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The 2009 'American Idol' Winner Is Kris Allen
by Kelly Woo, posted May 20th 2009 7:00PM

The dark horse surged ahead at the last minute to win it in a photo finish.
With almost 100 million votes tallied, Kris Allen defeated front-runner and judges' favorite Adam Lambert to become the 'American Idol' season 8 winner.
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