Snoozy Carrie Underwood Is a Bad Choice for ‘American Idol’ Judge

A hot new American Idol judge has entered the villa.

After Katy Perry announced her exit from the ABC singing competition show in February, that sacred center seat was left vacant. Perry brought the show a certain debauchery; she may not have been the most mentorly figure, but she was damn funny. Now, producers have abandoned that humorous instinct for a nostalgia play: The new judge is Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol season four.

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