BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - You'd have thought it was Alabama vs. Anybody U. for the national championship in football instead of Taylor Hicks vs. Katharine McPhee in a TV talent show.
Hicks' hometown was abuzz Wednesday over the soul singer's chance to become the next big thing on "American Idol," which has had a winner or runner-up with Birmingham ties in four of its five seasons.
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