Kara shines

"Some of her favorite past contestants were Clarkson and season-seven finalist BROOK WHITE."

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/324/story/517026.html

On the other hand, as girlboymusic points out, she doesn't know how to pronounce her own name:

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KIIS-FM/karadioguardi082508.mp3