Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has backed down after initially saying that contestants on the talent show would not be allowed to sing songs from her catalogue. The singer, who triumphed in the first series of the show back in 2002, has now agreed to allow the contestants in the latest series to use her tracks.
When it was initially revealed that Clarkson's record label SonyBMG had denied permission for the songs to be used on the show, judge Simon Cowell said "I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there." In fairness to Clarkson, she probably has an understandable reason for that initial position; in a 2005 she told Associated Press "They always talk about the big first thing that you did. I think the only thing that I do mind is I don't want people to only focus on that."