THE GRAND FINALE After a two-hour show that was alternately cheesy (Sanjaya with...Joe Perry?), shameful (the ''Golden Idols''), and charming (Tony Bennett! The African Children's Choir!), Jordin was named the season 6 winner — at 17, the youngest champ ever. As expected, she got choked up through her victory performance of the new Idol single, ''This Is My Now,'' and as her fellow contestants rushed the stage to congratulate her.

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