{"id":240337,"date":"2026-03-10T06:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/10\/carrie-underwood-tears-up-during-american-idol-contestants-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:15:38","slug":"carrie-underwood-tears-up-during-american-idol-contestants-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/10\/carrie-underwood-tears-up-during-american-idol-contestants-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood Tears Up During \u2018American Idol\u2019 Contestant\u2019s\u00a0Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/carrie-underwood\/\">Carrie Underwood<\/a> was visibly moved during a contestant\u2019s performance on the latest episode of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/american-idol\/\">American Idol.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring Monday night\u2019s (March 9) episode, contestant Keyla Richardson performed \u201cA Thousand Years\u201d by Christina Perri during the show\u2019s Ohana Round, prompting an emotional reaction from the judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRichardson, a 29-year-old singer from Pensacola, Fla., delivered the performance while her young son Drew watched from the audience, smiling and mouthing the lyrics. The moment resonated with Underwood, who became teary while offering feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cTo have the gift of watching you and getting to watch him,\u201d Underwood said of Richardson\u2019s son. \u201cWhen I\u2019m on stage and my boys are out there, I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing. And I feel like I just got a glimpse of what they might be doing when I\u2019m on stage, and it just made my mama heart so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe added, \u201cYour talent is limitless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnderwood shares two sons \u2014 Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, 7 \u2014 with former NHL player Mike Fisher.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keyla Richardson Makes Carrie Underwood's Mama Heart Happy With \u201cA Thousand Years\u201d - American Idol\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3AZvxe-y-HY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe episode featured the show\u2019s first Ohana Round of the season, where contestants perform for judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie alongside family members, peers and industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnderwood also offered encouragement to several contestants who struggled emotionally during their performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSinger Sheldon Riley became overwhelmed during his rendition of Patrick Watson\u2019s \u201cTo Build a Home,\u201d apologizing to the audience after becoming emotional mid-performance. Underwood praised his vocal ability while urging him not to hold back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou have so much talent and power and range in your vocals,\u201d she told Riley. \u201cI feel like your brain just gets in the way. You\u2019re building up walls in front of us every time you sing \u2014 but you don\u2019t need to do that. You\u2019re enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnother contestant, Chloe Lauren, momentarily lost her place during a performance of Adele\u2019s \u201cHello.\u201d Underwood encouraged her to continue singing and praised the way she recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019re here because we love your voice,\u201d Underwood said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the little things that can go wrong during a performance. It\u2019s how you finish strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt the end of the episode, the judges narrowed the field to the season\u2019s top 20 contestants. Richardson ultimately advanced to the next round, though she was the final contestant announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>American Idol<\/em> airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on ABC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/american-idol-carrie-underwood-emotional-1236195796\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrie Underwood was visibly moved during a contestant\u2019s performance on the latest episode of American Idol. During Monday night\u2019s (March 9) episode, contestant Keyla Richardson performed \u201cA Thousand Years\u201d by Christina Perri during the show\u2019s Ohana Round, prompting an emotional reaction from the judge. Richardson, a 29-year-old singer from Pensacola, Fla., delivered the performance while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}