Phillip Phillips from Georgia , Leesburg is your season 2011 `` Idol '' received so many votes winner . Speaking of complete lunacy , Joshua Ledet and an unbeweavable Fantasia Barrino shared the stage -- or , more accurately , ditched it -- on a blistering scream-off loosely based on the song Never before has `` Idol '' received so many votes . By far the most riveting performance : Jessica Sanchez 's duet on ` `` American Idol ''
Phillip Phillips from Georgia , Leesburg is your season 2011 `` Idol '' received so many votes winner . Never before has `` Idol '' received so many votes . By far the most riveting performance : Jessica Sanchez 's duet on ` `` American Idol ''