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American Idol came to a close on Sunday night with a performance-filled, three-hour finale. It was down to Alejandro Aranda, Laine Hardy and Madison VanDenberg as the final three contestants.

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00:00And your new American Idol is...

00:15Lane Hardy. The ABC reality competition series came to a close on Sunday night with a

00:20performance-filled three-hour finale where Hardy was crowned the season 17 winner

00:24with Alejandro Aranda as the runner-up. Before the winner was announced, it was down to the

00:29final three contestants as Hardy along with Aranda and Madison Vandenberg performed various

00:34songs throughout the night, singing their hearts out one last time for the audience in

00:38order to fight to take the top spot. Vandenberg performed Shallow from A Star Is Born and

00:43Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson during the finale, but halfway through the night it was announced

00:47that she was the lowest vote-getter, eliminating her from the competition and putting her in

00:51third place. But she did come back later in the show to perform Speechless with Dan and Shay.

00:56Stayin' at you, stayin' there in my dreams. What he's doin' to me ain't a secret.

01:03Cause watchin' you is all that I can do.

01:06The final two was down to Aranda and Hardy, who both duped it out with their performances.

01:11Aranda performed multiple original songs throughout the night, reiterating how special

01:15he is as both a performer and a songwriter on the show.

01:28The finale was in full swing with judges, artists and former Idol stars taking the stage as well.

01:33Lionel Richie got the night started with a performance of Dancing on the Ceiling.

01:37Katy Perry joined Daddy Yankee on stage for a performance of Konkama and performed unconditionally

01:42with Idol contestant Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon. Luke Bryan performed Knocking Boots as well as a

01:47duet of Every Breath You Take with Lacey K. Boots. Idol runner-up Adam Lambert sang his new

01:52song, New Eyes and former Idol winner Carrie Underwood took the finale stage to sing her new

01:57song, Southbound. But in the end it was Hardy who shined on Sunday night, performing Home by

02:02Marc Broussard, Jambalaya by Hank Williams and Bring It On Home to Me by Sam Cooke.

02:07The Idol winner also performed his original song Flame after being crowned, which will

02:11likely be his first single.

02:18For more on this story head to THR.com and until next time for The Hollywood Reporter News,

02:22I'm Nisha Joy.

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