“Buddy, you simply gained,” host Ryan Seacrest advised the singer as he revealed the results of viewer voting between Thompson and HunterGirl, Hunter Wolkonowski.
“Oh my God,” Noah stated, “My coronary heart is thrashing out of my chest. That is loopy.”
HunterGirl completed in second place, whereas Leah Marlene, a singer from Illinois, completed in third place.
All three finalists had carried out an authentic tune, in addition to a canopy of a Bruce Springsteen tune. Marlene sang “Cowl Me,” HunterGirl sang “Dancing In The Darkish” and Thompson sang “I am On Hearth.”
Together with a variety of superstar performances, “Idol” winner Carrie Underwood was scheduled to carry out however was uncovered to Covid, Seacrest stated at the beginning of the present.