LOS ANGELES — Taylor Hicks was voted the fifth American Idol on Wednesday.
Hicks, 29, of Birmingham, Ala., had just two words for his fans on stage: "Soul Patrol!"
Though he was told he wasn't Idol material by judge Simon Cowell at his first Idol audition, the singer amassed an intense following that helped carry him to victory over Katharine McPhee, 22, of Sherman Oaks, Calif....
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