{"id":612964,"date":"2026-09-03T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612964\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:26:09","slug":"american-idol-finale-hannah-harper-named-season-24-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612964\/","title":{"rendered":"‘American Idol’ Finale: Hannah Harper Named Season 24 Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Idol Season 24 returned on Monday night for the grand finale episode, as the Top 3 contestants took the stage for their final chance to earn America\u2019s vote. At the end of the night, Hannah Harper was named the winner of the season.<\/p>\n

Hannah Harper Named American Idol Season 24 Winner<\/p>\n

Singer Hannah Harper was officially named the winner of American Idol Season 24 during Monday night\u2019s grand finale. Hannah kicked off the show with a performance of \u201cNo One\u201d by guest mentor Alicia Keys, putting her own unique spin on the song. Judge Luke Bryan compared her voice to \u201cwalking through a beautiful garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, Hannah took the stage to perform an original song called \u201cMarried Into This Town\u201d that brought judge Carrie Underwood to tears as she noted what a full-circle moment it was, since Hannah\u2019s audition song was also an original. She sang that track, titled \u201cString Cheese,\u201d as her final performance before the results of the live vote were revealed.<\/p>\n

During the finale, Hannah also shared the stage with country singer Lee Ann Womack to perform a duet of \u201cI Hope You Dance.\u201d For those who don\u2019t know, Hannah is a 25-year-old stay-at-home mom of three from Missouri.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: \u2018AMERICAN IDOL\u2019 FANS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR GUEST MENTOR RANDY JACKSON<\/a><\/p>\n

Who Was the Runner-Up?<\/p>\n

Going into Monday\u2019s American Idol finale, three singers were left in the competition \u2014 Hannah Harper, Keyla Richardson, and Jordan McCullough. After the first two performances, host Ryan Seacrest announced the results of the vote<\/a> so far, meaning one singer had to be eliminated from the competition.<\/p>\n

That singer was unfortunately Keyla Richardson, who started the episode by performing \u201cUnthinkable\u201d by Alicia Keys. Underwood praised the song choice, while Luke Bryan called her \u201cso inspiring.\u201d Keyla later returned to the stage to perform \u201cI Love the Lord\u201d by Whitney Houston, bringing Underwood to tears.<\/p>\n

Keyla\u2019s elimination meant that Jordan McCullough ended up finishing the competition in second place behind Hannah Harper. During the show, Jordan performed \u201cIf I Ain\u2019t Got You\u201d by Alicia Keys, earning a standing ovation from the judges. Underwood said his performances are always \u201cjust enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, Jordan returned to the stage to sing \u201cDear God\u201d by Smokie Norful, as well as his audition song, \u201cGoodness of God.\u201d After the nationwide vote, Jordan became the Season 24 runner-up.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the results of the American Idol Season 24 finale? Were you rooting for Hannah to win the show, or did you want another singer to take the crown? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Idol Season 24 returned on Monday night for the grand finale episode, as the Top 3 contestants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-612964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}