Carrie underwood won which american idol

Carrie sang "Could've Been" by Tiffany. She received enough votes to be considered "safe" for another week. She received enough votes to make the Top Carrie sang "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar. I Feel Like a Woman! She received enough votes to advance to the Finale. After her Top 11 performance, Simon Cowell made a prediction that not only would she win but that she would outsell any past Idol alum.

In , we first met the nervous year-old Carrie Underwood, who has dreams of being on TV, but not for her incredible singing abilities. She was a journalism and mass communication student at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Although Underwood is a household name, she says that she would change a thing about that first day on the set of American Idol … Well, maybe besides the chicken impression….

Her first single, "Inside Your Heaven," hit the top of the Billboard pop charts. Her follow-up single, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," then shot to the top of the country charts. In contrast to her softer-sounding material, Underwood also had great success with "Before He Cheats," a tale about a straying ex-boyfriend.

That same year, Underwood released her follow-up album, Carnival Ride. It reached the top of the album charts and scored several No. On May 10, , at the age of 26, Underwood was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by country star Garth Brooks , making her the youngest member of the famed institution. She was nominated for Album of the Year, but lost the award to George Strait. Underwood also hosted the CMA Awards with fellow country star Brad Paisley, kicking off what would become an annual tradition.

The TV event, which was broadcast live, more closely followed the original musical than the film starring Julie Andrews , and went on to receive four Emmy nominations. To celebrate her remarkable career, Underwood released Greatest Hits: Decade 1 in the fall of The album also featured some new material, including the hit "Something in the Water," which later earned a Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance. Slowly but surely, she progressed through the competition: into the Top 24, then the Top 20 and so on.

Throughout the elimination rounds, Underwood was never once among the bottom three contestants. In the end, she and Bo Bice were the two remaining Idol hopefuls. When host Ryan Seacrest announced her name as the season's winner, the now-country-star became visibly emotional, but kept a smile on her face.