American Idol Winner Is Jordin Sparks

The season ended with a tremendous finale with one great performance after another. Before the results were announced, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell predicted that Jordin Sparks would win, while Paula Abdul refused to make a choice. Ryan Seacrest announced that after a world record 74 million votes that Jordin Sparks was the winner of American Idol 6. An emotional Jordin Sparks said “I can’t thank you for keeping me around, and thank you so much for everything. Mom, dad, I love you.”

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Jordin & Blake: "I Saw Her Standing There"

Gwen Stefani: "Four In The Morning"

Kelly Clarkson: "Never Again"

Top 6 Males: "Ooh Baby, Baby,"

Smokey Robinson: "Being With You” and “Tears Of A Clown"

Barry B, Blake Lewis, the original beatbox Doug E Fresh: "Beat Box"

Top 6 Girls: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Gladys Knight: "I Feel A Song In My Heart” and “Midnight Train To Georgia"

Tony Bennett: "For Once In My Life"

Carrie Underwood: "I’ll Stand By You"

African Children’s Choir: "special performance"

Sanjaya and Steve Perry: "You Really Got Me"

Greenday: "Working Class Hero"

Taylor Hicks: "Heaven Knows"

Jordin Sparks and Rubin Studdard: "All I Need to Get By"

Bette Midler: "Wind Beneath My Wings"

Idol tribute to Sgt. Pepper: "Sgt. Pepper"

Jordin’s thoughts and her final performance: "This is My Now"

FOX 40 Live From American Idol

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American Idol Final Performance Show

Even though Seattle was criticized as the worst city ever for talent on American Idol, Seacrest pointed out that both the remaining two finalists and the the winners of the songwriting contest came out of Seattle. In a taped segment, Blake Lewis won the coin toss, and he asked Jordin Sparks if she wanted to go first. Jordin shook her head no, so Blake said he would go first.

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Blake Lewis:
"You Give Love A Bad Name"
"She Will Be Loved"
"This Is My Now"

Jordin Sparks:
"Fighter"
"A Broken Wing"
"This Is My Now"

Highlights:


"Chris Daughtry and his band"