Eight years, “American Idol” held auditions in St. Louis, and one of the people they found there — an Oklahoma girl named Carrie Underwood — turned into one of the biggest stars the franchise has ever produced. The judges — Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven...

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“American Idol” discovered megastar Carrie Underwood in St. Louis, Missouri, way back in season four.

It’s the last “American Idol” audition episode before Hollywood Week. “American Idol” rolls archive footage to remind us that eight years ago it found Carrie Underwood at the St. Louis auditions and she went on to become major and now the show’s back in St. Louis. That was then, this is now, and now is the final show of a very dull round of audition cities with hardly any memorable talent we can ...