American Idol 24 finale: Who won, Hannah Harper or Jordan McCullough?

Entering tonight’s American Idol 24 finale over on ABC, we know that Hannah Harper, Jordan McCullough, and Keyla Richardson were all in the running. However, who took home the title?

Well, before we even get into discussing the results here, we should go ahead and note that on paper, this felt like one of the easiest seasons to predict. Hannah has been a consistent favorite throughout the entire season and for a number of reasons. She’s a country singer and, of course, that is an extremely popular genre with viewers. Also, she has a rather large following on social media — more than the other two combined. That does not mean everything in a show like this, but we do think it matters, especially on a season that had hyped social-media voting going into things.

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Of course, the real agonizing part of the finale was having to spend a whopping three hours waiting to see what the end result ended up being. We recognize that this is a whole celebration of music, but does this need to be the length of an awards show?

The top 2…

Well, Keyla was predictably taken out, meaning that Hannah and Jordan were the only two left as we got closer to the finish line.

The winner is…

Yes it was Hannah! It is not too often that we have a contestant basically be the front-runner wire to wire and yet, we had it here. We do think she has a chance at stardom moving forward, but it will really come down to trying to replicate the success of “String Cheese.”

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This article was written by Jessica BunBun.