Jennifer Hudson cherished her experience of returning to American Idol.
Jennifer Hudson relished her return to American Idol.
The 44-year-old actress was a finalist on the third season of the series in 2004, and Jennifer recently enjoyed a full-circle moment when she returned to the TV show as a guest judge.
Jennifer – who made her film debut in Dreamgirls in 2006 – told E! News: “To be on the other side of everything is insane, but it puts how much time has passed into perspective. I’m like, ‘Wow. Idol was 22 years ago. Dreamgirls was 20 years ago.'”
Jennifer is now thrilled to see other aspiring stars follow in her footsteps.
She said: “I can return as a judge or mentor on Idol and then be on the production side of Dreamgirls to see someone else get a chance.”
Jennifer previously admitted that she never imagined American Idol would change her life in such a dramatic way.
The Spotlight hitmaker – who has already won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards – told People: “Sometimes, you just don’t know what time you’re in until you look back at it.
“I would’ve never known, or how could I have ever known, that 20 years ago, making that choice to do American Idol would start such a huge change in my life.
“[I didn’t know] that would set my career, that I could sit here and say, 20 years later, I’m still here in the industry.”
Jennifer launched her own TV chat show four years ago, and the singer was always confident that she would make a success of the venture, despite fierce competition from her rivals.
She previously told Variety: “I’m always willing to try. No one can blame you for that.
“I like having the opportunity, and I’m gonna focus on that and let the work speak for me.
“A saying my grandmother used to say, ‘You’ll understand it better by and by’, you know?
“If I based what I could do on other people’s thoughts, concerns and comments, I wouldn’t be sitting here. What I like to say is, ‘No one knows your potential the way you do.’ So that’s outside noise. That’s what I would call it.”
Jennifer Hudson loved her American Idol return
