American Idol, Nix and Denton
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Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old PE teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, won the popular vote to become the "American Idol" Season 23 champion during the May 18 finale. According to USA TODAY, Roberts is the first Black man to earn the title since Carrie Underwood's predecessor, Season 2's Ruben Studdard, in 2003.
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Soap Central on MSN"Have been trying 2 get rid of her" — American Idol fans call out the judges for criticising Breanna's rendition of This Will BeThe 25-year-old dynamo from Denton, Texas, Breanna Nix, made a triumphant comeback to the American Idol stage during Disney Night Part 2 with a passionate rendition of The Parent Trap's "This Will Be
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Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old P.E. coach at Crestwood Elementary in Meridian, is the second Mississippian to win "American Idol."