Kelly Clarkson is to miss the Grammy Awards to appear on 'American Idol'.
The 33-year-old singer is expecting her second child and has been advised by doctors not to make two gruelling trips from Nashville to Los Angeles so close together.
7 February 2016
And so, despite being up for Best Solo Performance for 'Heartbeat Song' and Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Piece by Piece', Kelly - who already has 19-month-old daughter River Rose with husband Brandon Blackstock - is shunning the prestigious awards ceremony in order to be a guest judge on the show where she became famous in 2002.
Speaking on 'On Air With Ryan Seacrest', she said: "I was going to do the Grammys and 'Idol', and then my doctor was kind of like, I just have such hard pregnancies, flying back and forth to LA, like if they were closer together, I would've done both, but I had to kind of choose one.
"I obviously chose 'Idol' because it's ending and I was the original winner, so it'd kinda be weird if I wasn't there.
"I'm unfortunately going to have to miss the Grammys."
It was announced last month that the 'Breakaway' singer would be making a special appearance on the 15th and final season of the talent show.
;American Idol' ex ecutive producer Trish Kinane said: "We've invited her to be part of this season and she's really happy to be.
"She will be a guest judge on our first live top 10 show and she'll also perform."
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