The ninth season of American Idol came to a sensational conclusion tonight as Lee DeWyze was crowned the winner during the live two-hour season finale on FOX. Lee, 24, from Mt. Prospect, IL, emerged as Americas choice in a competition that began with more than 100,000 hopefuls who auditioned in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and Orlando.
Lee capped his coronation on Wednesdays finale by singing Beautiful Day, which is available for download exclusively on americanidol.com and iTunes.
The broadcast from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles featured appearances by Alice Cooper, the Bee Gees, Michael McDonald, Dane Cook, Christina Aguilera, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Alanis Morissette, Bret Michaels, Chicago, Janet Jackson and Joe Cocker.
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