Jordin Sparks becomes American Idol · 2007-05-24 11:28
Jordin Sparks, the 17-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., became the youngest performer to be named American Idol.
"Mom, Dad, I love you," she said, crying, from the stage.
"I just couldn't hold it together," she said soon after in her first post-Idol interview, having just changed from a Badgley Mischka gown to a casual Poppie Couture outfit she wore earlier.
"I never thought I would be the winner of American Idol," she said.
She said she never thought she'd make it through auditions. "But then I made it to Hollywood, then I got to the top 24, then I made it to the top 12, then 6, then 3, then 2 ??“ and every one of those moments, OK, I changed my goal."
According to USA Today, Blake Lewis was not surprised. "She was my top pick," he said afterward.
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