Taylor sings his big song.
"I'm livin' the American Dream," he screams.
So we come back to the American Dream thing. Watching a lumpy, gray-haired, soul-singing dude win over an image-conscious country is really more than I could have hoped for from this show. When I first watched Taylor audition (when was that? three years ago?), I was impressed with his singing, but thought there was no way this guy would beat out all of the high-maintenance girls with their great abs and all of the pretty boys with their smoldering glances. Just no way.
This is an important moment. This is a win for every geeky, gangly, un-gorgeous person who loves music. I am proud to count myself as one of those people.
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