Kelly Clarkson pulled a John Kerry this week and flip-flopped her stance on allowing the use of her songs on American Idol.

Clarkson, the first Idol winner, owns the rights to her songs, and is therefore allowed to permit or forbid contestants on this season of the show to sing tracks from her repertoire.

At first, she did not give producers of Idol her blessing to make use of her music, but later in the week, and after a scolding from Simon Cowell, changed her mind.

If they approach Carrie Underwood, the winner of last season’s American Idol, they won’t have to deal with all the setbacks. She would be flattered if contestants chose to sing her songs.

“If anybody wants to sing my songs, I’d be happy to let them,” Underwood tells andPOP. “I’d be honoured.”

She says she has yet to be approached about the issue by American Idol producers, but she thinks it’s probably because the season is still in its auditioning stages.

“When I was auditioning, none of us, especially the girls, wanted to sing Kelly and Fantasia songs, because we didn?t want to be compared to them.”

Underwood’s album, Some Hearts, has been the top country album in the U.S. for over a month.






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