<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Jessica Sanchez is anything but a sore loser.\r\nThe talented 16-year-old lost the American Idol crown on Wednesday night&amp;apos;s season 11 finale, where Phillip Phillips was crowned the winner.\r\n&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m kind of relieved that this whole thing is over, but I&amp;apos;m also going to miss everybody here,&amp;quot; Sanchez told reporters backstage. &amp;quot;I really think that Phillip deserves to win and I&amp;apos;m so happy for him.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSanchez said she had a hunch that Phillips, 21, &amp;quot;was going to win the whole thing&amp;quot; when the top 3 was announced (Joshua Ledet was eliminated last week). &amp;quot;Phillip has everything about him,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;He has his funny side and his humble side and he&amp;apos;s just an amazing, original artist. I think we all are talented and I think we all are going to have really successful careers.&amp;quot;\r\nShe added of her pal, who&amp;apos;s scheduled to undergo kidney surgery imminently: &amp;quot;He has worked harder than all of us. We&amp;apos;ve all been working hard, but he&amp;apos;s been having to deal with his health issues, with his kidneys, and I think he&amp;apos;s been through a lot more than us mentally and physically.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLong considered a front-runner, Sanchez slipped a bit on Tuesday&amp;apos;s performance episode, when her performance of original single &amp;quot;Change Nothing&amp;quot; left judges Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler cold.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I kind of agreed with them,&amp;quot; she said of the judges&amp;apos; comments. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t have any regrets at all. I mean, I made it to top two -- that&amp;#x2019;s crazy! I&amp;#x2019;m happy.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/jessica-sanchez-phillip-phillips-deserved-to-win-idol-2012245>