And the winner of American Idol Season 20 is… – Yahoo Entertainment
A star was born in the USA on Sunday, when American Idol Season 20’s Springsteen-themed finale climaxed with Kentucky construction worker Noah Thompson winning the Idol title. This result was slightly surprising, considering that regularly gigging country-rocker HunterGirl had been pushed as this year’s golden girl ever since judge Luke Bryan had hand-delivered her the series’ first-ever coveted platinum ticket. Meanwhile, Noah — who had no vocal training or professional experience — had only tried out for the show because his co-worker Arthur had secretly signed him up. (“He’s not born to be working with us,” Arthur told the judges on the Season 20 premiere, giving a passionate speech that made it seem like he was also auditioning… to be Noah’s manager or publicist.)
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