Carrie auditioned for the show in 2005 and won the same year at the age of 21. I don’t want them for any purpose, just to love them. It's easy to forget about her humble beginnings on American Idol. “He got me cows, which is what I wanted,” gushed the singer. Underwood and husband Mike Fisher do gift-giving differently in Nashville it seems, as she recently told ET Canada she asked for cows for Christmas. Underwood also spoke about what it was like to work with her son Isaiah, 5, in the studio while recording her new Christmas album My Gift. RELATED: Carrie Underwood Reveals How Her Family Is Spending A Festive Pandemic “It was scary, so I definitely had a moment of ‘What am I doing?’ It’s easier to stay home, you know? But, I mean, I wouldn’t be doing anything I’m doing now.” Photo by: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Underwood explained, “Once things started taking off then the thought of me going to Hollywood by myself, and I’d never been on a plane before, it was very unlike me to just go for it. The country crooner spoke to fellow “Idol” star Kelly Clarkson, who won the first season of the show in 2002, about almost ditching the opportunity because it was such a change for her.
I was rooted in something solid before I got to spread my wings.Carrie Underwood shot to fame after winning “American Idol” in 2005 now, she has admitted she almost didn’t audition for the show. A small town with good people helped form me. what did you thinkSubscribe for Amazing Auditio. Carrie Underwood reveals she burst into tears as she began her American Idol journey: I was terrified By Reporter. Growing up on a farm with loving parents and our church family defined my values. COUNTRY Singing SUPERSTAR, Carrie Underwoods FIRST EVER American Idol audition. "That naïveté, that innocence, is something I've come to be grateful for. WATCH: Former Miss America Betty Maxwell Covers Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood During ‘American Idol’ Audition. 'Carrie,' he said, 'we can go home right now, and we don't ever have to talk about it again, I took a deep breath. She went on to say, "My dad turned to me in the backseat.
Going out to Los Angeles by myself, competing with all those other people who were so talented. We stopped at a grocery store, and Mom dashed inside to buy some. I might pick a song by Carrie Underwood, the 38-year-old artist laughs. In a recent interview with Seventeen, Underwood explains what she would sing if she could audition for American Idol over again today. Louis, getting the 'golden ticket' to Hollywood, every contestant's dream, I was terrified." However, she selected the 1991 hit I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt. But it didn't feel like that at the time. "It would be easy to say the rest is history that it was meant to be. The closest auditions were being held in St. and saw a news segment about people auditioning for the show American Idol. She began by explaining, "The summer before my senior year, I was home one day, watching TV. The singer detailed her ‘terrifying’ experience in a new 2021 Guideposts magazine issue.
Carrie Underwood nearly gave up her L.A ‘American Idol’ audition: ‘It terrified me’Ĭarrie Underwood recently spilled the beans on how she almost quit on her American Idol audition in L.A, out of sheer ‘terror.’