Seventeen-year-old diva Jordin Sparks won the crown for this years 2007  “American Idol“. She is also the youngest to every win American Idol!

In case you weren’t one of the “American Idol” fans who helped submit a record 74 million votes in Tuesday’s final show — one in which semifinalist Blake Lewis was praised for being entertaining, but not so much for the singing — 17-year-old judges’ darling Jordin Sparks took home the prize in one of the least suspenseful “Idol” finales in the show’s history.

Unlike past years when it felt like a game up until the final reveal, Wednesday night’s (May 23) two-hour-plus results show seemed more like an exercise in postponing the inevitable, packed with goofy fake awards, celebrity sing-alongs, medleys and — strangely — not that much face time for the actual finalists.

But when host Ryan Seacrest finally read the results, almost 10 minutes past the show’s allotted two-hour running time, both Blake and Jordin did their best to act surprised. Using her patented nervous/humbled look, the towering Jordin accepted a bearhug from Blake as she fumbled for words to express her joy. “I can’t thank you [enough] for keeping me around,” she said, her voice cracking. “Thank you so much for everything.”

My twin girls Sophia and Gabriella are still fuming that Sanjaya Malakar didn’t win but I think Jordin deserved it, she had the most talent of everyone. Blake was bee bopping fool who was highly entertaining but he just didnt seem to deserve to become an American Idol.  So congratulations to Jordan Sparks and I can’t wait for next years American Idol, but mainly for the auditions!