Carrie Underwood is getting emotional looking back at her time on American Idol. The 42-year-old reflected on the show, and how much it transformed her life, as her first season as a judge recently came to an end. “I think about my journey on American Idol all the time, because it’s so grand. It’s so unbelievable. If somebody were…
Carrie Underwood just wrapped up her inaugural season as a judge on American Idol, 20 years after she was crowned the Season 4 winner in 2005. For Underwood, being able to join Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as a judge was a full-circle moment, and a way to honor the show where her superstar career began. “I owe my career to…
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Cody Johnson surprised fans, and contestant Slater Nalley, by appearing on the American Idol finale. Carrie Underwood and Nalley were performing her and Johnson’s recent No. 1 hit, “I’m Gonna Love You,” when Johnson emerged on stage to surprise Nalley and finish singing the song with him. Slater made it into the Top 5 of American Idol, with Jamal Roberts…
Carrie Underwood is a big fan of ’90s country, and especially Martina McBride. In a recent installment of Underwood’s Idol to Icon series, Underwood shares a performance of her singing McBride’s “Independence Day” while she was competing on American Idol in 2005, revealing how McBride shaped her own career. “I sang ‘Independence Day’ a few times on the show. In…
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Simon Cowell might have been known to be acerbic and harsh when he was a judge on American Idol, but he also had uncanny instincts, at least when it came to Carrie Underwood. The Season 4 American Idol winner is sharing an excerpt from her journal while on American Idol, as part of her Idol to Icon series, revealing…
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Carrie Underwood brought the house down with a recent performance. Underwood sang “How Great Thou Art” as part of American Idol‘s Songs of Faith episode. It’s a song that Underwood has been performing in her live shows for years, including as part of her just-ended REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency. Underwood’s performance earned her a standing ovation from everyone…
Country music is rich in songs about faith. With the heart of country music located in Nashville, Tennessee, in the middle of the Bible Belt, it makes sense that so many artists would record songs about their spiritual beliefs. While there are far too many songs about faith within country music to count, we picked ten of our favorites….
Ben Fuller and Carrie Underwood are opening up about their “If It Was Up To Me” duet. The song is from Fuller’s forthcoming Walk Through Fire album, out on June 6. “When I wrote this song, I kept thinking about how difficult life can be,” Fuller shares. “And that if I was in control, and it was up to…
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It’s the end of an era for Carrie Underwood. The Oklahoma native performed the final show of her REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency, which began in 2021. Underwood shared an emotional post about that chapter of her life and career closing on social media. “And that’s a wrap for me and my crew at Resorts World,” Underwood writes. “Reflection…
Carrie Underwood has a new duet out! The American Idol alum joins Christian singer Ben Fuller on “If It Was Up To Me,” out now. The song says in part, “If it was up to me, there’d be no gravel roads / No wounds, no blisters on my soul / Pain might come, but it wouldn’t come for me…
