Carrie Underwood Shares Never-Before-Seen Photos From Her “Idol” Hollywood Week
on Apr 07, 2025

American Idol Judge Carrie Underwood Won Season 4 Of The Show In 2005
The new season of American Idol recently kicked off its Hollywood Week performances, with new judge Carrie Underwood behind the judges’ table with Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.
While Underwood is new to judging American Idol, she isn’t new to the show. She’s an alum herself, having competed on (and won) the show’s fourth season in 2005.

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As she’s been judging the new season of Idol, Underwood has been revisiting some of her past moments and memories from her own time on the show.
For example, Idol recently shared a clip of Underwood looking back on her Hollywood Week performance. During the video, Underwood admitted that she “totally mess[ed] up” during her performance, and forgot the lyrics.
“I did forget the words, but I feel like in that moment it was more about how you jumped back in,” she said.
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Despite messing up, Underwood advanced through that stage of Hollywood, and eventually, won the whole show.
Carrie Underwood Posts Personal Photos From Her Own Hollywood Week
As Season 23 of Idol moved into its April 6 episode, Carrie Underwood shared a rare batch of never-before-seen photos from her own Hollywood Week. She shared four pictures from her “personal” collection, including one of her with a group of her fellow contestants.
Underwood’s friends and followers reacted to the throwback photos, leaving comments such as:
Underwood’s fellow contestant, Sarah Lake, commented, “So many amazing memories!! That’s me in the brown teeee.”
One fan wrote, “I 100% called it watched her entire season i picked her as the winner from the first time Absolutely amazing artist and beautiful person.”
Another fan said, “So awesome… the road to ICON.”
One follower wrote, “I voted for you on my flip phone back in the day. Lol.”
Another fan commented, “I watched every show and voted for you! You have always been my mentor and I have had the privilege of singing your songs for many events!!”
Check out the post below to see Carrie Underwood’s never-before-seen photos from her own Hollywood Week.
Do you remember watching her on Idol back in the day?