkson will return to the show to perform and serve as a guest judge.

Beginning Feb. 24, public voting will be live at AmericanIdol.com, on the FOX NOW app, via Google Search, via text messaging and by toll-free calling when the Idol vote window opens.