{"id":2049533,"date":"2025-09-25T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2049533"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:34:16","slug":"american-idols-carrie-underwood-defends-her-controversial-judging-says-she-wants-everybody-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/american-idols-carrie-underwood-defends-her-controversial-judging-says-she-wants-everybody-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol\u2019s Carrie Underwood Defends Her Controversial Judging, Says She Wants \u2018Everybody to Learn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong> recently addressed the critics who claimed she was too harsh during her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/american-idol-producer-teases-changes-184320033.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:first season as a judge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">first season as a judge<\/a> on <em>American Idol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week, the country star, 42, appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tKuiycUOIvY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SiriusXM\u2019s The Highway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SiriusXM\u2019s The Highway<\/a> station and discussed how she feels giving honest feedback \u2014 while not always the most popular thing to do \u2014 helps the contestants be their best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI care so much, I really do,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSometimes I get in trouble from people like, \u2018How dare she say that it wasn\u2019t perfect?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, I just want everybody to learn, and that\u2019s part of it,\u201d she shared. \u201cAnd nobody wants to just hear that they\u2019re amazing all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The eight-time Grammy Award winner noted that she and her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/luke-bryan-hasn-t-decided-221437499.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:fellow judges;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">fellow judges<\/a>, <strong>Lionel Richie<\/strong> and <strong>Luke Bryan,<\/strong> \u201care coming from a very constructive place\u201d with their comments.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Hilbun \/ AFF-USA.COM \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe just want everybody to be able to grow and get better and just be the most awesome version of themselves that they could be,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/american-idol-winner-jamal-roberts-185805741.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:As Star previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">As <em>Star<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, fans felt that Underwood was too hard on <strong>Jamal Roberts<\/strong> \u2014 who took home the Idol trophy \u2014 during season 23 of the hit singing competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In June, Roberts, 27, made it clear that there was no bad blood between him and the \u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d hitmaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCarrie is a country singer, and she likes country music. I mean, I don\u2019t think she likes every genre for real, she had her picks, and she had her [choice] of who she really liked, and she stuck with it,\u201d he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGreatIsNate\/status\/1932913773578469479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1932913773578469479%7Ctwgr%5Eab0d38000a4bd99293d1394083c04f9f7890d3af%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstarmagazine.com%2Famerican-idol-winner-jamal-roberts-addresses-speculation-carrie-underwood-wasnt-a-supportive-judge%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reporter Nate Vinson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reporter Nate Vinson<\/a> at the BET 45th Anniversary Dinner in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe applaud her for sticking to her roots and sticking to who she liked, but I feel like the better person won,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrie Underwood recently addressed the critics who claimed she was too harsh during her first season as a judge on American Idol. Last week, the country star, 42, appeared on SiriusXM\u2019s The Highway station and discussed how she feels giving honest feedback \u2014 while not always the most popular thing to do \u2014 helps the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2049534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[27820,22844,380381,29826],"class_list":["post-2049533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-american-idol","tag-carrie-underwood","tag-honest-feedback","tag-lionel-richie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/American-Idols-Carrie-Underwood-Defends-Her-Controversial-Judging-Says-She.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2049534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}