Carrie Underwood remains one of the most iconic winners in American Idol history. It certainly helps that her music is worth listening to. She doesn't merely exist in the world of singing competitions like plenty of other contestants before and after her. The competition made her a superstar, one of biggest female artists of all time in country music.
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However, this doesn't completely exempt Underwood from criticism, especially not from a stern judge like Simon Cowell. To this day, Carrie still thinks about what he said back in 2005. Recently, she posted on Instagram, reflecting on the 20 years since she was on American Idol. Particularly, she recalls singing "Bless The Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts. In the clip, Simon praises Underwood's take on the record but did find it to be "robotic." Clearly, this didn't affect her too bad, especially since she still won American Idol in the end. Still, she responds pretty firmly to Cowell's critique in three simple words: "He wasn't wrong."
Carrie Underwood Admits Simon Cowell Was Right in His Criticism of Her American Idol Performance
"I will say he wasn't wrong. I feel like in these moments — I mean, it was top five — I don't know if it's the time to go out on a limb and do anything crazy," Underwood adds. 'So like, picking something that you're comfortable with, but then trying to work with the staging. 'But then also — I consider myself a vocalist, like I want to sing things well. And if I ever try to think too much about what I'm doing on stage, I feel like my vocals suffer. So [Simon] was not wrong."
That's pretty big of Carrie to admit. It's incredibly easy for her to get caught up in her own pride, especially with all of her success. However, she's likely one of those people that can always be their own worst critic. Additionally, it probably helps that Underwood knows what it's like to be in Simon's position now. Evidently, these experiences will make her a better judge in the long run.
