Why Was Carrie Underwood Booed on ‘American Idol’?
When Carrie Underwood first appeared on American Idol, her performances made the audience cheer. Now that she has returned as a judge, she doesn’t always get such a warm reception. During the recent “Hollywood Week: Music City Takeover” episode, Underwood’s criticism did not go over well with the audience. Here’s what she said that resulted in boos.
Carrie Underwood spoke out after getting booed on ‘American Idol’
During the “Hollywood Week: Music City Takeover” episode of American Idol, Underwood criticized contestant Mor for singing an original song. She seemed to know how the audience would react to her judgement of the contestant.
“You guys are gonna boo me. You’re gonna boo me,” she said. “It’s coming. Bring it on. I love it! Your boos are feeding me.”
She told Mor that “to bring an original song with that incredible band sitting behind you, twiddling their thumbs — I feel like it was a missed opportunity.”
Fellow judge Luke Bryan defended Underwood against the audience, telling them, “She only won this. She knows.”
Underwood didn’t seem all that bothered by the negative reaction. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), she defended her commentary, explaining that “singing original music is SUCH a gamble at this stage in the competition. Don’t. Waste. The. Band. Mor’s voice and previous audition kept him in. I wanna hear his original music after he’s a big star!”
“Boo me,” she wrote in another post. “I don’t care. @americanidol.”
Mor was ultimately eliminated at the end of the episode.
