Photo SpecialIdol Scrapbook: Taylor Hicks

WINNING EDGE?

Cowell had predicted that Hicks would edge out Katherine in the finale, telling Jay Leno, "I'm going to say he's the favorite." And Hicks already had designs on his post-show touring life. "My home has been the road since even before American Idol," he says. " A tour bus with some good, cold iceberg lettuce is probably where I'm going to stay."

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