Gearing up to make her 'American Idol' judging debut, Carrie Underwood reflected on her own audition from 20 years ago.

New 'American Idol' judge Carrie Underwood remembers how Simon Cowell cut off her audition. She had heard he didn't like country.

Before she won the fourth season of American Idol, sold 85 million records ... looked back at the time she sang for the panel of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson in a new video ...

It can be hard to imagine an “American Idol” winner performing anything ... I Can Fly” (which fellow judges Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell playfully panned), the panel gave Clarkson a ...

Carrie Underwood has taken a look back at her American Idol audition as she makes her debut as a judge on the hit singing ...

Carrie Underwood has come full circle in 20 years. Her big break came when she earned an "American Idol" crown in 2005. On ...

Back when she auditioned for American Idol in 2005 ... "I knew going into my Idol auditions that Simon [Cowell] was not a fan of country music," Underwood explains. "Even one of the ...

Before her American Idol audition, an executive producer told Carrie Underwood that Simon Cowell hated country music — but she already knew. Then 21, Underwood went ahead with her rendition of ...