{"id":62956,"date":"2026-04-21T16:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/american-idol-finalists-hard-launch-their-relationship\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:12:48","slug":"american-idol-finalists-hard-launch-their-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/american-idol-finalists-hard-launch-their-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;American Idol&#8217; Finalists Hard-Launch Their Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/american-idol\/\">American Idol<\/a><\/em> finalists admitted to becoming more than friends backstage. Season 24 of the singing reality show has an official power couple.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Season 24 of <em>American Idol<\/em> trimmed down to seven finalists at the end of Monday night&#8217;s (April 20) Disney themed episode.<\/li>\n<li>Next week the group will sing Taylor Swift songs.<\/li>\n<li>Jamal Roberts won last year&#8217;s Season 23 of <em>American Idol.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/american-idol-singers-that-dated\/\">The Truth About 14\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0Hookups<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Eric McCandless, Disney Via Getty Images<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Eric McCandless, Disney Via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s Dating on <em>American Idol<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>Brooks Rosser, a 22-year-old from Baltimore, Md., is dating Rae Boyd, a 24-year-old from Frederick, Md. On the show they go by Brooks and Rae respectively, and the relationship has already survived one big obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>Rae was eliminated last week (April 13), but she stuck around to watch her man move on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The princess is here to claim her prince,&#8221; she said with a little sass when host Ryan Seacrest introduced her following Brooks&#8217; performance.<\/p>\n<p>In all honesty, we should have seen this coming.<\/p>\n<p>There are at least three videos on Rae&#8217;s Instagram page of her singing alongside Brooks. There&#8217;s a cover of Paramore&#8217;s &#8220;The Only Exception&#8221; and\u00a0&#8220;Until I Found You&#8221; by Stephen Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also this cover of &#8220;Say Something,&#8221; originally by a Great Big World.<\/p>\n<p>After the show, both singers posted the same picture of her planting a kiss on his cheek to their Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<h3>Have There Been Other <em>American Idol<\/em> Couples?<\/h3>\n<p>Brooks and Rae are hardly the first romance to take roots throughout the <em>American Idol<\/em> process. Most famous are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/gabby-barrett\/\">Gabby Barrett<\/a> and Cade Foehner, who&#8217;d go on to get married after meeting on Season 16.<\/p>\n<p>Season 16 also brought Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson together, although they&#8217;ve since broken up.<\/p>\n<p>Season 1 winner <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kelly-clarkson\/\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a> also dated Justin Guarini after the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any two people who are thrown together that much \u2026 I\u2019m just sayin&#8217;,'&#8221; she&#8217;d later tell <em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">14 &#8216;American Idol&#8217; Singers Who Secretly Hooked Up \u2014 Or Did They?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div>At least two couples who met through <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/american-idol\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>American Idol<\/em><\/a> got married, while one more could be headed in that direction. Not all<em> American Idol<\/em> hookups have a happy ending, however. 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