Brooks

S24 · Eliminated (6th–7th)

As of September 2, 2026

Brooks, also known as Brooks Rosser, is from Bel Air, Maryland. Before his fall 2025 American Idol audition he had never sung in public, he had played guitar at a couple of gigs, and he worked as a dementia care technician. A back injury in his freshman year of high school ended a plan to play soccer professionally, and he later took up the guitar. Idol recordings on 19 Recordings and Atlantic begin with Dancing On My Own on March 17, 2026. Knockin' On Heaven's Door came out on July 24, 2026. By September 2, 2026 the Harford County Council had presented him a proclamation.⁠[1][2][3]

Career

During or around the show

  1. March 17, 2026On March 17, 2026 Dancing On My Own (from American Idol) came out on 19 Recordings and Atlantic Recording Corporation.⁠[3][6]

After the show

  1. July 24, 2026On July 24, 2026 he released Knockin' On Heaven's Door on 19 Recordings and Atlantic.⁠[3]

Date not documented

  1. A back injury in his freshman year of high school ended a plan to play soccer professionally. He later picked up a guitar. His grandmother's illness is what he credits for starting to play and sing.⁠[1][2]
  2. Brooks Rosser, from Bel Air, Maryland, was 22 at his fall 2025 audition. He had never sung in public before that audition. He had played guitar at a couple of gigs and worked in a dementia care facility.⁠[1][3][6]
  3. By September 2, 2026 the Harford County Council had presented him a proclamation.⁠[2]

Discography

No releases are documented yet.

Awards

Checked October 8, 2026; none found.

Sources

6 sources

  1. Who is Brooks Rosser? American Idol 2026 singer — TV Insider, published March 11, 2026. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Name and town: “Brooks is a singer from Bel Air, Maryland”
    • Audition: “audition in the fall of 2025”
    • Public singing: “had never sung in public before”
    • Gigs: “done a couple gigs”
    • Injury: “When Brooks was a freshman in high school, he broke his back while playing soccer”
    • Soccer plan: “had dreams of going pro before the injury derailed his plans”
    • Guitar later: “eventually picked up a guitar”
    • Name: “Brooks Rosser”
  2. Harford County honors Bel Air's Brooks Rosser, American Idol finalist — The Baltimore Sun, published September 2, 2026, updated September 2, 2026. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (6)
    • Job: “dementia care technician before his audition”
    • Proclamation: “September 2, 2026”
    • Origin: “illness inspired him to pick up a guitar and start singing”
    • Date: “PUBLISHED: September 2, 2026”
    • Caption: “presented a proclamation by Harford County Council”
    • Name: “Brooks Rosser”
  3. Apple album lookup for artist 1885665951 — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Dancing On My Own: "releaseDate":"2026-03-17T07:00:00Z"
    • Knockin' On Heaven's Door: "releaseDate":"2026-07-24T07:00:00Z"
    • Earliest Idol single: "releaseDate":"2026-03-17T07:00:00Z"
    • Copyright: "copyright":"℗ 2026 19 Recordings, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation"
    • Title: "collectionName":"Dancing On My Own (from American Idol) - Single"
    • Dancing On My Own: "collectionName":"Dancing On My Own (from American Idol) - Single"
    • Knockin' On Heaven's Door: "collectionName":"Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Single"
    • Knockin' On Heaven's Door: "copyright":"19 Recordings, Inc. / Atlantic Records, ℗ 2026,19 Recordings, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation."
  4. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row Brooks: Season 24, Place finish 6th-7th
  5. American Idol season 24 — Wikipedia, updated July 18, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Top 7 – Taylor Swift / California Songs Night (April 27) table (Eliminated); Elimination chart, row Brooks: Pl. 6, 4/27 column
  6. American Idol season 24 (Wikipedia revision 1364749034) — Wikipedia, updated July 18, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (4)
    • Top 20 streaming: “The songs performed by the Top 20 and onwards were published on all music streaming platforms.”
    • Streaming: “The songs performed by the Top 20 and onwards were published on all music streaming platforms.”
    • Song: “Dancing On My Own”
    • Roster name: “Brooks Rosser”

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