On The Red Carpet At 'American Idol' Season 13 Finale [Pictures]
Caleb Johnson has been crowned the winner of American Idol Season 13! The 23-year-old was pitted against 17-year-old Jena Irene but was successful in his efforts on Wednesday (21st May).
The show kicked off with Johnson and Irene sitting together before stepping on to the stage to perform an impressive mash-up of Queen's 'We Will Rock You,' No Doubt's 'Just a Girl,' and Tina Turner and Bryan Adams' 'It's Only Love.' The pair were able to perform with some of their idols on Wednesday night's show with Johnson performing alongside Kiss in 'Love Gun' and 'Shout It Out Loud'. Irene began a performance of Paramore's Decode on piano but was soon joined by the band itself!
Read more: American Idol Names The Top 13 Singers for Season 13.
Two other finalists returned to perform chart toppers with Sam Woolf performing Phillip Phillips' 'Home' and Jessica Meuse performed 'That Girl' and 'Wrecking Ball'. Yet it was not the finalists' performances which received the most cheers from the audience but the array of guests the show had wangled to appear. Collaborating with the finalists were Phillip Phillips, John Legend, Kiss, Jennifer Nettles and Demi Lovato.
Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban judge the competition. Lopez took to the stage to perform 'First Love' whilst all the judges and mentor, Randy Jackson, performance a mash-up of Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colours' and Fleetwood Mac's 'Go Your Own Way'.