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Candice Glover won "American Idol" Season 12 over Kree Harrison as Psy, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, Adam Lambert and Aretha Franklin performed.

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Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet highly praised on 'American Idol'

Wednesday May 2, 2012 10:15 PM By Jamshid Mousavinezhad

The Final 5 quot;American Idols,quot; from left, Phillip

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Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet and Sklyar Laine topped "American Idol" per usual, on a night when the judges only stood once but threw around some eye-popping praise.

Randy Jackson was so moved by Sanchez's "You Are So Beautiful" that after praising her "wisdom and talent as a singer" he continued with, "it's so pro, people who have been singing 50 years can't...

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