Carrie Underwood announced on Instagram today that she's expecting her first child with her husband Mike Fisher.

She is due in the spring. She is 31. Fisher is 34. The couple married at Reynolds Plantation in Georgia in the summer of 2010.

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In New Orleans, "Idol" released a snippet of Harry Connick Jr. jamming with a season 14 contestant.

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The American Idol Experience in Orlando shut down on Saturday after five years, yet another sign of the show's waning influence. Read more here on the final day.