The final three singers, Breanna Nix, John Foster and Jamal Roberts, duked it out for the title of Season 23 winner in the "American Idol" finale.

Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old PE teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, won the popular vote to become the "American Idol" Season 23 champion during the May 18 finale. According to USA TODAY, Roberts is the first Black man to earn the title since Carrie Underwood's predecessor, Season 2's Ruben Studdard, in 2003.

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Foster said his life has changed since being a contestant on the show. “It has just been like rocket fuel to my career to be on American Idol,” he said. “I went from 0 to 50