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Since his surprising “American Idol” win last Wednesday, Lee Dewyze might not be probably getting enough sleep because of the string of TV appearances lined up for him. After singing U2’s “Beautiful Day” when he appeared at the Today Show in NBC, he, along with the rest of A.I. top ten, paid a visit to Simon Fuller’s “If I Can Dream” house and hanged out with the “dreamers”.

With Lee DeWyze’s stroke of luck in Wednesday’s ‘Idol’ finale, the former paint salesman and newly crowned singing champ from Illinois is now up for a series of high profile gigs, one of which is a special appearance in Game 2 of the Celtics-Lakers finals series on June 6. DeWyze will be singing the national anthem in front of tens of thousands at the Staples Center in Los Angeles before the opening tip off. You can see his performance live at 8 PM ET when it airs via ABC. Since 2004, the NBA has featured all past A.I. winners, except for season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, to open for its championship games.

This season of American Idol has been tagged as one of, if not the most boring season ever. One could not point a finger whether it was the judges revamp, the show itself that has gotten its tricks old, or if it is this season’s finalists that have gotten their singing styles old. Take this season’s winner Lee DeWyze. He may be the newly crowned champ of the talent search but music’s most formidable outlet, Billboard or at least the listeners think otherwise.

American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze has been scoring well in the iTunes sales charts. Three tracks in the list and he has not released his debut album yet – now that is rare, but will it last? His winning piece “Beautiful Day” which is a U2 cover and his highest entry, landed on the 3rd spot on the iTunes list while another of his covers, “Hallelujah”, which looking back might have been his ticket not only to the finale but also to eventually winning the title, is sitting comfortably – for now – at no.6. “Falling Slowly” a duet he did with “Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox is at no.12.

Indeed being a part of American Idol, more so if you make it to the finals, has its huge perks, along with the publicity and exposure, both finalists can get to be taken under the wings of major record labels like RCA and Jive, as is the case of Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox. Shortly after Lee won as the newest “Idol”, he is now lined up with the likes of fellow A.I alums Chris Daughtry and Adam Lambert under RCA and 19 Recordings Limited. While Bowersox joined past A.I winners and finalists Jordin Sparks, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta again under 19 Recordings Limited and this time, with Jive Records.

In a month where many TV series are lashing out their season finales just before summer sets in, American Idol also manages to crown a new and unexpected winner – Lee DeWyze. The surprise comes on Wednesday night at the Nokia Theatre in front of thousands. DeWyze himself was also surprised when his name was called, he almost rummaged through the stage while shedding tears as he obviously could not contain his exhilaration, and probably a little of disbelief. And for good reason, runner-up Crystal Bowersox, the young single mom hailing from Ohio, and her impressive folk vocal stylings, made her the clear favorite from day one.

With just a day to go before the results are revealed, you can still vote for either Crystal or Lee, but read along to see why Lee is much more cut out for the title of the “new” American Idol.

With yet again another season of American Idol coming to an end, ‘Idol’ judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson now make their rounds of TV guest appearances to promote the finale and who they think will and should win this year’s title. And now they’re rooting for the show’s underdog, the dark horse Lee DeWyze, after rooting for show frontrunner Crystal Bowersox in the majority of episodes.

Tuesday night – It was down to the final three, Crystal, Lee and Casey. Any of these three hopefuls’ dreams could be crushed by tomorrow’s results and while the phone lines are still open and if you haven’t seen the episode yet, here’s a rundown of who we might be seeing through next week for the finale.