Underwood won Season 4 of the singing competition show in 2005, and recently returned for Season 23 as a judge.

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.

American Idol doesn't feel the same since Carrie Underwood took Katy Perry's seat at the judging table. Has the singing competition show lost its way?