Carrie Underwood‘s American Idol journey has come full circle. Fans first met Underwood when she auditioned for season 4 of the singing competition. Following her 2005 victory, Underwood went on to become one of the biggest names in the country music world,

Carrie Underwood is getting candid about American Idol. Amid her first season judging the show she won two decades ago, the country singer took to X to bemoan the hardest part about her new role. “Saying ‘no’ is the worsty worst worstest,” she wrote while live tweeting the show’s most recent episode.

American Idol” contestant Samantha Ray paid tribute to her late sister with an audition that brought judge Carrie Underwood to tears during Sunday’s new episode.