"It has come down to a single mother from Toledo and a paint salesman from Chicago," emcee Ryan Seacrest announced at the end of the "American Idol" season finale.
"After the nationwide vote. I can now tell you the winner of American Idol 2010 is ... Lee DeWyze!"
And in the end it would be a "Beautiful Day" for that 24-year-old former paint store clerk, who bested Ohio sweetheart Crystal Bowersox, 24, to become the ninth Idol.
"It's amazing. Thank you guys so much," said a visibly choked up...
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