After her success in winning 3 Billboard Music Awards that also included the title of Country Single Sales Artist of the Year, Carrie Marie Underwood, scheduled to demonstrate her extraordinary voice at the 2005 Pete Newell Challenge held in Oakland on December 21, has really soared to be a brilliant emerging star in the music scene. This charming singer has solemnly prepared herself to deliver another outstanding performance in readiness for the airing of her captured musical journey through the CMT specials, “In the Moment: Carrie Underwood” on December 16, while also bringing joy to TNT’s annual presentation of “Christmas in Washington” on December 14 along with Ciara, Rascal Flatts, and The Click Five.
Raised at a family cattle farm in Checotah, Oklahoma from the day she was born on March 10, 1983, Carrie showed her deep love for music at such a young age, even singing with the local church by the time she was 3 years old. Since then, music has become an inseparable part of her life since she has continued to perform songs on every event, be it county fair, school function and musical production, talent competition, or car show. However, the idea of pursuing a singing career apparently had not yet been the primary goal of her life since graduation from Checotah High School, as she opted instead to concentrate on her studies, entering Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Spending her undergraduate years studying mainstream media, Carrie was on the verge of reaching her bachelor’s degree when she learned about the popular talent search of “American Idol.highly ” She then went to St. Louis, Missouri, the closest place to attend the show’s rehearsal, motivated by her mother and friend, thus managing to impress the Idol judge who eventually sent her to Hollywood for the audition of the show. On May 11, 2005, she worked seamlessly to be included in the top three, then two weeks later she was gloriously voted the fourth queen of “American Idol” knocking out her last opponent, southern rocker Bo Bice, regularly showing spectacular performances in her distinctive country-infused style.
