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"American Idol&amp;#039;s Lauren Alaina has shared the words of praise she received from Beyonc\u00E9 during the season ten finale.  Beyonc\u00E9 performed her new single &amp;#039;1x1&amp;#039; during the two-hour show, and also took to the stage with some of this season&amp;#039;s female finalists for a medley of her greatest hits.  &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s probably the most uplifting person I&amp;#039;ve ever met,&amp;quot; Alaina told American Idol host Ryan Seacrest&amp;#039;s KIIS-FM radio show. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s so sweet. I was going to sing with her but didn&amp;#039;t have time to learn the dance, so I wasn&amp;#039;t in the number, but she said I was amazing and I&amp;#039;d have a great career and she was proud of me. It&amp;#039;s really cool.&amp;quot; Alaina lost the American Idol season ten crown to Scotty McCreery after more than 122 million votes were cast by the American public, setting a new record for the largest number of votes. More than 730 million votes were cast across the season.  The 16-year-old also performed with her idol Carrie Underwood during last night&amp;#039;s show, joining forces with the season four champion for a rendition of her hit track &amp;#039;Before He Cheats&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s so cool,&amp;quot; said Alaina, who has already described the duet with Underwood as &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;When I ran into her I started crying like a little kid... She is so beautiful and so talented and I just love her.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; Read what Lauren Alaina said in her American Idol post-finale interview American Idol airs on Fox.  More on the American Idol season finale: &amp;gt; Beyonc\u00E9, Lady GaGa and J.Lo perform on American Idol finale: Pictures &amp;gt; American Idol recap: The finale performances &amp;gt; American Idol finale: Stars react &amp;gt; American Idol finale: Former contestants react &amp;gt; Lauren Alaina loses voice before &amp;#039;Idol&amp;#039; final &amp;gt; American Idol finale performance night: Pictures &amp;gt; American Idol attracts record-breaking votes &amp;gt; Poll result: Who should win American Idol? &amp;gt; Read our American Idol news, recaps and features Listen to more of Lauren and Scotty&amp;#039;s interview with Ryan Seacrest below:  Watch Lauren Alaina and Carrie Underwood&amp;#039;s performance on American Idol below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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