American Idol Contestant Turned Instagram Star Quigley Reveals Show Made Her Stop Singing for Years

Instagram influencer Quigley is speaking out about her “humiliating” experience on American Idol.

On the 10-year anniversary of getting cut from the singing competition show, Casey Goode, who is best-known by her social media moniker, explained that the harsh feedback of the Idol judges was enough to make her step away from performing for years and question her purpose in life.

In 2009, Quigley, going by her maiden name of Casey Carlson at the time, sang a rendition of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” by The Police for her Top 36 performance. Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell, however, were less than thrilled by her song selection and delivery and eliminated her.

Though the experience brought on a great deal of pain and stress, the social influencer noted on Wednesday that she learned valuable lessons from the setback that helped her develop into one of Instagram’s most well-known personalities.

“Exactly ten years ago today I was kicked off of season 8 of American Idol. I was 20 years old… and I was told on national television that my performance was ‘ALL WRONG’ by the judges,” she began her post. “Even Paula couldn’t think of a nice thing to say.”

“There might have been mention of how I looked ‘pretty’ or ‘cute’ but it was clear they thought that I was not a good enough singer or performer to be on the show,” she wrote, referencing the judges’ frequent mention of her appearance in their critiques. “I was heartbroken and humiliated.”

After getting cut from the show, Quigley said she returned home to Minnesota where she felt “lost and confused and so unsure of what the future held for me.”

“It took years before I was able to perform again- to sing again… to put myself out there,” she style star wrote.

It wasn’t until Quigley made the decision to move to Los Angeles and later met with Larry Rudolph, Britney Spears‘ manager that she began to change her perspective on the situation.

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“[Rudolph] told me that if I played my cards right ‘American Idol would be a FOOTNOTE in my bio.’ I’ll never forget that day,” she recalled. “Until then, I thought I would never be able to be BIGGER than the show. I let the show define me… it was the STAR of my story.”

“But on that day, I realized it was MY STORY- and I needed to write myself back into it,” she continued. “I put my whole heart into my music. I wrote hundreds of songs in years. I performed in arenas and on stages in front of thousands of people.”