An insider alleged that the 'American Idol' Season 23 crew was told not to discuss Carrie Underwood's inauguration performance.

Carrie Underwood's debut as a judge on American Idol has drawn in more viewers than Katy Perry's final season premiere, by over one million. Underwood, who won Season 4 of the singing competition in 2005,

Katy Perry, who was a judge on our show, sang at the last inauguration as well, so isn’t that great that two American Idol judges sang at the last two inaugurations. Megan Michaels Wolflick also pointed out that Carrie Underwood “handled very well” the technical difficulties her inauguration performance faced.