Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10 1983 in Checotah, Oklahoma) is an American country singer who has risen to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol.

List of Underwood's performances on American Idol

Auditions and pre-performance rounds

• St. Louis Auditions - "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Original Artist: Bonnie Raitt)
• Hollywood 1 - "Young Hearts (Run Free)" (O.A.: Candi Staton)"
• Hollywood 2 - "Independence Day" (O.A.: Martina McBride)

Live performances

• Semi-Final Performance 1 (Women Top 12) - "Could've Been" (O.A.: Tiffany)
• Semi-Final Performance 2 (Women Top 10) - "Piece Of My Heart" (O.A.: Faith Hill's version of Janis Joplin's classic)
• Semi-Final Performance 3 (Women Top 8) - "Because You Love Me" (O.A.: Jo Dee Messina)
• Finals Top 12 Performance (Songs of the 60's) - "When Will I Be Loved" (O.A.: The Everly Brothers)
• Finals Top 11 Performance (Billboard #1's) - "Alone" (O.A.: Heart)
• Finals Top 10 Performance (Songs of the 90's) - "Independence Day" (O.A.: Martina McBride)
• Finals Top 9 Performance (Broadway Musicals) - "Hello Young Lovers" (O.A.: Johnny Mathis)
• Finals Top 8 Performance (Songs from Contestants' Birthyear) - "Love is a Battlefield" (O.A.: Pat Benatar)
• Finals Top 7 Performance (70's Dance Music) - "MacArthur Park" (O.A.: Donna Summer's version of Richard Harris' hit)
• Finals Top 6 Performance (Songs of the 21st Century) - "When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues" (O.A.: Martina McBride)
• Finals Top 5 Performance 1 (Leiber and Stoller Songs) - "Trouble" (O.A.: Elvis Presley)
• Finals Top 5 Performance 2 (Billboard top 40) - "God Bless The Broken Road" (O.A.: Rascal Flatts' version of Marcus Hummon's "Bless the Broken Road")
• Finals Top 4 Performance 1 (Nashville Songs) - "Sin Wagon" (O.A.: The Dixie Chicks)
• Finals Top 4 Performance 2 (Gamble and Huff Songs) - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (O.A.: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
• Finals Top 3 Performance 1 (Clive Davis' choice) - "Crying" (O.A.: Roy Orbison)
• Finals Top 3 Performance 2 (Performer's choice) - "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (O.A.: Air Supply)
• Finals Top 3 Performance 3 (Judges' choice) - "Man, I Feel Like a Woman!" (O.A.: Shania Twain)
• Finals Top 2 Performance 1 (new song written for AI) - "Inside Your Heaven"
• Finals Top 2 Performance 2 (favorite from season) - "Independence Day" (O.A.: Martina McBride)
• Finals Top 2 Performance 3 (song originally written for Australian Idol) - "Angels Brought Me Here" (O.A.: Guy Sebastian)
• Final Results Show (duet with Bo Bice) - "Up Where We Belong" (O.A.: Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker)
• Final Results Show (performance with Rascal Flatts) - "God Bless The Broken Road"
• Final Results Show (post-win performance of first single) - "Inside Your Heaven"