LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul singer Taylor Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday, beating ballad singer Katharine McPhee in votes cast by fans of the most watched TV show in the United States.
Hicks, 29, whose prematurely graying hair and manic dancing has made him been a consistent favorite among the show's 30 million regular viewers, won a coveted recording contract and will release a single called "Do I Make You Proud."
The show, airing twice weekly, has given the Fox network the biggest hit in prime time and propelled the broadcaster to first place this season in the ratings race for viewers aged 18 to 49, the audience most prized by advertisers.
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