LOS ANGELES — After hundreds of auditions, a number of hope, heartache, and eliminations… this season of “American Idol” got here down to 2 singers.
The highest three had been narrowed right down to solely two when Breanna Nix was eradicated from the present in Sunday evening’s finale. That meant the ultimate two contestants had been John Foster — an 18-year-old faculty scholar from Louisiana, and Jamal Roberts — a 27-year-old P.E. trainer from Mississippi.
The judges — Carrie Underwood, Lionel Ritchie, and Luke Bryan — watched this season’s singers up their video games week after week and had been proud to see the three within the finale.
Earlier than saying the winner, host Ryan Seacrest mentioned there have been a record-breaking 26 million votes, greater than double final yr’s finale.
So, who received “American Idol”?
Spoiler alert
Mississippi’s Jamal Roberts, the daddy of three and P.E. trainer to many younger college students, is now additionally the brand new 27-year-old “American Idol.”
“You’re holding that like an Oscar,” Leisure Reporter George Pennacchio mentioned as Roberts gripped the cardboard that named him the winner.
“It is an Oscar. That is an Oscar. It is a dream come true. I am so grateful,” Roberts mentioned. “I all the time had religion. I simply knew it wasn’t going to be a straightforward journey. I knew it was going to be a trip, and if I wished to be the ‘American Idol,’ I needed to sit within the passenger seat with my seatbelt on and benefit from the trip.”
“I received for my youngsters. I received for my hometown. I received for the state of Mississippi,” Roberts mentioned.
Pennacchio caught up with Seacrest and the judges in regards to the thrilling conclusion to the season.
“If you are going to have 20 aspects of singing, he has all 20 of them,” Bryan mentioned. “And in case you add 5 extra, which is feelings, all of the 5, he is received all that, too.”
“He would come, present up like this was a sporting occasion. He would work onerous and observe, and he would play nice within the sport,” Seacrest mentioned.
“He has a toolbox with a complete lot extra in there, so I am simply excited for him,” Ritchie mentioned. “I am simply blown away.”
“Did not know who was going to win as a result of you do not know. You do not know what is going on on on the market, however there was no improper reply,” Underwood mentioned.
For the 2 finalists who didn’t get the title, they are saying they received one thing else.
“I really feel 100% peace and 100% satisfaction for certain. I really feel content material,” Nix mentioned.
“This journey on ‘American Idol’ has given me precisely what I must make a profitable profession in nation music, as a result of that is what I will do ’til the day I die is nation music,” Foster mentioned.
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