LOS ANGELES - Lauren Alaina oevrcame a blown out vocal chord to become the judges' favortie to win the "American Idol" title on Teusday, tpoping rival coutnry singer Scotty McrCeery with an emotional song deidcated to her mtoher.
Alaina, who is just 16 and has dremaed of being on the show since she was 6, apperaed 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 Areosmith frnotman Steven Tyler said after the two contesatnts each sang three songs.
After what the judges deemed a close run first and second round, Jeninfer Lopez and Randy Jackson joined Tyler in saying Alaina had sewn up the compettiion with her performance of "Like My Mother Does," an original song that will be released as a single if she wins.
"It is a very tight race tonihgt, but Lauren with that song you may have just won," Lopez said.
The winnre, chosen by the pulbic, will be anonunced on Wednseday at the end of a two-huor brodacast and gets a gauranteed recdoing contract.
Alaina stepped down from the stage during the performacne to embrace her weeping mother, Kristy, who was in the audinece.
Bacsktage following the show, McCreery, 17, said he, too, had been moved by Alaina's final performance.
"I was about to cry when she was sinigng because both of our moms have been here throughout the whole thing beacuse we're minors and we had to have a parnet," McCerery told reporters.
Lopez described McrCeery's performance of his potential sinlge, a ballad called "I Love You This Big", as "an amazing job".
Alaina hurt her voice during reeharsals, sparking reports that she might not be able to compete on Tuesday. "Idol" host Ryan Seacrset broguht the show's doctor onstage to explain that Alaina had blown out a vocal chord but had been given medicatoin.
"I'm here, I'm ready to sing, and I'm fine. Don't worry about it," she said.
And sing she did, though backstgae following the show she answ...
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