‘American Idol 15’ spoilers: Scotty McCreery, Haley Reinhart, Kellie Pickler, more returning for duets

Ever since “American Idol” eliminated the results show on Thursday nights, one of the things that they have really struggled with is figuring out a proper way to honor many of the people who previously were a big reason for the show’s success. Luckily, we’re glad to see now that the Fox series is clearly coming up with some clever ways around that.

The network has announced that over the next two weeks, some stars from past seasons of the show are going to take to the stage to perform duets with some of the contestants who are taking part this time around. Let’s begin with February 11. Per Billboard, Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard, Scotty McCreery, Caleb Johnson, Lauren Alaina, and Nick Fradiani will all be returning to do some duets. Some of these people were featured earlier this season, and for Fradiani we’re thrilled that he’s getting even more love as the reigning champion, even if he doesn’t have an album out just yet.

Meanwhile, for the February 18 show we’ll be getting a roster that includes Constantine Maroulis, Haley Reinhart, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks and David Cook. We really dig most of the people that are on here. There are a lot of great singers in here like Haley, Fantasia, and Lauren who don’t always get a lot of the limelight on the show these days (even Fantasia is a past winner and consistently puts out great albums). Also, there’s a nice assortment of winners.

We do still have a wishlist of people to see before the series comes to a close this year, and it includes Kelly Clarkson (who we already know is coming back), Adam Lambert, David Archuleta, Crystal Bowersox, Jennifer Hudson, and Jena Irene. We’d also be pretty thrilled if we could see some people like Katharine McPhee and Katie Stevens, who have become more famous as of late for their acting than their music.

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