Phillip Phillips wins American Idol 2012

Phillip Phillips wins American Idol 2012
Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, has been crowned the new American Idol after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male Idol winner in a row.
Phillips, 21, a pawn shop worker from Leesburg, Georgia, looked stunned after host Ryan Seacrest announced his name, and then wordlessly accepted a hug from Sanchez and congratulations from his fellow finalists.
He dissolved into tears as he sang Homem the song that may be his first single.
Phillips received the winning share of the record-high 132m votes cast after his final showdown with high school student Sanchez, 16, of Chula Vista, California. The vote count was not announced.
His victory extends the American Idol winning streak for men to five consecutive seasons. The last female to win was 17-year-old Jordin Sparks in 2007.
Sparks was among the guest stars who helped fill out the two-hour finale show, among them Rihanna, Neil Diamond, Reba McEntire, Chaka Khan and John Fogarty. American Idol judges Steven Tyler, with his band Aerosmith, and Jennifer Lopez also performed.
Besides music there was a marriage proposal for the season 11 finale: former contestants Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo got engaged on stage. Young, a season five finalist, told Seacrest that he and DeGarmo had just moved in together. Then Young got down on one knee and popped the question to her.
"I love you to death. You're my best friend," Young said in his proposal.
DeGarmo, a runner-up in season three, tearfully accepted.
During the three-song showdown between Phillips and Sanchez, the show's judges praised his performance across the board. Sanchez was faulted for a lacklustre rendition of her third song, Change Nothing.
Although some critics dismissed Phillips as a Dave Matthews clone, viewers embraced him for his humility, his on-camera mugging and his memorable acoustic covers of songs like Usher's U Got It Bad. In weekly tallies Phillips never fell among the low vote-getters.

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[WorldNews365]

Good Win though!!!

[julius renz]

phillip phillips really deserve the title



[ThaCoOkieMonstaa1]

Well yes im not denying that he isn't unique.. But Jessica Sanchez is a better singer overall..

[Batoink S]

They should change the name of American Idol to American Hot Male Guitarist Idol to justify PP being the winner

[ronald quico]

pano madaming bakla sa pinas kaya talagang mas gusto nila gwapo kaysa sa babae

[Pinay Pay]

It's already a fact that PHILLIP is more marketable than Jessica..even here in the Philippines...I watched the videos of their concert in Manila and it's very obvious that the shouts of cheers of majority of the Filipino audience are for Phillip which is really surprising....Phillip is already a platinum artist and Jessica?as far as i know, she haven't got even just a gold record yet...well I hope she does as well just to make her fans soooo happy...

[connie cuento]

YOU must be on drugs as well as your idol who is sOoooooo ugly.... be REAL!!!

[Edgardo Laygo]

thanks for sharing with my sentiments, true enough JS is making her grand entrance now in the music industry first via american idol concert tour, next will be her own concert, so beware other divas around the world because Jessica is here to outshine you hahahha! cuz she will be called the Diva of the New Generation!!!

[MissDavidluver17]

Hey guys just letting you know there great singers but off them but just be happy that Phillips won he need to win it!!!.