Samantha Ray won her 'Idol' Golden Ticket with her audition of Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance,' a tribute to her late sister.

Perhaps Carrie Underwood should forego the mascara while serving as a judge on American Idol. The new judge found has found herself reaching for the tissue box a time or two already this season and was once again moved during a contestant’s audition,

Country music icon Carrie Underwood has returned to the show that started her career, American Idol, twenty years after she won Season 4—this time as a judge.