scotty mccreery is the new american idol

scotty mccreery, the 17 year old country singer from garner, north carolina, was declared the 10th winner of the popular reality show, american idol. here is the highlights of the season finale and the announcement of the winner (from the associated press youtube channel):

scotty beat 16 year old lauren alaina in the finale.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eps9Zh-eNBE

scotty mccreery gets homecoming surprise

american idol top 3 finalist scotty mccreery got a surprise of a lifetime during his homecoming visit at his hometown garner, north carolina. during his performance, he sang his first audition piece "your man" by josh turner. just barely 20 seconds in the song, josh suddenly popped up on the stage which caught him off guard. they then sang a duet of the song with turner's own band playing.

here is the video of the awesome moment with scotty's reaction caught on cam.

video is from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHSL1E6F9E