AUGUST 2005 NEWS
August 24, 2005
Photoshoot HQ'S
I know that you guys have been waiting for these for a while! Below are the HQ'S of the photoshoot Carrie recently done. Allow loading time! You can click below to enter the gallery or enter BY CLICKING HERE
August 22, 2005
Exclusive Rare Carrie Photo
Below are two new photos that you will ONLY see exclusive to Carriefans.com and to CUO ! It appears to be Carrie at some sort of halloween party or something of that nature. Click to enlarge!
 
August 21, 2005
CMT Insider Video (Source: CUO)
I captured CMT Insider last night, they featured Carrie's trip to Oklahoma (Honor Day) and interviewed Carrie. I have provided two types of file downloads on the download page so go pick that video up! Click below!
CMT Insider | Type: WMV or MPG | Size: 20mb or 10 mb
'Idol' winner, runner-up sticking with what's familiar (Source: IndyStar)
By Sandra Barrera Los Angeles Daily News
Give them fame and cushy record contracts, but don't expect "American Idol" Carrie Underwood and runner-up Bo Bice to start singing a different tune.
It ain't going to happen.
"I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer," said Underwood, who is signed to 19 Recordings/Arista Records.
"I thought about deviating from that and singing other things, but then I thought, 'Well, if I don't win . . . this is what I want to do after the show, so it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.' "
Neither Underwood nor Bice has had much luck with their version of the song "Inside Your Heaven."
Despite a No. 1 debut for Underwood, her single has slipped down the charts.
Bice's version hasn't even made a dent. But the 29-year-old RCA artist said he's OK with it.
"If I fade away and nobody ever thinks about me again, that's cool," he said. "I've been doing this for my entire life, and I'm not going to stop just because people quit buying my albums. I'll just keep putting my albums out and go back to selling them out of the trunk of my car."
August 18, 2005
New Carrie Photos (exclusive)
Thanks to Miranda (oklahoma native84 from carriefans.com) - we have new pictures from the press conference on Carrie Honor Day (August 10th) and from the concert as well. Never before seen! A carriefans.com / cuo / miranda exclusive!
        
        
        
        
 
August 17, 2005
Rare Carrie Video (Credit: Vinman)
Want to see Carrie performing at a festival years before American Idol? We have some candid video !!
Fort Smith Festival-Carrie performs cover songs | Type WMV | Size: 3.68
New Magazine Scan
Simon Cowell was interviewed in the August 22 edition of OK! Magazine and he talks about Carrie. Attached to the interview is a picture of them together. I've scanned it for you. Click on pic to enlarge!
August 14th ,2005
Exclusive New Photos
Thanks to Marlena who has allowed cuo to have these exclusive never before seen photos! She took them last night at the Grand Prairie, TX NOKIA Live at Grand Prairie concert (August 13th, 2005). The first picture is of Carrie, her sister Stephanie, and her neice Sarah! The second picture is Marlena's autographs she got from the idols. :-) The rest are of the concert and of carrie backstage. :)
       
Tour Book Scans
Well, I FINALLY got the tour book scanned. Sorry it took me so long! I've had the book for quite some time but due to other dramas I didn't get it scanned untill today. The scans are HQ, so as always, allow time for them to load when you click on them.
        
        
Norman, OK Concert Photos
Photos Credit: Stacy from http://www.magic104.com and Ryan from http://www.carrie-forever.com
Below are some great photos from the August 10th, Norman OK concert! Specific use granted to this site for the use of these photos so please don't post anywhere without the picture holders permission! (These pics are HQ so please allow time for them the load once you click on them.)
       
        
        
 
Idols Live (Source: San Franciso Chronicle)
Jimmy Draper (Carrie's responses are in the dark brown font color)
"My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer, and I was like, 'You know you've made it when ...' " Carrie Underwood, the reigning champ of "American Idol," says with a laugh.
Speaking by phone from Reading, Pa., where she's headlining a stop on this summer's "American Idols Live" tour -- which brings the show's top 10 finalists to San Jose's HP Pavilion on Saturday -- the 22-year-old Oklahoma native sounds surprisingly well-adjusted for a small-town gal who recently saw her personal life splashed across the front page of the country's biggest tabloid. She practically sounds tickled by the development.
"At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying," Underwood says of the article, which alleged she kicked her hometown sweetheart to the curb while entangled in a torrid love triangle with two other "Idol" contestants. "A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.
"But now I find it quite funny that I've heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I've even heard that I'm pregnant! I was like, 'Are you serious?' I've become real good about laughing things off -- I figure I'd better get used to it."
The country singer is adapting to more than just outlandish gossip, however. Since defeating huggable hippie rocker Bo Bice on the May 25 season four finale, Underwood, who grew up on her family's farm, has been livin' la vida VIP. These days she travels by private jet; has signed endorsement deals with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Hershey and Skechers shoes; has a No. 1 hit, "Inside Your Heaven"; and is working with top industry talent for her debut album, due in November.
"Everything's completely different and it's been hard," says Underwood, who sounds as sweet and endearingly bewildered in conversation as she did on the show. "Fortunately, I have a lot of wonderful people around me, and I think I'm handling things pretty well."
Underwood's sudden success caps one of "American Idol's" most popular seasons, which drew roughly 27 million viewers each night to become one of the year's top-rated TV programs. Open auditions for "Idol" season five, which will air in 2006, begin this week -- first stop is Thursday at the Cow Palace in Daly City (see box on Page 18).
Oddball behavior probably shouldn't be entirely unexpected from a woman who once danced with an animated cat in a music video, of course, but nothing could've prepared viewers for her genuine loopiness this season. Throughout, she looked wild-eyed and out-of-sorts, sparred with fellow judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, performed wobbly, hands-in-the-air dances made famous by drunken sorority gals and slurred such deeply insightful criticism as, "This was your best male performance by far." Well, this was Abdul's best wacko-girl- gone-wild performance by far. Let's just hope she's doesn't leave the show, even if rumors suggest she may be replaced next season by someone as, uh, vibrant as Whitney Houston.
But if drama was half the reason to tune in, the other half -- the contestants -- helped make "American Idol" more riveting than ever. Sure, there were still plenty of missed notes and moments so bad they were actually fab (Janay Castine's "Hit 'Em Up Style," anyone?), but at least the finalists were taking risks and deviating from the sleep-inducing oldies and bland adult- contemporary ballads that often bogged down prior seasons.
Underwood brilliantly transformed songs by Heart and Roy Orbison with her soaring twang; Bice displayed impressive Lynyrd Skynyrd-esque chops; and seventh-place Anwar Robinson indulged his inner diva with gender-defying renditions of songs by Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack. Bronze finalist Vonzell Solomon made Barbra Streisand sound relevant beyond gay-male circles and Nadia Turner, who deserved far better than her eighth-place finish, brought grace, soulful depth and the courage to don a faux-hawk Afro -- not to mention a gloriously delivered song by Melissa Etheridge -- to the show.
In terms of sheer originality, however, no one trumped "Rent" vet Constantine Maroulis. The 29-year-old New Yorker's theatrical, tongue-in-cheek takes on songs by such unlikely acts as Queen, Nickelback and the Partridge Family earned him sixth place.
"I wanted to be serious about the work but not take it too seriously, if you know what I mean," says Maroulis, whose wonderfully campy stage persona inspired the show's most love-him-or-loathe-him reactions. "I wanted to take the piss out of ('American Idol') a little bit and kind of poke fun at myself for being part of such a huge show. So I went up there and tried to challenge myself and the audience."
Those challenges, by Maroulis and other contestants, made this season the show's finest.
"As far as talent goes," Underwood says, "we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful."
However, after the conclusion of the "American Idols Live" tour, the singers' futures are less than certain. Even Underwood, who's practically guaranteed to follow the platinum trajectory of previous winners like Kelly Clarkson and Fantasia Barrino, may not have much of an idea of what's ahead, considering that contractual stipulations mean she'll have little control over her own career.
"I'm not worried about that, though," assures Underwood, who seems far too polite (or eager to please) to acknowledge that she deserves material far better than the insipid "Inside Your Heaven." It's not for nothing, after all, that Clarkson and Barrino have since attempted to distance themselves from "American Idol."
"I'm just so grateful to be in the position that I'm in," Underwood says. "I'm just going with the flow right now, and I think my album will come together quite nicely because I think everybody (involved in making it) is on the same page."
Bice, however, isn't so sure. In fact, the 29-year-old Alabama rocker says he's glad he lost, if it means he'll have more say in his own artistic decisions. (Just, please, no more "Freebird.")
"I'm a songwriter and I want to have some creative control, and that's not what 'American Idol' is about -- it's a singing and pop contest, and I'm not a pop guy," says Bice, explaining that he auditioned for the show to parlay the exposure into success for his band of 10 years, Bo Bice and Sugar Money.
"But you won't ever hear me dog the show," he adds. "Yeah, I want to separate myself from it so people know that Bo is a cat who's just here to play and write music. But please, man, let's be realistic -- I'd still be trying to make a living at a bar and playing at church if it wasn't for the show."
Indeed, Bice is the rare nonwinner who's translated his "Idol" stint into wider success. His first single, "Inside Your Heaven" -- yes, he and Underwood each recorded the same song -- reached No. 1, and his debut album is being helmed by Clive Davis, the man responsible for the careers of Houston and Alicia Keyes. And while his participation on the show surely won't earn him points with credibility-obsessed rock fans, Bice, who couldn't sound more laid-back in conversation, isn't worried.
"I actually went onto the show thinking I was going to have to do a lot worse stuff than I did, so I'm not too concerned about that, man," he says. "I don't feel like I sold out or compromised myself. I would've sung any one of those songs that I sang on that show out at a bar or out at a gig."
Maroulis, on the other hand, cops to initial concerns that his participation on the show would open him up to ridicule from the rock scene. But he says the exposure paid off, landing him a role on a forthcoming TV drama, publicity for his band Pray for the Soul of Betty and a track on the recent Queen tribute, "Killer Queen," alongside Sum 41 and Joss Stone. He also plans to release a solo album in 2006.
"Listen, I just rolled the dice when I auditioned because there are few opportunities for artists anymore to go out there and do their thing, and here it is the biggest stage in the world," Maroulis says. "Now I'm just trying to keep it going, to build something out of all this and make it into a career."
Which is, of course, what every contestant hopes. But even if the track record of former runners-up indicates the odds are stacked against them when it comes to long-term success, hopefully this year's cast has proved to the next crop of "American Idol" wannabes that pushing the envelope at least makes for a much more compelling -- and wonderfully high-drama -- season.
"Throw caution to the wind and just do it," Underwood urges future contestants. "I mean, all of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams."
American Idols Live 7 p.m. Saturday at the HP Pavilion, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose. $35-$45. (408) 287-9200. www.hppsj.com .
August 12th ,2005
Exclusive Photos to CUO
Below are exclusive photos given ONLY to this site so please don't post. Thanks Aruba for taking these and giving them to me!! I (heart) U ! Enjoy guys! click on each pic for a bigger version.
   
HQ Photos of Carrie at the Oklahoma Press Conference
Below are the HQ photos of Carrie at the Oklahoma Press Conference. They are very hq so please allow time to load when you click on them.
    
August 11th ,2005
Exclusive Video of Carrie in Oklahoma (Credit: Vinman-carriefans.com)
Thanks Vinman! Cuo has special permission to post these videso so please don't post anywhere! NOTE: When you click the links below, it takes you to the download page, where you scroll down and either right click - save target as on or click on the RED download link.
Video One: (full conference video- including candid video of autograph signing)
Full Press Conference Video | Type: WMV | Size: 35 mb | Visit Download Page
Video Two:
Carrie gets honored by Govenor | Type: WMV | Size: 3 mb | Visit Download Page
Video Three:
Idol Tour in Oklahoma | Type: WMV | Size: 5 mb | Visit Download Page
Video Four:
American Idol in Oklahoma | Type: WMV | Size: 1.5 mb | Visit Download Page
I will remind you that if you went to the concert last night in Oklahoma, all video and pictures are welcome. Send them to webmaster@carrieunderwoodonline.com and I will get them posted.
Carrieunderwoodonline.com recieves letter from Carrie's Mom
Thanks James ~~..!. Ok I"ve had this for a while, but because of site drama I didn't have time to post it. Carrie's mom wrote me a letter thanking me for supporting Carrie on this site and she also sent along a nice picture. Below is the letter, picture, and evenlope which I will frame now that I have scanned it for you (lol). Click on each for a bigger version. I will cherish this letter forever. Thanks Carole! WE LOVE YA!
  
Audio Interview- Carrie confirms tattoo and upcoming projects (Audio Credit: Stacy Barton of KMGL-FM in Oklahoma City)
Thanks Stacy for allowing us to post this exclusive interview!! Stacy interview Carrie and she confirms quite a few rumors that had been going around (did she get a tattoo) and also who's shes working with. Below is a cap of the interview and and just below you can click to download the audio of the interview.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO INTERVIEW ( 5 mb)
Interview Recap from Stacy:
I got to visit with Carrie for about ten minutes before the OKC show. First off, she will be doing her FIRST recordings for her album beginning tomorrow (Thursday, 8/11). She told me that they were going to record 7-8 songs tomorrow and that they'd see how they felt/sounded. They might keep them all, keep just a few or toss them all out if they don't like them. I asked who was producing and she told me she had a couple of guys they're talking to, but that tomorrow she'd be working with MARK WRIGHT (edit: after listening back to it, it sounds like she said MARK BRITE or BRIGHT...weird).
Also, I asked about the Internet rumor concerning her tattoo and she told me that IT IS TRUE. She and her sisters all got tattoos over the Father's Day weekend in Arkansas while she was home visiting (remember, it's illegal to get a tattoo in OK). She said that it was a "sisterly, bonding thing" and that she didn't endorse them, or something like that. It's a cat's face and it's located on her lower back. She started to show it to me, but had second thoughts (gee, I wonder why???? LOL).
The lady from the Daily Oklahoman was taking notes because they wouldn't let her talk to Carrie for some reason. So, she was basically listening to our conversation and writing it all down. If the "scoop" about the tattoo hits the local newspaper, you'll know who was nosey enough to dig out the dirt! Good ol' Sooner Crooner !
We also talked about her late grandmother, her OU shirt and feelings about returning to Oklahoma where "no one talks weird."
Get Carries Look For Less
Below is the scan I made from the August 15th edition of The National Enquirer. They show where you can purchase Carries outfit for less than $100. Click on the scan to find out more information!
August 9th ,2005
Cleveland BBQ Pictures (Pictures Credited and Copyrighted to: www.scotttsavol.com
Below are some candid pictures of Carrie at some sort of Barbeque taken by an unknown person, at Scott Savol's house here recently, take on August 1st, 2005.
     
2nd Half of Skecher ad- now available
I have lots of things to scan for you The other skecher ad is featured in the August 15th, 2005 edition of People Magazine on about page 115. I scanned it for ya! Click to enlarge it. I had to work to make it preety good HQ quality, enjoy!
New Magazine Scans Update
Below are the scans of the new magazines that I done today.
Country Weekly, (August 15, 2005 edition) Pages 14, 15 and 5
 
M Magazine (August 2005 edition) Pages (entertainment guide plus 8x10 tear out poster)
 
August 8th ,2005
Teen Nick Video Download (Video Credit: Vinman- Carriefans.com)
Thanks to Vinman! You can now download the Teen Nick show on the idols!
Click here to go to the download page to download the teen nick interview (70 mb) | Type WMV
More Pictures Added
Just a note that four more fan photos have been added to the GREENSBORO, NC show picture page. You can enter the gallery by CLICKING HERE.
'Idol' worship--Carrie Underwood confronts Internet admirers and marriage proposals (Source: Chicago Tribune)
Carrie Underwood may be the latest manufactured pop music sensation, but the most recent "American Idol" winner-just named the sexiest female vegetarian in the world by an online PETA poll-didn't exactly grow up glamorous. The 22-year-old singer is the daughter of a paper mill worker and an elementary school teacher, was raised on a farm, sang in her church choir and wore braces for two years to adjust "awful" teeth.
On the phone from Washington, D.C., Underwood talked to us about country, candy and love at first Internet posting.
What has life been like since you won "American Idol"?
It's been pretty crazy. I've been in L.A. or New York or Nashville or all over the place ever since. I got to go home for about a total of a week.
How did you celebrate right after you won? I really didn't. Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn't really get a chance to celebrate.
Someone on the "American Idol" message board claims to be in love with you.
There's a lot of things that are said on the "American Idol" message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean. But it's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed, and he was like, "No, seriously, will you marry me?" He was like: "I'm 22. We're a perfect match. We're a perfect match!"
Did he have a ring?
No. I should've asked, "Where's the ring?"
Would that have changed things at all?
No. If he did, I probably would have been like: "Security! This crazy person went out and bought me a ring."
Would you ever consider dating another "American Idol" contestant?
Certainly not from this year; I know them too well. But, I mean, if there were one that I liked or something.
You grew up on a farm but never milked a cow?
No, we don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from. If you say you're from Oklahoma, it'll be like, "Oh, so you milk cows, feed chickens, ride bulls, all that stuff, right?" And it's like: "No. We don't ride around in covered wagons, either."
Is it true that you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl?
That's right. It's so weird now because so many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.
Can you do a better jig than Ashlee Simpson?
Probably. [Laughs] Hopefully I'll never be in a situation like that, though, so I won't have to.
Have you received a lifetime supply of candy, thanks to your Hershey's ad campaign?
You know, I'm fighting a losing battle here: I'm trying to lose some weight. I had to eat a lot of chocolate for the commercial. I love chocolate; that's one of my biggest downfalls. I haven't gotten a whole lot of chocolate, thank goodness, because I'd probably be about 300 pounds.
August 5th ,2005
More Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena Pictures
(Pictures Credit: Corissa) Below are some pictures of Carrie singing autographs outside at the Manchester show. Enjoy. Thanks Corissa!
     
Newsok.com has interview with Carrie
Newsok.com recently interviewed Carrie for 15 mins and you can now download the mp3 version of that phone interview.
Click here to go to the download PAGE to download the NEWSOK interview (909 kb | Type MP3
Win Autographed Bag From Carrie (Torey)
In August's issue of J-14, you can enter to win an autographed sling backpack signed by Carrie. Below is a scan of the magazine feature, curtosey of Torey.
To enter, send a 3x5 postcard to: J-14/Carrie Backpack Giveaway, P.O. Box 1665, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Click on the scan for full scale view!
Candid Video - Canadian Idol - Inside Your Heaven
Thanks to carebear who provided this video. The video is a candid one , shot from the audience of the Idol show in Canada. It gives a different view and great sound of Carries voice. I've had this for a while, sorry it took so long to get up and thanks to carebear for donating the video!
Click here to go to the download PAGE to download the IYH video(33.75 mb) | Type MPG
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Scans from Carrie's home town of Checotah (carrie-forever and cuo.com)
Below are scans that Ryan done of the local August 4th edition of the Democrat from Checotah. Click on each scan for full scale!
  
Scans sept./oct. issue of QuizFest (Source: CUs#1fan )
Below is a cute scan that CUs#1fan from carriefans.com got of Carrie in the Wheel of Fortune. More scans coming later. :)
August 4th ,2005
Exclusive look @ Carrie's bathroom in the tour bus WMV
I just happen to catch this little preview of Teen Nick behind the scenes @ the American Idol Tour. Carrie shows the bathroom on the tour bus (its a very very short clip) the whole show will air this sunday on NICK i think. I'll capture it for everyone. :)
Click here to download the teen nick interview (1.55 mb) | Type WMV
August 3rd,2005
Bo and Carrie interview on Kiss 97.5
Bo and Carrie was recently interviewed a few days ago. However, I have included only Carrie's portion of the radio interview. Click below to download.
Click here to go to the download PAGE download the Kiss 97.5 interview
Teen People September Issue Scans
I'll have better versions and untagged versions of these scans up tonight, but for now below are somes scans that drummerkid08 from idolforums done! Click on each for a bigger version.
    
Radio Interview Download Available
Carrie was recently on B97 and she talks bout the Hersheys deal, being onstage, Skechers (she talks about Christina Aqualrias version), and much more!
Click here to download the radio interview (3.45 mb)
Road Signs to Honor Carrie (Source: Daily Oklahoman)
Carrie Underwood will be honored with four highway signs installed around her hometown.
Gov. Brad Henry will honor the 2005 "American Idol" winner Aug. 10 in a ceremony at the state Capitol, presenting her with a sign reading, "Checotah, OK -- Home of Carrie Underwood, American Idol."
She will be back in Oklahoma that day for the "Pop Tarts Presents American Idols Live! Tour 2005."
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Norman.
August 2,2005
The "S" Factor (Source: http://www.tallahassee.com)
There must be something in the drawl that lifts "American Idol" wannabes to the top of the reality show's ladder. All four "AI" champs hail from what the Census Bureau refers to as the southern region of the United States: season one's Kelly Clarkson, Texas; season two's Ruben Studdard, Alabama; season three's Fantasia Barrino, North Carolina; and season four's Carrie Underwood, Oklahoma.
If you expand that to the final two contestants from all four seasons of the show, seven of the eight hail from the South.
Of the show's 40 top 10 contestants, 19 are Southerners. Of those 19 contestants, 11 are female and eight are male.
What does all this mean? Well, if you're a gambling sort, the smart money's on the Southern belles.
- Amy Carlson Gustafson
August 1st , 2005
Exclusive New Carrie Photos (CarrieUnderwoodOnline.com / Carrie-forever.Com)
Below are 5 pictures from backstage @ the Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena show. Thanks goes to Jessy & TheThompsonSisters.com for providing these exclusiving to cuo!
    
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