{"id":580784,"date":"2010-05-27T01:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T05:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=13434"},"modified":"2010-05-27T01:30:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T05:30:30","slug":"american-idol-winner-lee-dewyze-and-simon-cowell%e2%80%99s-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/580784","title":{"rendered":"American Idol Winner Lee DeWyze and Simon Cowell\u2019s Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13440\" title=\"Lee_Dewyze\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lee_Dewyze-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>Lee DeWyze<\/strong> is crowned as the <strong>Ninth American Idol winner<\/strong>. When he was asked why he thought he would be the next winner, \u201cBecause there\u2019s a time and place for everything, and this is my time and my place,\u201d answered the mild-mannered salesman from Mount Prospect, Illinois.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just happy, man. I\u2019ve never been happier in my life. I appreciate everything everybody has done,\u201d said the 24-year-old <strong>American Idol<\/strong>. He beated <strong>Crystal Bowersox<\/strong> of Elliston, Ohio. Both contestants auditioned in Chicago. <strong>DeWyze<\/strong> sang \u201c<em>Hallelujah<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>The Boxer<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Beautiful Day<\/em>\u201d last May 25. He won the majority of the viewer\u2019s votes with less than two percent of the votes separating them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AdSense Now! V1.90 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 3] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense adsense-midtext\" style=\"float:left;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0705872009880607\";\n\/* 336x280, created 2\/24\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4440161719\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>The finale was like no other as it is also <strong>Simon Cowell<\/strong>\u2019s last appearance as a judge on <strong>American Idol<\/strong>. <strong>Paula Abdul<\/strong> took Cowell\u2019s hand and led him on stage. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I was going to be this emotional,\u201d said Cowell. \u201cI just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support, the fun and your sense of humor. The truth is, everyone asks who\u2019s going to replace me as the next judge. The truth is, you guys are the judges of this show, and you\u2019ve done an incredible job over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/paula-abdul-will-be-a-lead-judge-in-the-new-cbs-show-got-to-dance\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Paula Abdul Will Be a Lead Judge in the New CBS Show: Got to Dance'>Paula Abdul Will Be a Lead Judge in the New CBS Show: Got to Dance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/michael-mcdonald-is-in-american-idols-finale\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Michael McDonald is in American Idol&#8217;s Finale'>Michael McDonald is in American Idol&#8217;s Finale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/ellen-degeneres-could-not-fit-into-the-shoes-of-paula-abdul\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ellen DeGeneres Could Not Fit into the Shoes of Paula Abdul!'>Ellen DeGeneres Could Not Fit into the Shoes of Paula Abdul!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sevensidedcube\/OXLF\/~4\/t7ZRRw7iURM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee DeWyze is crowned as the Ninth American Idol winner. When he was asked why he thought he would be the next winner, \u201cBecause there\u2019s a time and place for everything, and this is my time and my place,\u201d answered the mild-mannered salesman from Mount Prospect, Illinois.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just happy, man. I\u2019ve never been happier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}