Carrie Underwood To Perform 'Sunday Night Football' Opening Theme on NBC

Carrie Underwood, has been selected to perform “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” the opening theme for primetime television’s Sunday Night Football on NBC. Underwood, the season-four winner of American Idol, makes her Sunday Night Football debut on Sunday, Sept. 8 on NBC’s first SNF broadcast of the 2013 NFL season.
The game will feature a heated NFC East rivalry game when Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants. The opening theme will continue each week kicking off Sunday Night Football every Sunday night throughout the NFL season on NBC.
“I am thrilled to be a part of NBC’s Sunday Night Football and am so honored they asked me,” said Underwood. “I have always loved football season, and it is so exciting to now become part of it every Sunday night!”
“Carrie Underwood was our first and only choice to perform the Sunday Night Football opening,” said SNF producer Fred Gaudelli. “She’s one of America’s most popular entertainers and the perfect fit for our show.”
Fellow country artist Faith Hill performed the theme from 2007 until 2012.