{"id":16390,"date":"2025-05-08T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=16390"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:50:42","slug":"things-took-an-unexpected-and-hilarious-turn-on-american-idol-when-judges-lionel-richie-and-luke-bryan-playfully-ratted-on-carrie-underwood-the-country-superstar-who-was-caught-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=16390","title":{"rendered":"Things took an unexpected and hilarious turn on American Idol when judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan playfully \u201cratted on\u201d Carrie Underwood. The country superstar, who was caught off guard, couldn\u2019t help but laugh as the two judges spilled the details in front of the audience. Their antics left everyone in stitches, turning what was supposed to be a routine moment into one of the funniest exchanges of the season."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\">Watch \u2018American Idol\u2019 Judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan \u201cRat On\u201d Carrie Underwood<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>With the season 23 premiere of\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0just two days away, viewers won\u2019t see Katy Perry on their screens for the first time in seven seasons. However, they can certainly\u00a0plan on waterworks\u00a0from Carrie Underwood. The \u201cBlown Away\u201d songstress is joining Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie on the judging panel, bringing her career full circle. As Underwood, now 41, arguably owes much of her success to\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>, this job understandably feels personal for the season 4 champion. And while Bryan and Richie will certainly provide support, they couldn\u2019t resist jokingly calling out their newest colleague during a recent interview.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-19\">\n<h2 id=\"video-header\" class=\"g1-delta g1-delta-2nd g1-collection-title\">Videos<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"h-carrie-underwood-takes-people-s-hopes-and-dreams-seriously\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carrie Underwood Takes \u201cPeople\u2019s Hopes and Dreams\u201d Seriously<\/h3>\n<p>Ahead of Sunday\u2019s (March 9) season 23 premiere of\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>, judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood\u00a0stopped by\u00a0<em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u00a0<\/em>to discuss the ABC show\u2019s latest iteration.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the conversation quickly turned to Underwood\u2019s debut. \u201cI will now rat on her,\u201d said Richie, 75. \u201cWhat was the hardest moment for this beautiful lady?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DG58Mx5JpCY\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaglobal.com&amp;rp=%2Fmaiplinh%2Fthings-took-an-unexpected-and-hilarious-turn-on-american-idol-when-judges-lionel-richie-and-luke-bryan-playfully-ratted-on-carrie-underwood-the-country-superstar-who-was-caught-off-guard-cou#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1752.6999998092651%2C%22ls%22%3A1318.5%2C%22le%22%3A1746.6999998092651%7D\" height=\"987\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThe first contestant? \u2018Yes. Go through.\u2019 Second contestant. \u2018Yes. Go through.\u2019 Third contestant\u2026Ohhh. And Luke and I would laugh and were like, we go, \u2018Well, she\u2019s got to say no.\u2019 She said, \u2018Well, she\u2019s so cute. She\u2019s so adorable.\u2019 The answer is no, got it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Underwood admitted that she cared a lot. \u201cAnd it\u2019s people\u2019s hopes and dreams,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to evaluate. Is there more in there? Do I think there is more in there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryan, 48, cut in. \u201cThere was not any more in that one particular,\u201d said the \u201cLove You, Miss You, Mean It\u201d crooner. \u201cIt was firm. It was no.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-carrie-comes-home-on-american-idol\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carrie Comes Home on \u2018American Idol\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><em>American Idol\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0newest judge takes the hopes and dreams of contestants very seriously, as they were once her own hopes and dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood was just 21 years old when her mom drove her from their small Oklahoma town to her\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0audition in St. Louis. Impressing judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson with her rendition of Bonnie Raitt\u2019s \u201cI Can\u2019t Make You Love Me,\u201d she would end up winning the entire season over country-rocker Bo Bice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what they\u2019re going through, and I know what it\u2019s like to be standing up there thinking, like, \u2018What song am I supposed to be singing? I don\u2019t know,\u2019\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0the eight-time Grammy winner. \u201cAnd having judges say, \u2018That just wasn\u2019t the right song for you.\u2019 And you\u2019re like, \u2018I don\u2019t know what that means!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch \u2018American Idol\u2019 Judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan \u201cRat On\u201d Carrie Underwood With the season 23 premiere of\u00a0American Idol\u00a0just two days away, viewers won\u2019t see Katy Perry&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Things took an unexpected and hilarious turn on American Idol when judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan playfully \u201cratted on\u201d Carrie Underwood. 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