How Katy Perry feels about Carrie Underwood participating in ‘American Idol’ (exclusive)

Katy Perry leaves American Idol In good hands.

After the “Dark Horse” singer announced that season 22 of the Singing Competition Show would be her last in February 2024, fans wondered who would replace her at the referee’s table. Then, in August, Carrie Underwood announced her return to the show – but this time as a judge.

“She was born on that show. I think she knows how to control it,” Perry – who recently announced his lifetime tour – tells People about “Before He Cheats” singer.

The “hot n cold” artist, 40, adds, “she actually really knows … how it feels to be in their shoes. We could only metaphorically feel it as judges.”

Underwood won the fourth season of the Singing Competition Show in 2005. Now, 20 years later, she sits at the judging table with Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.

“As artists we have been in some sort of their shoes, but she has lived every single day,” says “Fireworks” singer. “So I think she wants a lot to offer someone who’s willing to listen.”

Perry announced his decision to leave the show during a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live In February 2024. At that time, she explained that it was her time to go ahead and tease new music on the way.

“I think it will probably be my last show, my last season for Idol. I mean i love Idol So much. It has connected me with the heart of America, but I feel I have to go out and feel the heart rate of my own beat, you what i say jimmy? ”

“I love the show so much, but I want to go and see the world and maybe bring new music,” Perry added.

Shortly after her message appeared “Hello” singer, 75, also the Jimmy Kimmel Live And shared that he was not “crazy” over Perry’s decision.

“The reason I love to get on the show with you, and the reason I am doing American Idol Am because I have 400 years of stories and a life in the music industry. I have things that I have done. And then when Katy says, ‘I want to go and create some stories,’ remember, she’s young. But the point is that you have to take some time and actually be an artist, “he said, adding that it” makes sense. ”

Meanwhile in a April 2024 interview on the radio program Taste of Country NightsBryan, 48, admitted that he “had heard whispers that she was thinking about it – it wasn’t like a huge shock.”

“It’s been a good race with Katy and she and I have developed a great friendship and to work with her,” he said.

He also noted that he and the “Teenage Dream” singer plan to keep in touch after Idol is over. “She knows that whatever her next endeavor is that she can pick up the phone and call me and check in and say Hey,” Bryan said, adding that she can even come to him for “Fishing advice.”