Candice Glover has been crowned winner of American Idol this year, and in all the excitement, seemed to forgot her own name.
In expressing her joy, Candice said, “I’m still trying to process the whole thing, I don’t even know what’s happening,” she told the press backstage. It feels amazing though that I finally got to this point; I’ve been working for so long.”
What makes her win even more special is the fact that she is the next woman to win after Jordin Sparks won it in Season 6. It must also be pointed out that this is Candice’s third attempt at making it to American Idol, with her first two attempts being unsuccessful.
The result was only a reflection of the manner in which she wowed judges with her rendition of ‘Lovesong’ earlier in the season.
If there’s another aspect of “American Idol” that was so different, it was that all three final contestants were women namely Angie Miller, Kree Harrison and the winner, Candice Glover. And despite Candice getting enough votes to beat the other two, Kree and her are supportive of each other.
The judges for the American Idol finale were Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and former Idol star Jennifer Hudson, who sang ‘Inseperable’ as a duo with Candice.
Even though the new American Idol winner hasn’t started working on a new album, she has released a new single ‘I am beautiful”, and attributes her success to doing what she wanted to do this season.
