From contestants who nearly botched their auditions, to folks who floored the judges, these tryouts from past "Idol" winners ...

In the recording, Carrie looked back at her time on American Idol more than 20 years ago when she sang in front of then-judges Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, and Simon Cowell. While Carrie reflected ...

Freddie McClendon, an "American Idol" contestant, remembered his late father with a touching song during his audition on the ...

The country singer looks back at her song choice and the judges' reactions from her 2004 audition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Before she won the fourth season of American ... judges' table on the upcoming 23rd season of the talent competition, looked back at the time she sang for the panel of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul ...

Davis McClendon, father of contestant Freddie McClendon, was killed by a Ford F-250 pickup truck driven by the estranged ...

Before her American Idol audition ... nerves and appearance as she stood before the show’s original judges, Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. Before Underwood even finished the chorus ...

As Carrie Underwood‘s career is about to come full-circle, the onetime American Idol hopeful is looking ... Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul, who unanimously push her through to Hollywood.