American Idol” contestant Samantha Ray paid tribute to her late sister with an audition that brought judge Carrie Underwood to tears during Sunday’s new episode.

Carrie Underwood sent an American Idol contestant to the next round after they crushed their audition singing 'Sunday Night Football'

Carrie Underwood was taken aback by an American Idol contestant - not for the first time this series - and found herself singing along to her own anthem, "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night." The 2005 American Idol winner is now a judge on the hit show and was treated to a rendition of her famous song,