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Katy Perry Announces She's Leaving American Idol!


Katy Perry is saying so long to American Idol! On Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the 39-year-old broke the news to fans: this will officially be

On Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the 39-year-old broke the news to fans: this will officially be her last season on the singing competition show! “This fall, in September, I’m going to be doing this huge music festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio… so I think this will probably be my last season for Idol.” In fact, last year insiders dished that Katy actually was thinking about quitting the show entirely at the time — and now, well, it looks like those rumors were on the money!

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