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Carrie Underwood Says Returning to ‘American Idol’ As Judge ‘Feels Like Home’

Carrie Underwood told GMA on Friday (August 2) that returning to 'American Idol' after 20 years as a judge 'feels like home.'

One day after it was revealed that Carrie Underwood would be returning to American Idol as the replacement for departed judge Katy Perry, the country singer told Good Morning America that going back to the show that lifted her to global stardom 20 years ago “feels like home.” Dressed in jean short-shorts and matching knee-high, steel-toed cowboy boots and a sequined jacket, Underwood said that feeling is especially apt since there are a lot of people who still work on the show who were there when she won season four of Idol in 2005. “I feel like being on both sides of the coin I’ll be able to hopefully offer some insight and help,” she said of the unique set of skills she can bring to her new gig alongside fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.

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