23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C has emerged winner of '' American Idols'' the Fox singing competition after auditioning a trio of times and making it to the finals this year. Glover looked stunned when "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced she bested soulful 22-year-old country singer Kree Harrison from Woodville, Texas.
After her crowning, an emotional Glover sobbed her way through her new single "I Am Beautiful."
Glover's win marks the first time a female and a nonwhite singer has won the competition since Jordin Sparks dominated the sixth season in 2007. The previous five winners — Phillip Phillips, Scotty McCreery, Lee DeWyze, Kris Allen and David Cook — were all young Caucasian guitar players, known to "Idol" fans as WGWGs, or white guys with guitars.
Celebrities such as Jenifer Hudson , Psy, Frankie Valli, Emeli Sande, Jessie J, Aretha Franklin and former "Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez, current "Idol" judges Keith Urban and Mariah Carey — along with Jackson on bass — also performed during the finale.
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