The American Idol contestant also claims she got rejected due to her association with another singer, Taylor Swift. Her recent video calling out Idol and Carrie for the rejection

American Idol has the power of their season 4 winner at the judge's table, and I think that should be pushing them to lean into the nostalgia-factor.

As “American Idol” prepared to name the contestant who would round out this season’s top 24, Carrie Underwood got emotional. But the “Idol” judge’s emotions had more to do with the performance she had just heard than it did the pressure of the situation.