To american idol season 23, Carrie Underwood will take Katy Perry's place on the judging panel alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, but The reality singing competition show should have replaced all of the judges next season because Carrie symbolizes a new era for the show. Katy, Luke and Lionel were the originals american idol judges when ABC revived the show in 2018 after FOX canceled it in 2016. They worked side by side to find music's next stars for seven years until Katy decided to leave the show to focus more on her own career musical.
Now, american idol season 23 will welcome Carrie to the show as a judge. She won american idol Season 4 in 2005, and has since become a country music superstar and one of the show's most successful alumni. She has sold 85 million records worldwide and released 28 number one hits, among her many other notable achievements. Here's why Carrie should have started her transition from american idol winner will judge with an all-new panel of judges at her side.
Carrie Underwood should have been the head judge
Carrie is an American Idol winner
Because Carrie is new to american idol panel of judges, there will always be a feeling that she has to pay her debts. Luke and Lionel have seven seasons of trial, which can make Carrie feel like she needs to take a backseat to them. However, as a american idol winner, Carrie has experience that Luke and Lionel will never have: she knows exactly what it's like to be a contestant on the show and how to win. If a new panel of judges had been introduced to american idol In Season 23, Carrie could have been the head judge because of her history with the show, but now she's the new kid on the block.
Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie have run their course
Luke and Lionel sometimes seem to be acting in agreement
Although Luke and Lionel clearly love the american idol competitors and their roles as mentors to them, they sometimes appear to be fulfilling their judging role. They are known for openly praising contestants and not criticizing them for being aggressive or performing lacklusterly. It would have been refreshing to see three completely new faces at the judging table for american idol season 23. After 22 seasons, would have breathed new life into the show and made it exciting again. At least Carrie will be there to change things in season 23.
There are now two judges from the country music genre
Carrie and Luke are country music stars
Over the years, american idol fans have complained about the dominance of country music on the show, which has now even spread to the judges' table. Carrie and Luke are country music stars, which means there could be an even greater emphasis on advancing the genre. Lionel is an R&B and soul legend, but Katy was a pop star and now we lack an expert in this important genre. Although Carrie has been considered a country pop artist by some, she is not a pop star in the truest sense of the word. Choosing an entirely new judging panel would have created more balance on the judging panel to american idol season 23.
It will be exciting to see Carrie take her place in american idol judge's table for season 23, but perhaps it would be better for her to have two new judges on her side. She could have taken on the role of head judge as american idol winner, the show would have been fresh and exciting again, and country music wouldn't have been the dominant genre on the panel. Despite that, with Carrie as judge american idol Season 23 will be the best season yet.
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