Two American Idol finalists admitted to becoming more than friends backstage. Season 24 of the singing reality show has an official power couple.

  • Season 24 of American Idol trimmed down to seven finalists at the end of Monday night's (April 20) Disney themed episode.
  • Next week the group will sing Taylor Swift songs.
  • Jamal Roberts won last year's Season 23 of American Idol.

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Who's Dating on American Idol?

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.

Rae was eliminated last week (April 13), but she stuck around to watch her man move on.

"The princess is here to claim her prince," she said with a little sass when host Ryan Seacrest introduced her following Brooks' performance.

In all honesty, we should have seen this coming.

There are at least three videos on Rae's Instagram page of her singing alongside Brooks. There's a cover of Paramore's "The Only Exception" and "Until I Found You" by Stephen Sanchez.

There's also this cover of "Say Something," originally by a Great Big World.

After the show, both singers posted the same picture of her planting a kiss on his cheek to their Instagram Stories.

Have There Been Other American Idol Couples?

Brooks and Rae are hardly the first romance to take roots throughout the American Idol process. Most famous are Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner, who'd go on to get married after meeting on Season 16.

Season 16 also brought Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson together, although they've since broken up.

Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson also dated Justin Guarini after the show.

"Any two people who are thrown together that much … I’m just sayin','" she'd later tell Watch What Happens Live.

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Every 'American Idol' Winner Ranked: Least To Most Memorable

Be honest, do you remember who won American Idol last year? He's at No. 16 on this list of American Idol winners, ranked least to most memorable.

We've sorted each of the show's 23 champions in order of who is most famous to country fans. No. 1 may be predictable but a thorough scroll may trigger voting memories from seasons past, plus an update on who is still active in music today.

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