Phillip phillips won by how many votes

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Obituaries Homes Jobs Classifieds. Careers Advertise Legal Contact. Log in. Account Manage my subscription Activate my subscription Log out. Guitar man Phillip Phillips wins 'American Idol' finale. By Associated Press. Published May 24, Phillips didn't finish the song, but strolled off stage and into the arms of his family, who were waiting in the first few rows.

As streamers fell and the band played on the stage behind him, Phillips hugged his family members, and later judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. Phillips came out of Tuesday's performance episode the heavy favorite to win it all and was celebrated by the judges for his "Home," which was tailor made for his laid-back style.

On the other hand, Sanchez's would-be winning song, "Change Nothing," was sloughed off by the judges and even Sanchez herself, who acknowledged the song wasn't really in her wheelhouse, and said she'd aim to put more of herself in her future recordings.

Heading into this season, the buzz was that a woman would win "Idol," becoming the first female winner since Jordin Sparks in Sanchez was faulted for a lacklustre rendition of her third song, Change Nothing.

Although some critics dismissed Phillips as a Dave Matthews clone, viewers embraced him for his humility, his on-camera mugging and his memorable acoustic covers of songs such as Usher's U Got It Bad. This article is more than 9 years old. Guitar-playing pawn shop worker from Leesburg, Georgia, extends all-male winning streak to five consecutive years.

Phillip Phillips: winner of American Idol