Photos: Meet American Idol‘s Top 24

American Idol judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. announced their final Top 24 on Thursday night as this is the singing competition’s farewell season.

They are Jenn Blosil, MacKenzie Bourg, Emily Brooke, Amelia Eisenhauer, Trent Harmon, Gianna Isabella, James VIII, Lee Jean, CJ Johnson, Adam Lasher, Tristan McIntosh, Jeneve Rose Mitchell, Stephany Negrete, Dalton Rapattoni, Jenna Renae, La’Porsha Renae, Olivia Rox, Jordan Sasser, Thomas Stringfellow, Manny Torres, Sonika Vaid, Kory Wheeler, Avalon Young and Shelbie Z.

“We want to find [a superstar],” Connick told a select group of reporters before the farewell season of American Idol. “They set such a high bar in the early years of the show that we’re really looking for someone that can do that. I think we may be on to something this year. Of course, we thought that the last two years, too.”

Here is the rundown of how the farewell season of American Idol will play out:

Next week, the first group of 12 semifinalists will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Then on Thursday, Feb. 11, former Idols Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Caleb Johnson and Nick Fradiani return to mentor and perform a duet with the 12 semi-finalists before the judges reveal which seven contestants will move forward in the competition and who will be going home.

The following week, the second group of semifinalists will perform on Wednesday, Feb.17. Then on Thursday, Feb. 18, former Idols Constantine Maroulis, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks, David Cook and Haley Reinhart return to perform duets with the second group of semi-finalists before the judges reveal who is moving on in the competition and who will be sent home.

On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the judges will announce the first eight semi-finalists to make it into the Top 10, leaving six to sing for America’s vote and the final two spots in this farewell season’s Top 10.

The first live show will be Thursday, Feb. 25 at which time host Ryan Seacrest will announce America’s vote and the final two joining the Top 10, who will then perform for America’s vote.