What a heartwarming tale of a country singer’s meteoric rise! Poor Simon Cowell, trying so hard to maintain his cool, yet can’t help but gush over a genre he once claimed to hate. I mean, who could resist that sob story of self-doubt and ‘overwhelming’ emotions? And here she is, now a judge on American Idol, with a record-breaking 85 million records sold. Must be nice to go from country singer to country music’s fairy godmother, eh? Maybe next season she can bring back the days when the judges were actually entertaining.
Inside Carrie Underwood’s American Idol audition amid controversy
