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"American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox has described departing judge Simon Cowell as an &amp;quot;amazing person&amp;quot;. The 24-year-old from Ohio interrupted the panel&amp;#039;s comments on last night&amp;#039;s instalment of the Fox competition in order to thank Cowell for his guidance and wish him the best for his future projects.  When asked why she decided to do that by ET Online, she replied: &amp;quot;Because he is important to the show. He&amp;#039;s just 100% legit and incredible and he&amp;#039;s an amazing person.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s done well for me, and he has been very kind to me. I wish him well in anything he does.&amp;quot; She continued to say that she felt like she &amp;quot;did well&amp;quot; in her performances last night, adding: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m just blessed and happy to be here.&amp;quot; Bowersox performed three tracks yesterday - &amp;#039;Bobby McGee&amp;#039; by Janis Joplin, &amp;#039;Black Velvet&amp;#039; by Alannah Myles and &amp;#039;Up To The Mountain&amp;#039;, the track she will release if she wins the competition.  American Idol continues tonight at 8/7c on Fox. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;American Idol&amp;#039; Final: Recap "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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