BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Jordanian fans poured into the streets and let off fireworks in honor of a teen singer who won a televised pop idol-style contest.
Millions watched the music contest that gripped the Arab world, the BBC reported.
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Jordan's Diana Karzon, 19, became a national celebrity Monday by winning the Superstar talent show run by Lebanon's Future Television.
At the final in Beirut, Karzon beat Syria's Rowaida Attiyeh, 20.
Karzon won 52 percent of the 4.8 million votes after day-long coverage of the contest's final program on Future Television, owned by Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
