Carrie Underwood Replacing Katy Perry On ‘American Idol’

American Idol has found its new Katy Perry.

Deadline understands that Carrie Underwood has replaced the I Kissed A Girl star on the judging panel. Underwood, of course, rose to fame for winning the fourth season of the ABC show.

She is expected to sit alongside Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan on the panel for Season 25.

The Disney-owned network has been searching for a replacement for the last few months and Deadline heard that other names that were in talks before Underwood included Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, something that Luke Bryan alluded, highlighting Pink and Meghan Trainor as well.

Perry, Bryan, and Lionel Richie joined American Idol in Season 16 when ABC rebooted the competition.

Following her American Idol exit, Perry said she would focus on her music career and revealed her new song would be Woman’s World, which was released earlier this month.