In front of her American idol Audition, said an executive manufacturer Carrie underwood THAT Simon Cowell Hated the country’s music – but she already knew.
Then 21 years old, underwood went forward with her interpretation of Bonnie Raitt“I can’t make you love me” while trying for the singing competition in 2005, and her heart sank as soon as Cowell interrupted her.
Underwood, now 41 years old, re -buried its audition in a video produced by American idolPosted Wednesday, March 5, while preparing for her role as a judge for season 23.
The video shows underwood, then with curly hair, working on her farm in Checotah, Oklahoma, before entering the car to make the trip for hours to St. Louis with her mother in audition for the show. Singer “Jesus Tak The Wheel” could not help, but have fun with her nerves and appearance while she stood in front of the original judges of the show, Cowell, Paula Abdul AND Randy Jackson.
“I won’t move my hands for nothing,” she said. “I think I was just trying to keep in all my emotions. Literally. How, keep them in my body.”
Before the Underwood finished the choir, Cowell, now 65, cut it.
“I was like,” Ah, I did a bad job. He stopped me from singing, ‘“She remembered.
But that’s not what happened. On the contrary, frequent acerbic (or even offensive) cowell told what she did a great job, noting how he thinks the season finally found a good country singer. Most importantly, he told Underwood to continue to do what he was doing – though he himself is not a fan of the country’s music.
Disney/Eric McCandless Search for a new brand American Idol will begin. Season 23 of the ABC singing competition is returning this March with season winner 4 Carrie Underwood serving as a judge for the first time. “It has been so amazing being part of American Idol as a judge,” she shared through (…)
“This influenced my song choice in my audition,” Underwood said about Cowell’s concern for the country. “I thought maybe if I was singing” I couldn’t make you love me, “it would still be a song I knew and loved very much.”
Carrie Underwood in ‘American Idol’
FOX/EVERETT courtesy collectionAll three judges approved Underwood to advance the next round, where she would be able to board the plane for the first time in her life and fly to Hollywood. At the end of the video, she glanced back at her diary from that time.
“I just have to keep in mind that everything will be valuable and that the life I started will be great,” she wrote at the time. “Most importantly, I have to remember that this has been all my choice and it’s something I’ve loved since I was a little girl. I know I have some great things in front of me. For now I’m just trying to live in the moment and appreciate them all. I never dreamed of all this to happen.
Underwood’s return to Idol previously announced in August 2024 below Katy perryExiting the panel. It joins Luke Bryan AND Lionel Richie. At the last view of the season ahead, Underwood brought that idol “changed my life”, adding, “now, I have the privilege to help a new generation of artists change them.”
American idol Premieres on ABC on Sunday, March 9, on 8 afternoon.
