Being that Underwood, 28, kicked off her career on American Idol – the hit singing show where Tyler currently moonlights as a judge – it’s only fitting that the CMT series Crossroads, which pairs country singers with artists of other genres for a singalong and story-sharing session, has picked the duo to team up for an episode schedule to air live (11pm EST) from Indianapolis on Feb. 4, the day before Super Bowl XLVI.

According to CMT’s website, Tyler and Underwood will “take on one another’s fan-favorite hits during their high energy, not-to-be missed performance.”

During rehearsals in Indianapolis, Underwood said of the upcoming show:

“I’m excited about our opening. I don’t want to give away too much.”

“And I’m excited about a marriage of two songs that we put together, which is phenomenal,” Tyler added.

Besides the Tyler-Underwood edition, past Crossroads episodes have featured collaborations by stars including: John Mayer and Keith Urban; Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire; Def Leppard and Taylor Swift; and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

Tyler sits on the Idol judges’ panel alongside Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson; Underwood, who won the fourth season of the Fox franchise, is nominated for female vocalist of the year for the Academy of Country Music Awards, slated to air April 1 on CBS.

Do you plan on tuning in to see Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler’s live Crossroads performance together?

via Hollywood Reporter

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It’s been over six years since she’s been on the show, but the fan base Carrie Underwood started to build on her American Idol season-4-winning run is still paying off.

Underwood earned an estimated $20 million between May 2010 and May 2011, according to a ranking published by Forbes on Thursday, landing the 28-year-old country star at the top of Forbes list of “The Top-Earning American Idols.”

Carrie easily beat Chris Daughtry (No 2 on the list) and Adam Lambert (No 3) – two contestants who didn’t even win “Idol” – who pulled in $6 million each.

Others rounding out the list include season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino with $4 million; one of the show’s youngest winners, Jordin Sparks, with $3 million; and Kelly Clarkson with $2.5 million.

According to Forbes, the earnings were calculated by taking “estimated pretax income earned from May 2010 to May 2011, before subtracting agent and manager fees.”

Watch Underwood team up with Vince Gill to perform a soul-wrenching, tear-jerking rendition of “How Great Thou Art.”

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Singer Carrie Underwood is engaged to hockey player Mike Fisher, a rep for the singer has confirmed.

Fisher, 29, plays for the Ottawa Senators, and a rep for Underwood, 26,  confirmed the engagement to press:

“I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be happier,” her rep confirmed. “No wedding date has been set at this time.”

News of the engagement broke on Twitter, when a friend of Underwood’s congratulated the pair on their impending nuptials. Underwood and Fisher have been dating for about a year, and while they’ve been quiet about the relationship, Underwood did give her fiance a shout out on the liner notes of her last album:

“Thank you #12,” she wrote, referring to Fisher’s jersey number. “You are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and have had such an amazing hand in the building of this album and in the growth of me as a person. I love you so much! You make my life better in every way! I thank God for you every day… xoxo, Carrie.”

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Carrie Underwood’s dress is, unsurprisingly, the most hotly discussed highlight of last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

The dress, a long, strapless, burgundy-red shimmery affair, billowed like a deflating hot-air balloon as she floated walked across the stage. While I can understand the effect she was trying to achieve by wearing the dress, it’s obvious they crossed the line. Throughout Carrie Underwood’s entire (flawless) performance of “I Told You So,” the dress was so distracting that it actually took away from the enjoyment of listening to the song.

Even ACM host, Reba McEntire, quipped “I was going to wear that exact same dress!” after the performance.

Video of Carrie Underwood’s Dress Performing at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

In related news, Carrie Underwood won the award of Top Female Vocalist, and is only the 7th woman to ever to win the ACM award of Entertainer of the Year.

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The Dark Knight was the big winner at this year’s People’s Choice Awards, winning five gongs including favorite movie and on-screen pairing for stars Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.

Carrie Underwood took three People’s Choice Awards for favorite female singer, country song “Last Name,” and star under 35 years-old.

Adam Sandler was named funniest male star, Reese Witherspoon favorite female movie star, and Kate Hudson top leading lady.

Other winners included Dancing With the Stars as favorite reality show, House as favorite TV drama, Brad Pitt as favorite leading man, Angelina Jolie as favorite female action star and Ellen DeGeneres as favorite talk show host.

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I thought that country music was all about hope and happiness, but Carrie Underwood’s CMA dress isn’t really driving the message home: I’m thinking more about the corpse bride than anything else. The co-host of last night’s Country Music Awards got her third award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and that means she’ll be looking at pictures of herself in this for years to come (see right). Did she not anticipate this? I would’ve at least shown a little leg.

To quote a Taylor Swift fan, “Taylor [Swift] is like the new queen of all things country.” She was definitely easier on the eyes last night at the CMAs, and while Underwood’s standing ovation for “Just a Dream” won’t repair the damage, it’s a start.

Try averting your eyes while playing the vid below.

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We’re all hanging into the results rolling in from today (yay! and eek!), so I thought that you might be interested in one such celeb who did not publicly back a candidate today: Carrie Underwood. In fact, she told TV Guide that she loses respect for celebs who chose to support a candidate and tell people about it. I can definitely understand that in the case of ridiculously OTT Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt:

“I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate. It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions. I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to.”

Meanwhile, 16-year-old Disney “star” Selena Gomez was a font of wisdom when she told E! Online that “A lot of people do look up to certain celebrities and will follow in their footsteps. I think you just have to be aware of what you’re saying.” Of course, she quickly said that “I’m not really sure who I would pick to run our country,” which makes me really glad that she’s not two year older.

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In this supposed fight between Carrie Underwood and Jessica Simpson, I’m going to have to side with Jessica. While the whole “Tony-Romo-is-my-future-baby’s-daddy” is verging on super-gross, it doesn’t mean that a jealous ex should be called you FAT. OK! reports that Carrie Underwood might be paying extra attention to her rival Jessica:

“She finds Jessica’s love of putting her life on display pretty desperate. She laughed at the People cover, because it’s the same one Jess did about John Mayer — same smile, same look, except she’s a little fatter.”

Even though a source close to Carrie said this, so we have no way of knowing if it’s true, I’ve got my eyebrows raised. Jessica’s music sucks enough with the move to country; do we really need to be critiquing the bod as well? She’s nesting!

I didn’t expect to side with Jessica, trust me, but no girl deserves this b*tchiness (if it’s true).

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