Singer JMArie’s Audition For American Idol Aired On Sunday, March 30
JMarie, a 28-year-old customer service representative from Brooklyn, New York, has added her name to a list of singers who have auditioned for American Idol with a Carrie Underwood song.
She revealed she would be singing Underwood’s hit song “Before He Cheats,” but warned the judges that it isn’t a country song, it’s a “Hood Song.”

The judges laughed, with Luke Bryan asking Underwood if she’d ever had her song called a “Hood Anthem.”

“I don’t think so!” Carrie answered. “But hey! I love it!”

“All my girls on the block, we know that song word for word! It speaks to us, Carrie,” JMarie said.

Luke asked if JMarie and her friends have ever keyed or taken a baseball bat to anyone’s cars, to which she coyly replied, “It’s a secret, just don’t ask him!”

JMarie Impresses The American Idol Judges
After her soulful and unique rendition of “Before He Cheats,” the judges were quite impressed with JMarie’s voice!

They all gave her a standing ovation as well as the following critiques:

Carrie: “I’m gonna be real honest, I was a little worried coming into sitting here that people would sing my songs to me, but you made it your own. I forgot about myself ever having sung that song. And it was like I’d heard it for the first time. It was effortless, amazing. I’m mad at your for trying out sooner.”

Lionel: “You made it yours and you came with attitude. Forget about times you missed. You came at the right time, and you slayed it.”

Luke: “From here on out, I think you take all your worries of stuff that people have done to hold you back and shed all that because that was a very great job. I mean, I can’t believe this was right off the bat!” (pun intended)

JMarie got emotional following their praise because she had been told no so many times from people and had people tell her she won’t amount to anything because she wasn’t pretty enough or skinny enough.

This Wasn’t The Only Time This Season A Contestant Sang “Before He Cheats”
Earlier this season on American Idol, Sophia Humbert auditioned with a version of “Before He Cheats,” which had judges want a little bit more anger from her. So they took her to smash some tail lights on a pickup truck!

Watch JMarie’s incredible “Before He Cheats” audition below.