Twenty-one year old American singer Phillip Phillips was proclaimed as the winner of American Idol Season 11 during the singing competition’s results night at the Nokia Theater on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
Phillip got a record-breaking 132 million online and text votes from AI fans and viewers.
During the performance night on May 22, 2012, he sang “Stand By Me,” “Movin Out,” and his winning song “Home,” where he got a standing ovation from the judges and live audience for having a great production number that included the use of a marching band.
On American Idol, it’s always the guy with the guitar that ends up winning huh?