Brooks Rosser and Rae Boyd publicly confirmed they are dating when Boyd returned to the American Idol stage on April 20 to join Rosser after his Top 7 performance, cheering, "The princess is here to claim her prince!"
Fans had been tracking the pair for weeks after noticing flirty comments and on-camera chemistry during the Live Shows that began March 30, but the moment on April 20 made the relationship public: Boyd, eliminated earlier, walked out to support Rosser and the pair embraced on stage. Rosser later told outlets they had spent downtime together during the competition and that they "We’re both from Baltimore. In between rounds, we kind of hung out and we clicked."
The confirmation continued offstage. Boyd wrote on Instagram that they had been "trying to think of cute ways to hard launch, so why not with the help of @ryanseacrest and @americanidol !!!" and added, "lol this literally was the most special night, I’m so happy that the secret is finally out lol love yall:)))))" Rosser also referred to Boyd as his girlfriend while doing press after the show, and fans pointed to months of social-media interactions and joint videos as evidence the two were more than friends.
Production on Season 24 creates a tight timeline: auditions and Hollywood Week were filmed in November 2025, the Ohana Round in January 2026, live shows began March 30, and the duo’s live confirmation came April 20. Rosser later told viewers on April 22 during Hulu’s Get Real event on TikTok Live that the two "never met until American Idol," a statement that frames the relationship as one that developed inside the competition rather than before it.
The revealed timeline answers one fan question but raises another. Publicly, the exact anniversary of when Rosser and Boyd began dating is unknown; footage and social posts show chemistry and reciprocal attention during the Live Shows, and Boyd’s April 20 appearance came after her elimination, meaning the couple’s first public moments together occurred only after she was no longer competing. Fans searching for any earlier connection will find both contestants come from similar areas in Maryland, a detail Rosser echoed when he referenced Baltimore while describing how they clicked.
There is a tension between what viewers saw and what the contestants now say: observers had assumed a preexisting relationship because of their shared Maryland roots and frequent on-screen closeness, but Rosser’s April 22 remark that they "never met until American Idol" narrows the origin to the show itself. That leaves the clearer conclusion that their relationship formed during the show — between rounds and around rehearsals — rather than long beforehand.
For now, the story that matters is simple and settled: Brooks Rosser and Rae Boyd confirmed a romantic relationship on April 20 during Season 24’s Top 7 night, and both contestants — from similar parts of Maryland — say their bond began while competing on American Idol. The exact date they started dating remains private, but according to Rosser, the pair did not meet until the show and publicly launched their romance that night with Boyd’s staged return and a joint media follow-up.
