Carrie Underwood Forced to Sing A Cappella at Inauguration After Tech Glitch | TMZ Live - video Dailymotion

Carrie Underwood is proving to be a consummate performer ... following an awkward moment during her Inauguration Day performance.

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00:00And now there was another thing that happened, although this was kind of a misstep,

00:03but good on Carrie Underwood to pull it out of the fire, which she did.

00:09She had a big moment where she was supposed to sing.

00:11Yeah, America the Beautiful.

00:12America the Beautiful, and it didn't go the way it was supposed to, and she had to quickly pivot.

00:23You know, the words help me out here.

00:25Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,

00:40for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain.

00:53God, she has the most amazing voice.

00:55She does. What an amazing job by her, Harvey.

00:57And the band, there was a problem with the music.

01:00Yeah, the backing track didn't play, so you saw her mouth like acapella,

01:04and they said, yeah, and she just starts singing.

01:07And she was expecting a big track.

01:10Right, it's a lot easier, I would think, to sing with that, right?

01:13Especially that song.

01:14Right.

01:14I mean, that was incredible.

01:16Well, you know what's incredible?

01:17She's a former American Idol contestant.

01:18She's had to perform under pressure a lot.

01:20No, an American Idol winner, a winner.

01:21An American Idol winner.

01:23So she has done this time and time again.

01:25Even Taylor Hicks, who was also an American Idol winner,

01:27shouted her out and said, look, if you wanted someone to botch this live,

01:30you picked the wrong American Idol winner, sort of gave her her props.

01:33I thought she created a real moment for herself

01:35that could have just been a forgettable backing track kind of song.

01:39She actually made it her own.

01:40I totally, oh God, made it her own.

01:42Now you're, what are you, Paula Abdul?

01:46That's a yes from me, dog.

01:47That's a yes from me, dog.

01:48Oh my God.