When American Idol returns to the 2025 TV schedule, a new and yet familiar face will be amongst the judges. Carrie Underwood will make her debut on the panel on Season 23 — 20 years after standing on that stage as the winner of Season 4.
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Carrie Underwood is in the hot seat ... Underwood tells EW during a much-needed pizza lunch break with the judges and host Ryan Seacrest. "You think you can talk a lot of smack at home and it's so easy to sit up here in this chair, and it's not.