together we'll go far. >>> well tonight guitar-strumming heartthrob philip philips became the 11 lth american idole hearts of fans nationwide. but after all the excitement dies down, what's next for tonight's big winner? well, some past idols have clipped their reality show days and become heavyweight chart toppers, whatever happened to the rest of them? here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: the crowning night on american idol. >> philip fill ipds! >> reporter: a moment for philip philips to savor for sure. when it comes to fame and fortune, carrie underwood, kelly clarkson, and jennifer hudson seem to be the exceptions. we set out to do a where are they now piece on past idol contestants. >> working at subway, working at hooters. we had someone addicted to cocaine. one contestant talks about how she got requests to sing at funerals. before american idol, justin was performing on broadway in new york. now he's doing regional theater in atlanta. casey abrams is now a spokesperson for inflammatory bowel disease. julia dim ato was a hair dress ner connecticut before idol. post idol, she's back to c

a brand new american idol. phillips took top honors. we are live on the red carpet in hollywood and also in the fox 5 web have with reaction. >> plus taunted on facebook, a woman robbed of her smartphone on metro, but what's really surprising is what happened next. >> the corruption scandal grows, another former campaign worker for d.c. mayor vincent gray is accused of lying to the fbi. >> we'll begin with a weather alert. more storms are thundering their way through d.c. tonight. good evening. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm shawn yancy. >> sadly it's prince william county again with a flash flood warning means flooding is occurring until 10:45. we've had reports of a high water rescue in the gainesboro area. now can see most of that is shifting. i'll give you a closer vis the flash flood warning and most of the rain has moved over to fairfax county around vienna and mclean. we're getting rainfall rate much lighter there, but wait till you see some of the rain totals ininess william county and fauquier. we scoot

something in the air wick. >>> american idol's top two performed last night in hopes of being the season 11 winner. this morning we have our own idol chatter panel with us to discuss who they thing will take the title. welcome back to the show morning man mix 107.3 mr. jack diamond for the last time this seasonally miss you so. >> i will miss you too. >> this is a multimedia personality, kitty of the city, genie jones. >> good morning. >> and the host of the hang suite on wh 2r my personal american idol going strong for 12 seasons, my better half. we can't do it all. we will talk about the second and third offerings kids sang each, the second and third were contestants choice. >> right. >> and then the song they will sing if they win. >> also simon fuller had a choice. >> he was the first guy. >> we are just skipping into the songs the kids like. what about the overall impression what do you think will be the american idol. >> you want to know now. home is a hit. >> phil. >> i love everyone of these performers, it takes great guts to get up there and sing karaoke and it has been a wonder

tomorrow night we'll select a new american idol.can idol finale is the rare night of the year when ryan seacrest goes from 12 jobs down to 11 after 19 excruciatingly long weeks of competition, the field has been narrowed to two. do we still care? i know i don't care. i don't remember who won last year. i don't remember who won the year before. i didn't realize sometimon had left the show until last week. but they say it's still the number one show on television. i feel like people aren't paying attention to it anymore. so i sent my cousin sal out onto hollywood boulevard to ask a simple question. do you know who the two american idol finalists are. and here's what they had to say. >> i'm going to give you ten, if you can tell me who are the final two contestants in this year's american idol? >> ooh, american idol, huh, i just saw that yesterday. i don't even know. >> you don't know? >> i don't know. >> all right. i don't like the steelers, i'll take your hat. >> you gonna take it? >> yeah, i gotta take it. i will give you $10, if yo

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we are going to show you your brand new american idol. >> the winner of american idol, season 11 is... fill fip phillips. -- phillip phillips. >> fox's nicole collins was at the american idol finale. she joins us live in los angeles with more. what a great assignment for you. >> we are having a lot of foun out here, guys. f phillip the 21-year-old pawnshop worker takes the title. host ryan seacrest handed him a guitar this singer song writer giving him the stage to sing his victory song. he made it halfway through and choked up over come with emotion. stopped singing and eventually walked off stage to hug his family and friends. >> i wasn't thinking about anything. i was thinking about music or song family nobody. i started thinking about how long the journey had been and it was crazy how it is over. really crazy that i won. >> runner up jessica sanchez gave a knockout performance last night with jennifer holiday. the 16-year-old high school stew den the said she knew she wasn't going to win. phillip knows who he is as an artist. when she heard the news she wasn't mad she was proud ab

she is one of two singers in the final of "american idol". it is not just americans showing their support. her family in the philippines are cheering her on. >> ♪ nothing if i don't have you ♪ [applause] >> she is only 16. we get a sense of a growing excitement there. >> people have been here since 5 in the morning. there is a big screen on one side where they are showing "american idol" life. people have been waiting for weeks for this moment. everyone is so excited. this is her great-aunt, she is wearing a t-shirt saying, "we're proud of >> i am very happy and proud of my family today. >> fantastic. that is what everyone here is saying. very proud of her. jessica sanchez is filipino and mexican. they are incredibly excited here. the result is coming up soon. the first person to jump out of a helicopter using a wing suit, reaching speeds of more than 130 kilometers per hour during the flight that took him less than a minute to complete. mr. connery landed on a pile of 18 and 1/2 cardboard boxes. >> i always knew i could do it. otherwise it wo

while she was unable to become the first filipino "american idol," she is still their idol. >>> facebook'sroubled ipo is generating a lot of headlines. today, it's generated a pair of class action lawsuits as well. facebook stock closed at $32 a share. up $1 from yesterday. shares are still down nearly 16% since facebook's debut last friday. today, investors sued facebook, along with lead underwriter morgan stanley and other wall street banks. the suits claim facebook and the banks concealed key information from certain investors, costing those investors billions of dollars. >> they increased the size of the offering. they increased the price of the offering. at the same time, apparently, they were getting wind that the results of the company, the financial results were a little weaker than they anticipated. >> the suit filed in san mateo county that large institutional investors got word of the weaker forecast, and dumped shares early. leaving small investors to pay the price. facebook says the lawsuits are without merit. morgan stanley declined to comment. >>> it was a mixed day on wall

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was it to be on the show on "american idol"? it's one of the few television shows that i do and that i've done over the years that leaves an impression, very high energy, an amazing production. i've never seen anything like it, the only thing that comes close to it is the thanksgiving day parade as far as production, and they do that once a year. the "american idol" thing is a couple times a week. i don't know how they do it. it's amazing. >> i'm sure upcoming tour will be quite a production. we look forward to it. thank you so much, it has been a pleasure speaking with you. >> thank you, randi. >>> dozens of inmates are set free near las vegas after too many jail employees call out sick. did this really happen? and why? right after this. >>> welcome back here is a check of what is making news across the country if you think caps and gowns would keep grads covered up, think again. take a close look at this graduation photo it looks like one student in the front row is, well, flashing the camera. but school officials in north car

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coming up down to the final two on american idol. >> jessica and phil will battle it out on stage tonight, special night, tonight, hoping to become the season 11 winner a live report from l.a. coming your way next  >>> crack open the buzz bin let's look at the season finale of american idol already. the top two finalists preparing for tonight's live show hoping to win the title. nicole colins is live in los angeles with some predictions and advice from past winners, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning allison. phil phillips and jessica sanchez were out here, answering questions about which songs they plan to sing tonight but we do know they will each sing three. one will be a choice by one of the executive producers one of them the contestants favorite performance from season 11 and the other will be released as a single for whichever contestant wins. >> i have so many songs to work on. >> reporter: while most teens are getting ready for prom this time of year ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: 16-year-old jessica sanchez of san diego is hard at work trying to become the next am

you will see who is left in the american idol competition. a large piece of history about to sail away from the bay area. >>> well it is going to take more than facebook's initial public offering to push the stock market higher, stocks are flat to lower today after still some concern about the situation in europe, a live look at the big board, the dow currently down 61 at 12,381. >>> facebook shares now are up but much less than expected on their first day of trading. huge order volume actually caused technical problems that delayed the coming out party of the number 1 on-line social network by 20 minutes this morning. again this is live from the nasdaq where facebook is listed under the symbol f b, up just slightly right now at 38.07. >>> the historic battleship that spent the last decade in suisun bay will move out this weekend. crews have been cleaning up the uss iowa. the world war ii battleship will head to los angeles to become a floating museum. it would have stayed in the bay area put the san francisco board of supervisors rejected a

rumors about jennifer lopez are true, if she's holding out for more money, but it seems like the "american idolucers are preparing for her departure. how do you find a judge to replace someone like j.lo? i tell you how. you have although reality competition show. >> idol is back. and this time, we're scouring the country for the next "american idol" judge. >> let's get the audition started. let's go. >> it's "american idol" judge edition. >> hi. hello. i'm going to say no, you're not quite ready for this. >> i'm going to say no, you're not quite ready for this. >> can i true it again? man, i'm going to say no. >> man, i'm going to say no. >> but we love you. >> i tell you what, man, that is so beautiful. you made me cry. you made he tear up and get all crazy inside. >> that was so beautiful. you made me cry. >> wow, that's -- >> you made me tear up and get all crazy inside. >> oh! >> definitely a yes for me. >> dude -- it's definitely a yes for me, too. >> oh, my god, i'm so excited. thank you so much, oh, my god. >> you be the judge. "american idol," judge edition. >> i'm going to say no. >> t

one contestant talked about how she got requests to sing at funerals. >> reporter: before "american idolming on broadway in new york. now he's doing regional theater in atlanta. casey abrams is now a spokesperson for inflammatory bowel disease. julia demato was a hairdresser in connecticut before "idol." post-"idol" she's back to cutting hair. ♪ you're my kind of >> reporter: sanjaya malakar stood out for his brash hairdos the year he competed. he came in seventh. and now -- >> now lives in a queens apartment, and during his free time, he works as a bartender in east village and sings karaoke songs. >> reporter: even the winners often don't stay winners for long. ruben studdard won season two but his legal troubles make more headlines than his music ever did. lee dewyze won two years ago, season nine. but his first album sold just 150,000 copies. the label immediately dropped him. does it feel when you are on that show like your 15 minutes of fame are counting down fast? >> initially it did. i was 24. and it felt like, gosh, i have to go, go, go. ♪ papa was a rolling stone >> reporter: d

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ashley devorkan has reaction now. >> reporter: meet your new american idol phillip phillips. a record breaking 132 million votes, the 21-year-old georgia native took the top prize and the morning after the big show he was still letting it all sink in. >> it's so unreal, man. honestly, i just never thought this would happen, you know. hearing those words last night, i was just so shocked. it's crazy. >> reporter: runner-up jessica sanchez is happy with the outcome. she even predicted it. >> i told him you're going to win this whole competition. i'm so proud of him. he's really fought tough issues and he's fought harder than a lot of us, so i'm proud and i think he's the one that really deserves it. >> reporter: she's also proud of her swan song. >> i'm glad that was like one of my last numbers because i wanted to go out with a bang and i think i did. >> reporter: as they head out into the real world, phillip says he's going to do what he's known for and stay true to himself. >> i'm just going to try to take each day by day and try to take it all in and try to understand all wh

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. >> it's the final of the show "american idol" this week and the guitarist phillips is up against a 16-year-old singer from california called sanchez. and while phillips phillips is being talked about as the frontrunner, ms. sanchez has a more rounded fan base where her mother it is from the philippines. we have a report from manila. >> the philippines is half a world away from america but doesn't mean the people here won't be glued to their tv sets this week watching "american idol." most people are obsessed with those kind of shows anyway but this year is special because jessica sanchez, a phillipine american is in the final. and has taken this country by storm. you look at facebook or listen to any conversation in an office block or a schoolroom, everyone if is talking about jessica sanchez. it's even in all the papers. why is it such a big phenomenon here? >> of course jessica sanchez would be a big phenomenon. filipinos are obsessed with looking for and creating heroes. this country is so vulnerable. this country is in dire need of role models. so much so that the fact she has

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start here. . >>> who will be the next "american idol"? phillip phillips, jessica sanchez? ita vogel is live in hollywood where we will find out who the new idol is pretty soon. anita? >> reporter: hey, laura, here we are again. year after year, right? and we're on the red carpet. let me give you a look here and things are excited here n. an hour, the red carpet is going to be packd with big of the names in the business. of course, the votes are in now and the nation is waiting to find out who the next "american idol" will be and do fans prefer jessica or phillip. >> i can't run from myself and there is nowhere to hide. >> reporter: jessica sanchez and phillip phillips, facing off in their very last battle. >> and darling, darling stand by me. >> i thought we both had a lot of strengths tonight. there is nothing new or anything. it was all fun. >> i think we both won it in the end and tonight, we didn't just sing for the judges but america. >> reporter: but the 16-year- old california girl and a 21- year-old georgia native. each performing three songs, including their potent

tonight we will know who will head to american idol season finale . time for idol chatter, mix 107.3s jack diamond. good morning. >> good morning. >> kitty of the city genie jones and man near and dear to my own heart, mark clark from wa 2rs hang sweet. good to see everybody this morning our time is like so let's get right to it what did you thing of the show last night. >> the show was great, we are down to popularity contest mode and i think unfortunately, great vocal performances, need to be coupled with great performances and i think it is clear, who may be going home >> jack we know. we know. >> okay genie what did you think. >> jessica sanchez and phil phillips. >> jay lo are you trying to really get jessica, -- what is going on. >> what do you think about the show last night. >> loved the show thanks to three different styles everybody had great performances. i thick jessica is 16, performed, she has a great voice but just she is matched up with some guys who may be are a little more advanced. >> i don't know i think they tried to switch up her

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. >> the winner of "american idol" season 11 is -- >> tonight we'll find out if it's phillip phillips or miss sanchez. >> and some picks -- >> i'm voting for jessica. jordin is voting for phillip. if she wins, i have to cook her dinner. if i win, she has to massage my feet, and she hates feet. >> i'm with her. now on to breaking news about "idol" judge j.lo and the guy dancing away with her heart. jay? >> hey, g., yeah, looks as though jennifer and her man are taking the next logical step in their romance. no, not an engagement ring. i'm talking about a tv show. >> jennifer lopez is becoming queen of reality tv but this time she's teaming up with boyfriend casper smart. >> i don't think i would work together with him if we didn't work well together >> a source tells e! news oxygen network has bought a chance to feature all the dancers on the show. a source says jennifer will be in it if she's around. we hear the as yet unnamed show will air early next year. we asked you would you watch a show centered on j.lo's new man casper and his choreography career? 80% of you said no. on mrs. ea

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when we're watching the "american idol," they said, i want to be the next "american idol." >> reporterat lucille pack card children's hospital are the real stars. in november, they performed a ten-hour operation to separate the conjoined twins. today, nearly six months later, their development is right on schedule. but notice, angelica is left-handed. and angelina is right-handed. >> actually, that's a fact i didn't know. but you can think that that would make sense, if they're facing each other. >> reporter: their personalities since the surgery hasn't changed. angelica is more outgoing. and angelina, more reserved. >> angelica is the one that's making her sister smile by pressing her lips. >> reporter: the girls will celebrate their third birthday in august. and the family says its wishes have already come through. the sabucos' tell angelina ika. their futures might honor the professionals who change their lives. >> what do you want to be when you grow up? she wants to be a doctor. and ina, a nurse. >> reporter: the laughter comes easy, now that anything is possible. in palo alto, ru

there is a new american idol this morning. >> the winner of "american idol"!phillip phillips! >> 21-year-old former pawnshop worker phillip phillips crowned the season 11 champ. getting all choked up while singing his new single "home." of course, that means 16-year-old jessica sanchez was the runner-up. she will join phillips and the rest of the top 10 for a u.s. tour. that will kick off in july and those are your headlines. last night, they were talking about the auditions for season 12 coming up in early june. you had to wonder when jennifer lopez was sitting there whether or not she'll be back. big rumors she won't be back. >> the biggest stars are the women. carrie underwood is huge and jordin sparks is huge, talk about powerful, successful women. michelle malkin is here. hey, michelle. who was not on "american idol." because you're more of a talker than a singer. >> i do play the piano, though. i know gretchen plays the violin. >> sometimes we have to do a duel when you're in new york city. >> that would be nice. >> hey, michelle, how about this? so the

. >>> is jennifer lopez calling it quits on "american idol"? what she said on the talk show that has some wondering if this is her last season. >> there is a lot of fog moving in right now, and it's moving into many neighborhoods. i'll show you where it is tomorrow morning, and how long it sticks around. >> how a horse went from being in a photo ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >>> an arabian horse is recuperates after what was most likely one of the scariest days of its life. the horse had to be rescued yesterday after it actually swam a mile out to sea. it seems the horse got spooked during a photo shoot and just took off. the owner said the horse had never been to the beach before. rescues say the horse was exhausted, but otherwise was in fairly good shape. >>> new information tonight on the man found slain in a castro valley home earlier this week. the man has been identified as 29-year-old jordan vigil of hayward. the coroner told ktvu, an autopsy has been co

some of us crowned a new "american idol." winner for the fourth year in a row is that white kid with the guitar. this one's name is phillip phillips. it will be hard to forget someone with that name, but i have every confidence that we will. [ laughter ] there is a lot going on on "american idol" last night. they brought a bunch of major music icons in to sing with the two finalists. one of them was jennifer holiday, who sang with yes, sir is a sanchez. it's fun to watch her her form. not only does she have an amazing voice, she has amazing facial expressions to go along with it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: honestly, one of the scariest things i s i think i'v ever seen. in fact -- got some voice. let's take out the sound of her voice and watch that again. [ growling ] >> jimmy: that's right. what happens now, and i think is a great twist -- [ applause ] whoever the runner up is gets feed to jennifer holiday. [ laughter ] here in los angeles, the city council just passed a ban on all plastic bags at the supermarket. supermarkets are no lo