The country singer defeated Huntergirl and Leah Marlene on Sunday to become the first Kentuckian to win the long-running singing competition.
Needing a push from his best friend to simply audition, Noah Thompson is now the Season 20 winner of “American Idol.”
The three finalists began the show by each performing a song from Bruce Springsteen’s wide catalog of music — Thompson choosing “I’m On Fire.” “We’ve got the boy out here doing Bruce Springsteen, we’ve got him doing Disney songs, Rihanna. That’s a long way from that first audition,” Bryan said, referencing when Thompson performed “Giving You Up” by Kameron Marlowe. “Let me just say I’m so proud of how you handled this with such humility, that ‘aw shucks’ country boy thing.”
Thompson later joined the stage with iconic singer Melissa Etheridge, and the two performed her 1993 hit song “I’m the Only One.”
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