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Kellie Pickler did not just make a rare appearance on Monday; she did it in front of the entire country on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d<\/p>\n
The country music star, who competed on Season 5 of the reality show, performed a duet on the show alongside Hannah Harper.<\/p>\n
Fans loved to see it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart burst when I saw @kelliepickler back on stage,\u201d one person replied to American Idol\u2019s Instagram post featuring video of the performance.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Kellie Pickler\u2019s) voice feels like home!\u201d another person replied. \u201cLove seeing her sing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOMG it\u2019s so good to see Kellie,\u201d another wrote. \u201cWe miss seeing you (Kellie Pickler). Glad to hear you sing.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were plenty more comments like that and you can see them as well as the performance here. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pickler has avoided making many public appearances during the past three years, and it is easy to understand why that might be.<\/p>\n She lost her husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, when he died by suicide in 2023.<\/p>\n That type of tragedy can be tough to overcome, and dealing with it in the public eye is not always ideal.<\/p>\n But on Monday, she returned to the show she competed on 20 years ago.<\/p>\n Pickler, 39, was a finalist during her time on the show.<\/p>\n Suggest.com said that Pickler\u2019s appearances have been \u201cextremely rare\u201d since Jacobs\u2019 death.<\/p>\n She performed at the Patsy Cline tribute show at the Ryman Auditorium in 2024.<\/p>\n Pickler was 19 when she made it onto \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d in 2005. She finished sixth that season, but that didn\u2019t stop her from rising to fame in country music.<\/p>\n Her first album, \u201cSmall Town Girl,\u201d was released in 2006 and sold nearly a million copies.<\/p>\n She has released a total of four albums, with the last, \u201cThe Woman I Am,\u201d released in 2013.<\/p>\n Read the original article on pennlive.com<\/a>. Add pennlive.com<\/a> as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMore country music news<\/h2>\n