Carrie Underwood is a choose on American Idol now, and she or he not too long ago joined a contestant singing Korn and Drowning Pool classics throughout his audition.

The nation vocalist grew to become a celebrity after successful the fourth season of American Idol again in 2005. 9 albums later, her profession has come full-circle and she or he is now a choose on the competitors present.

The brand new season kicked off two nights in the past (March 9), and in the course of the episode, a long-haired metalhead contestant named Insite coated Korn’s “Freak on a Leash.” He complemented his efficiency with some headbanging, and even pranced round like Jonathan Davis slightly bit and scatted in the course of the bridge.

Underwood lip-synced and nodded her head round in the course of the audition, displaying off her adoration for the tune. Co-host Lionel Richie seen how into the efficiency she acquired, and urged the 2 do a duet collectively.

“She knew each phrase! Who’re you?” Richie requested her.

Richie admitted he loved the audition, however joked that he wasn’t certain how they might match the Insite into “Disney night time.”

Nation singer Luke Bryan, who’s one other choose on the present, added that he appreciated the contestant’s model however wasn’t solely certain about him. Thus, Underwood urged he sing one thing a bit “softer.”

“My different tune was ‘Our bodies’ by Drowning Pool,” Insite responded, and Underwood stood up from the judges’ desk and went onto the ground with him.

“We’re beginning to study Carrie’s alter egos,” Bryan stated.

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Underwood sang a few of the tune’s background vocals, with out stealing Insite’s thunder in fact. It isn’t typically that you simply hear screaming throughout a mainstream singing competitors present, so this contestant positively added slightly spice to the start of the season.

Richie performed the air guitar and Bryan headbanged alongside in the course of the second tune, so it appeared they had been a bit extra excited by “Our bodies” than “Freak on a Leash.”

“That was highschool for me,” Underwood remarked on the finish of the efficiency.

“We’re studying about our choose!” Richie asserted.

All three judges gave Insite the inexperienced gentle to maneuver onto the subsequent spherical, so we’ll have to attend and see which tracks he chooses to sing all through the rest of his time on the present.

See the complete video of each performances beneath.