The American Idol Top 12 got a glimpse of their future Sunday (April 27.) With James Taylor serving as a mentor, the remaining hopefuls performed some of the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ biggest hits as the Hall’s newest members were revealed. Keep reading to find out which artists made it into the vaunted club.
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Who Made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? A Full List of the 2025 Inductees
Here are the artists joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2025, as revealed during Sunday’s episode of American Idol:
- Chubby Checker
- Bad Company
- Thom Bell
- Carol Kaye
- Outkast
- Soundgarden
- Salt N’ Pepa
- Nicky Hopkins
- Lenny Waronker
- Joe Cocker
- The White Stripes
- Cyndi Lauper
- Warren Zevon
They will formally join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame sometime during the fall, with exact dates and ticket details coming later.
Presenting the #RockHall2025 Inductees…
— Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (@rockhall) April 28, 2025
Bad Company ⭐ Thom Bell ⭐ Chubby Checker ⭐ Joe Cocker ⭐ Nicky Hopkins ⭐ Carol Kaye ⭐ Cyndi Lauper ⭐ Outkast ⭐ Salt-N-Pepa ⭐ Soundgarden ⭐ Lenny Waronker ⭐ The White Stripes ⭐ Warren Zevon pic.twitter.com/rcLtTrgg0Y
Jam band Phish won this year’s fan vote, earning nearly 50,000 more ballots than runner-up Bad Company. They were followed by Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, and Joe Cocker. Soundgarden missed the Top 5 by just 300 votes.
Why Carrie Underwood Feels Like Simon Cowell “Put a Target On My Back”
As the Top 14 contestants prepared for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame episode on American Idol, first-time judge Carrie Underwood reminisced on her own Top 12 night.
Following the season 4 winner’s stunning Top 12 performance of “Alone” by Heart, Simon Cowell made a bold prediction. Not only did he believe that Underwood was “the girl to beat” for season 4, the notoriously prickly record executive declared that she would sell more records than any previous champ.
“At the time, I thought, ‘This is amazing,’ and then about five seconds later, I thought, ‘I have a target on my back. Now everybody’s gonna hate me,’” said the “Before He Cheats” songstress. “Just because that’s a such a bold tip me, you told me I was going to win the show. I remember thinking people might not like me after that, and being really nervous.”
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