'American Idol' Winner to be Named Tonight

NOTE: I think both of the finalists are good, but I'm pulling for Jordin Sparks. In the past she has toured with Michael W. Smith. Here's an excerpt from his Blog:

"Two or three years ago my manager stopped by the house with a great young girl named Jordin Sparks. Ironically they stopped by when George Huff, a former IDOL contestant, was at the house. The three of us wound up around the piano and I remember thinking that I was playing and singing with two of the greatest voices I had heard in a long time. And Jordin, like George, had a smile and personality as big and inviting as her voice."

To be honest, my favorite contestant, Melinda Doolittle, was voted off last week. But tonight I'll be pulling for Jordin.

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NEW YORK (AP) - The "American Idol" season finale is tonight with Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis the last contestants standing.

Before the third and last song of last night, the "American Idol" judges were of a mind that the title still was up for grabs — and then Jordin Sparks, all of 17, blew everyone away.

Simon Cowell and Co. — who have no vote in deciding whether Sparks or rival Blake Lewis, 25, ends up the winner — couldn't contain themselves.

"You were the best singer tonight. You deserve it all, baby!" Randy Jackson gushed Tuesday.

"You just wiped the floor with Blake," added Cowell, who then told Sparks he was wrong for initially thinking she wasn't good enough to win the Fox talent show.

"I would say the best individual performance of the night was Blake on the first song," Cowell said. "But, based on overall singing — Jordin."

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