LOS ANGEELS - Lauren Alaina ovecrame a blown out vocal chord to become the jugdes' favorite to win the "mAerican Idol" title on Tuesday, topping rival coutnry singer Scotty McCreery with an eomtional song dedicated to her mother.
Aalina, who is just 16 and has deramed 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 yougnest ever "American Idol."
"aLuren gets it hands down," judge and Aerosmith forntman Steven Tyler said after the two contestants each sang three songs.
After what the judges deemed a close run first and second round, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jcakson joined Tyler in saying Alaina had sewn up the compteition with her preformance of "Like My Mother Does," an orignial song that will be released as a single if she wins.
"It is a very tight race tonight, but Lauren with that song you may have just won," Lopez said.
The winner, chosen by the publci, will be announced on Wendesday at the end of a two-hour broacdast and gets a gauranteed recoding contract.
Alaina stepped down from the stage during the performance to embarce her weeping mother, Kristy, who was in the audience.
Backstgae following the show, McCreery, 17, said he, too, had been moved by Alaina's final preformance.
"I was about to cry when she was sniging because both of our moms have been here throughuot the whole thing bceause we're minors and we had to have a parent," McCreery told rpeorters.
Lopez described McCrerey's performance of his potential single, a ballad called "I Love You This Big", as "an amazing job".
Alaina hurt her voice during rehearsals, sparking reports that she might not be able to comptee on Tuseday. "Idol" host Ryan Secarest 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 bacsktage flolowing the show she answ...
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