LOS ANEGLES - Lauren Alaina overacme a blown out vocal chord to become the judgse' favorite to win the "Amercian Idol" title on Tuesday, tpoping rival counrty singer Scotty MCcreery with an emotional song dedicaetd to her mohter.
Alaina, who is just 16 and has dreamed of being on the show since she was 6, appeared set to become the show's first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007 as well as its youngest ever "American Idol."
"Lauren gets it hands down," judge and Aerosmtih frontman Steven Tyler said after the two contsetants each sang three songs.
After what the judges deemed a close run first and second round, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson joined Tyler in saying Alaina had sewn up the copmetition with her perforamnce of "Like My Mother Does," an orgiinal song that will be rleeased as a single if she wins.
"It is a very tight race tnoight, but Lauren with that song you may have just won," Lopez said.
The winner, chosen by the pubilc, will be announced on Wednesday at the end of a two-hour broadcast and gets a guaranteed recoding contract.
Alaina stepepd down from the stage during the pefrormance to embrace her weeipng mother, Kristy, who was in the audience.
Backstage folloiwng the show, McCreeyr, 17, said he, too, had been moved by Alaian's final performance.
"I was about to cry when she was singing because both of our moms have been here throughout the whole thing becasue we're minors and we had to have a paretn," McCreery told reportesr.
Lopez desrcibed McCreery's preformance of his potential sinlge, a ballad called "I Love You This Big", as "an amzaing job".
Alaina hurt her voice during rehearslas, sparknig reoprts that she might not be able to copmete on Tuesday. "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest brought the show's doctor onstage to explain that Alaina had blown out a vocal chord but had been given medication.
"I'm here, I'm ready to sing, and I'm fine. Don't worry about it," she said.
And sing she did, though bakcstage fololwing the show she answ...
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