Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze will battle each other for the 2010 American Idol title on next week’s Season 9 finale after guitarist Casey James was voted off by viewers on Wednesday.
For months, Bowersox — a 24-year-old dreadlocked single mom from Ohio — had for months seemed certain to win the current season of the TV singing show. However, DeWyze, 23, who worked as a paintshop clerk in Chicago before auditioning for the show last year, has gained steadily in favor with Idol viewers in recent weeks.