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Traditionally, this is negotiation season. For years media would ask Bryan if he was returning and he’d avoid an answer until the time was right to reveal he was indeed coming back. No one is going to give any single news outlet that kind of scoop, because the news is so valuable in pre-promoting an upcoming season.
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Last year, American Idoljudges were announced in August. Expect the same for Season 24. We’ll stop short of saying Underwood will return, but we will point out she’s following the same script of every judge who’s returned to the desk over the last decade.
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Carrie Underwood has been, well, busy since winning Season 4 of American Idol in 2005. Since the confetti fell, the country singer has released nine albums and embarked on seven tours. She’s also tried her hand at acting and launched a handful of businesses.
Over the years she’s become one of the biggest success stories to come out of the show, winning countless awards and amassing a staggering net worth of over $100 million.
Keep scrolling to see 20 things Underwood has done since her time on the reality singing competition.
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Since her American Idol win, Underwood has released nine albums. Her first project after the show was Some Hearts, which arrived in 2005, followed by Carnival Ride in 2007 and Play On in 2009. She then dropped Blown Away (2012), Storyteller (2015) and Cry Pretty (2018). In 2020 she deviated from country music with her Christmas album My Gift, then released a Gospel covers project, My Savior, the following year. Underwood’s most recent album Denim & Rhinestones came out in 2022.
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You’ll find eight Top 12 finalists on this list of American Idol stars who’ve died. That includes a runner-up, a third place finisher and several more artists fans loved rooting for.
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Paula Goodspeed didn’t make it past the auditions for Season 5 (Taylor Hicks) of American Idol but her audition, love for judge Paula Abdul and how she died made her unforgettable. She needed to be mentioned on this list of American Idol stars who’ve died.
After an audition reel that included Goodspeed’s handmade sketches of Abdul, the OG Paula would say she objected to the young singer’s audition because she was aware of her and had been frightened by her behavior. A version of “Proud Mary” didn’t impress the group (in fact they laughed at her), and she kept a low profile for several years.
In November 2008, Goodspeed was found dead in a car outside of Abdul’s home. The cause of was death by suicide via drug overdose.
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