Three American Idol The alumni will return to the show stage on Monday night (April 29) to pay tribute to five-star Mandisa's final season. The 47-year-old Grammy-winning Christian contemporary singer was found dead of as yet unknown causes at her home earlier this month.
The performance will take place during the show's Monday night Judge's Song cycle, when Melinda Doolittle (season six), Danny Gokey (season eight) and Colton Dixon (season 11) will join together to sing one of Mandisa's favorite songs, “Shackles” by the gospel duo Mary Mary.
“Mandisa was a cult icon American Idol and in the music industry,” the show said in a statement. “She had become a platinum-selling artist and had won several Grammys for her music. Her death has left everyone on the show devastated and our deepest condolences go out to her family.”
Mandisa was a contestant on the 2006 season Idol and continued to enjoy success on the Christian music charts, with six of her studio albums reaching the Billboard 200, half of them reaching No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums: 2007 chart True beautyof 2013 Overcomer and of 2017 Out of the dark. It has landed a handful of songs on the Hot Christian Songs chart, including the chart-toppers “Stronger” and “Overcomer,” the latter of which spent 10 weeks at the top.
Mandisa won her only Grammy in 2014 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Overcomer; In addition to her five Grammy Awards, Mandisa also garnered 15 GMA Dove Award nominations, with a win for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for Overcomer.
Monday night's show will air at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with America voting live for the top six at the end of the two-hour episode.
