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Kristin Chenoweth, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Holliday Set for American Idol Finale

Kristin Chenoweth
(© Tristan Fuge)
Kristin Chenoweth
(© Tristan Fuge)

Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Jennifer Holliday will be among the artists performing on the season 11 finale of FOX’s American Idol to air on Wednesday, May 23, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Additional performers will include Broadway veterans Fantasia (a former American Idol champion), Reba McEntire, and Jordin Sparks, along with Neil Diamond, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Nelly Furtado, Sheila E., and John Fogerty.


The episode will also honor the late Robin Gibb with the songs of the Bee Gees.


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