{"id":21981,"date":"2026-04-28T06:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=21981"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:42:06","slug":"carrie-underwood-gives-sharp-reaction-to-brooks-rossers-love-story-performance-before-american-idol-top-5-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=21981","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood Gives Sharp Reaction to Brooks Rosser\u2019s \u201cLove Story\u201d Performance Before American Idol Top 5 Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks Rosser brought his real-life romance full circle on Taylor Swift Night with a fitting performance of \u201cLove Story,\u201d but instead of a fully glowing review, he was met with one of Carrie Underwood\u2019s toughest critiques of the night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65725 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS-YouTube-AmericanIdol2026Season24Top7LIVE-2509-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>During the April 27 live episode of American Idol, the Top 7 contestants took on songs from Taylor Swift\u2019s catalog while also celebrating California\u2019s biggest artists. Rosser chose to honor Swift\u2019s Fearless era with \u201cLove Story,\u201d a song that felt especially personal after he had just gone public with his romance with former contestant Rae Boyd the week before.<\/p>\n<p>The romantic song choice made perfect sense for Brooks, whose relationship with Rae became one of the biggest Disney Night moments after she surprised him on stage and declared, \u201cThe princess is here to claim her prince.\u201d Since then, fans have been even more invested in both his love story and his Idol journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brooks Rosser | Love Story | Top 7 Perform | American Idol 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mWbkWimFxUI?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>But on Monday night, the focus shifted back to the competition\u2014and the judges had notes.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Bryan praised Brooks\u2019 interpretation of the song, saying, \u201cI just love hearing your interpretation of that,\u201d but he also pushed him to bring more stage energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust force yourself to always give more energy,\u201d Bryan advised. \u201cYou took that energy up there at the end, but I just wanted a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carrie-Underwoods-Harsh-Comment-Leaves-Brooks-Rosser-Speechless-After-Singing-Taylor-Swifts-Love-Story-on-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Richie echoed that feedback, saying he enjoyed watching Brooks have fun on stage and praising his distinctive tone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour voice is so unique. The storyteller part of that voice you have is so fitting for the song you just did,\u201d Richie said, before encouraging him to add more attitude to his performances.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Carrie Underwood\u2019s moment\u2014and the mood noticeably shifted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-idol-brooks-rosser-top-7-1014x506.jpg\" alt=\"Brooks Rosser\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While she made sure to remind him that everyone \u201cloves\u201d him, her delivery came with visible disappointment as she pointed out the issue she felt was holding him back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust breathe,\u201d Underwood told him. \u201cI know it will just come with time, but just breathe and sink into it and let it come out of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment landed as one of the harsher critiques Brooks has received this season, especially given how warmly he\u2019s often been praised for his unique tone and emotional delivery. Standing on stage before America\u2019s votes would decide the Top 5, Brooks appeared visibly stunned by the feedback, listening quietly as the judges broke down what they felt was missing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mjsbigblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/181725_EM104355-scaled-e1777303867507-1280x855.jpg\" alt=\"American Idol 2026 Top 7 Contestant Rankings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a sharp contrast to earlier weeks when guest mentor Keke Palmer called his voice \u201cone of the most magical voices\u201d she had ever heard and described it as \u201ccinematic\u201d and \u201csoundtrack-worthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the judges made it clear that their criticism came from belief in his potential, not doubt. Carrie herself has previously reminded viewers that Brooks had never truly performed like this before Idol, calling this only \u201cday one\u201d of what could become a major career.<\/p>\n<p>Still, with the Top 5 reveal hanging over the night, the tension was impossible to ignore\u2014and Brooks\u2019 shocked expression said it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks Rosser brought his real-life romance full circle on Taylor Swift Night with a fitting performance of \u201cLove Story,\u201d but instead of a fully glowing review, he&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21983,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21981\/revisions\/21983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}