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"Lauren Alaina&amp;apos;s not about to be a sore loser.\r\nAlthough many (including Kelly Clarkson) pegged her as the season-10 winner of American Idol, the singer wound up in the runner-up spot as fellow country crooner Scotty McCreery took the prize on Wednesday&amp;apos;s finale.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;You would expect that I felt disappointed, but I didn&amp;apos;t,&amp;quot; Alaina, 16, told Us Weekly after the show.  McCreery, 17, won the life-changing honor after a record 122 million viewer votes were cast. On Tuesday&amp;apos;s performance show, judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler suggested Alaina deserved the crown.\r\nNo hard feelings at all, Alaina told Us. &amp;quot;Scotty&amp;apos;s my best friend and we went through this whole process together...I knew it in my heart and I&amp;apos;m just so proud of him and I&amp;apos;m proud I got second place to him, it&amp;apos;s just unbelievable.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIdol fans were also abuzz about the duo&amp;apos;s kiss -- on the lips -- and the intimate convo after McCreery&amp;apos;s name was called. &amp;quot;I said &amp;apos;I told you so&amp;apos; and &amp;apos;I love you&amp;apos;,&amp;quot; Alaina revealed. &amp;quot;He said &amp;apos;I love you too&amp;apos; and I said &amp;apos;go get &amp;apos;em&amp;apos;!&amp;quot;\r\nShe also shrugged off Tuesday&amp;apos;s night&amp;apos;s laryngitis drama.  &amp;quot;Never once did it go through my mind that I wasn&amp;apos;t going to sing,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Even if I sounded like someone was holding onto my throat I was going to go out there.&amp;quot;\r\nNext up, the teen plans to move to Nashville and work on her debut country album.  &amp;quot;Nashville is the place for me!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAbout that kiss...?\r\n&amp;quot;Ask Scotty!&amp;quot; she said, laughing.\r\nMcCreery&amp;apos;s explanation: &amp;quot;She told me she was going to do that before the show,&amp;quot; the champ told Us. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s all fun and games, she&amp;apos;s just a sweetheart!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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