'American Idol' season 17: Has the series become a fallback plan for those who fail on America's Got Talent?

Looking back at the history of contestants who appeared on AGT before American Idol makes it seem like Idol has become a second option for AGT contestants. 
UPDATED FEB 21, 2019

'American Idol' season 17 is set to premiere in little less than two weeks on ABC. With 16 seasons done and dusted till date, the reality TV competition series has come a long way. Even though Fox canceled it in 2015, the series was taken up by ABC in 2018 for season 16 and 'American Idol' is back again for season 17 on March 3. With hopes of getting its viewer ratings back to what it was before, the show is back bigger than ever. 

With Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan taking their seats as judges for the season, the hype has started. Though the entire list of contestants who auditioned has not been revealed, fans have been doing their own snooping around. And from that, they found out that Chloe Channell a former America's Got Talent contestant will be performing on the show. Channell appeared on season 8 of America's Got Talent. She made it to the quarterfinals and was eliminated. Channell was just 11-years-old when she auditioned. 

RELATED TOPICS AMERICAN IDOL (2002) THE VOICE (2011) AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2006)

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