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Luke Bryan & Lionel Richie Call New ‘American Idol’ Panelist Carrie Underwood a Human ‘Jukebox’: ‘She Knows Every Song’

Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie & Carrie Underwood talked about their chemistry on season 23 of 'American Idol' on 'The Tonight Show' on Wednesday (March 5).

Though Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan just kicked off their eighth season behind the iconic American Idol judge’s desk, they told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night (March 5) that newcomer Carrie Underwood is already shaking things up just one week into her tenure. As for whether contestants still try to “butter up” the panel by covering their songs, Underwood said they’ve all had it happen so far, for good or ill. “They think it’s to compliment us, but some days we’re just praying, ‘Please God, just let them be able to sing it.’ And sometimes they nail it and sometimes it goes south real fast,” Richie admitted. The next one was trickier, with Fallon incorrectly guessing the Commodores’ “Brick House,” as the band’s former singer Richie snagged the obvious answer: the Jackson 5’s “ABC,” which set him and Bryan off on their own touchdown dance routine.

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