Lauren Alaina | American Idol winners

Lauren Alaina, the final winner of the dayon "American Idol" was 15-year-old, a sweet Georgia peach with a big voice in Nashville . She which was beautiful started off on "Like We Never Loved At All," . American Idol contestant Lauren Alaina created something of a buzz in last night's show with her emotional performance. By setting her up as a frontrunner to win the show. So what did you think? Was she all that and more? Or are you not buying into the hype? We aren't crowning her just yet, but we would not be at all surprised if Seacrest does crown her 16 weeks from now.

Lauren Alaina |  American Idol winners

She has like curly-haired Carrie Underwood from Oklahoma six years ago that reminded us more than a little of the slightly-chubby,  After the auditions, Steven Tyler remarked that he thinks they found "the one" in Lauren, which also reminds us of when Cowell predicted Carrie would go on to not only win, but be the most successful "Idol" winner ever.

 Lauren Alaina |  American Idol winners