Jordin Sparks crowned American Idol

Jordin Sparks, 17, beat Blake Lewis after a triumphant performance Tuesday that wowed the show’s judges and viewers, who gave her a majority of the record 74 million votes cast!

The “American Idol” voters decided that the way Jordin Sparks sings is way beyond compare. For that reason, the teen queen was crowned as the sixth “Idol” champion on Wednesday.

Jordin’s triumph didn’t surprise anyone. She was clearly better than Blake Lewis in the finale, with a big assist going to songwriters Jeff Peabody and Scott Krippayne.

The duo wrote “This is My Now,” which won a contest to become the first single for the season-six winner. Each finalist closed with their version of it last night. Jordin’s sounded something like a hit record while Blake’s, well, did not.

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Jordin Sparks grew up watching “American Idol” since she was 12 & told her mother this is what she wanted to do. Now, Sparks has done it!

American Idol Season Six Finale Show - pictures

Jordin Sparks, 17 was crowned as the sixth “Idol” champion on Wednesday at the Kodak Theatre in L.A..

Jordin Sparks grew up watching “American Idol” since she was twelve, Sparks told her mother that this is what she wanted to be & there she made it!

Jordin Sparks, 17, the Season 6 American Idol

Jordin Sparks & runner-up Blake Lewis

Jordin Sparks emotional, receives congratulatory hugs

Sanjaya Malakar,17 Top 7 finalist performing “You really got me”

Sanjaya with Joe Perry of Aeosmith

Sanjaya never won but he made it on the Time’s 100 -  most influential people of the year

 

Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson - the judges 

'American Idol' Withdraw as Emmy Producers

The Emmy Awards ceremony won't be getting the "American Idol" touch after all.
Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, executive producers for Fox's hit talent contest, have backed out of producing the prime-time Emmy ceremony in September, the TV academy and network said today.
The pair cited their upcoming commitments and current demanding schedule, including last week's "American Idol" charity special and the show's finale later this month.
They will be replaced by Ken Ehrlich, an Emmy and Grammy awards telecast veteran.
"We respect Nigel and Ken's decision and are fortunate that Ken Ehrlich has agreed to return to executive produce his fourth Primetime Emmy telecast," TV academy chairman Dick Askin said in a statement.
Askin broke the news to the academy's board of governors yesterday.
Lythgoe and Warwick said in a statement they "realized that we could not devote the creative energy and time necessary to make the Emmys outstanding" for the TV academy and for Fox, which will air the awards.
When their hiring was announced in February, Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori said the pair have raised "the creative bar with their innovative work" on top-rated "American Idol" and would do the same for the Emmy broadcast.
The event could use a shot in the arm. Although host Conan O'Brien drew raves, last year's broadcast averaged about 16 million viewers, the fourth-smallest audience ever for the ceremony.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 59th Primetime Emmy Awards show is set for Sept. 16 at the Shrine Auditorium. Nominations are to be announced July 19.
The Emmy ceremony's executive producer has been announced as late as July, so Ehrlich isn't starting out behind schedule.
"American Idol" wraps its season on May 23 but Lythgoe and Warwick plan to remain busy.
Lythgoe, who co-created Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," is a judge on the summer dance contest series. He's also president of 19 Television, the TV division of 19 Entertainment, the company founded by "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller.
Warwick is senior executive producer for worldwide productions of the "Idol" format for Bertelsmann AG-owned FremantleMedia North America, which produces "American Idol" with 19 Television.

American Idol Album Sales Updates: Daughtry Bumped From Top Spot

It has to happen some time: Chris Daughtry fell out of the No. 1 slot in Billboard, but not by much.

Two debuts edged him: The Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits, which sold 99,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and Arcade Fire’s new Neon Bible (92,000). Daughtry sold 82,000, down 9% from the previous week; his total is 1.88 million.

Other American Idol album chart data follows:

Carrie Underwood got a nice boost from her Idol performance last week, jumping from No. 15 to No. 12 on the chart and selling 45,000, a 33% improvement over the previous week. That was enough to push her over the 5 million mark (5.04 million, rounded), but she still trails Kelly Clarkson (who sold 3,900 copies last week) by about 700,000 for the all-time Idol album sales title.
Katharine McPhee drops 44-61, selling 13,000, down 22%. Total is 248,000.
Kellie Pickler is back down after her Idol boost, dropping 66-83 with 9,700 units sold, 19% off the previous week’s sum. Her total is 464,000, maybe a month or a bit more away from the half-million mark.
Fantasia Barrino drops 105-121, selling 6,900, a 14% reduction from the previous week. Total: 317,000.
Taylor Hicks drops drastically, 109-136, selling 5,900, 20% fewer than in the previous week. Total is 653,000, but all signs point to it not going a whole lot higher.
Off the chart: Ruben sold another 1,800, down about 14%, for a total of 213,000; and Clay Aiken sold 1,000, about the same as the previous week, to bring his total to 505,000.