Phillip Phillips from Leesburg , Georgia is your season 11 `` American Idol '' winner . After a two-hour finale chock full o ' lasers , sparkly catsuits , and fresh faces from the '70s , it was time for a very special seven-minute results show that brutally overlapped with the season finale of ABC 's `` Revenge . '' Never before has `` Idol '' received so many votes . The show was taped in Atlanta and aired on ABC for the first time ever. Jessica Sanchez 's duet on `` And I Am Telling You I 'm Not Going ''
Phillip Phillips from Leesburg , Georgia is your season 11 `` American Idol '' winner . Never before has `` Idol '' received so many votes . The show was taped in Atlanta and aired on ABC for the first time ever. Jessica Sanchez 's duet on `` And I Am Telling You I 'm Not Going ''