"AMERICAN IDOL" FINALE

"American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks (R), 29, of Birmingham, Alabama, celebrates with runner-up Katharine McPhee of Los Angeles in the press room after the show's final telecast in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2006. Soul singer Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday, beating ballad singer McPhee in votes cast by fans of the most watched TV show in the United States. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)