Scotty McCreery, the charming country boy with a deep old voice, was crowned the new American Idol after an exciting two-hour season 10 finale with lots of special performances and celebrity guests held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday (May 25)- watch video below.

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At the beginning of the night, Ryan Seacrest announced they received 122 million votes, which would have not been possible with the brand new online voting system. When Ryan finally asked to dim the lights to announce the winner, both Scotty and Lauren Alaina seemed pretty calm. They reacted naturally when Ryan said Scotty became the new American Idol.

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“Man, it’s been a year since me and Lauren Alaina tried out,” Scotty says. “We’ve been together since day one, and we’re going to stay together.”

Lauren seemed to be genuinely happy as she hugged and kissed Scotty. She kissed him on the lips and kissed his face all over. Lauren and Scotty became really good friends. Scotty was forced to perform his coronation song “Love You This Big” – he hugged everybody, said he loved everybody and ate some confetti!

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Congratulations, Scotty McCreery!!

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