Jamal Roberts Wins American Idol - 05.22.25

“American Idol" season 23 winner, Jamal Roberts is a 27-year-old PE teacher from Meridian, Mississippi and the first black man to win American Idol since Ruben Studdard back in 2003. According to the USA today, Jamal Roberts got the biggest finale vote in show history.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, guys.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
American Idol season twenty three winner Jamal Roberts is a
twenty seven year old pe teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, and
he is get this. He is the first black man
to win American Idol since Reuben Stutdard back in two
thousand and three. We all remember Ruben Studdard, of course. Now,
according to the USA Today, Jamal Roberts got the biggest

(00:22):
finale finale.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
Vote in show history.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Take a listen to just some of his singing season
crows the smart magin.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
In no.

Speaker 4 (00:39):
Every night on Monday. He's afraid.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
HIMZI don't ever let another take lovely.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
That's Jamal Robert's baby.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Right there, superstar already representing Mississippi America all.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
Right now, can't I imagine they should? Yeah, running away
with me.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
On the follow with ros Yeah, I following that. I
got to following when I wrote it. You know when
people have done that on and I wrote this on
right now. I wrote this on verit voter further temptation
and Rot wrote the boarded me.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
In Yeah even even he even Donna.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Halfaway took a shot at the one time we ain't
even call I told Donna.

Speaker 4 (01:50):
That done it, Let it go, Let it go, baby,
get my imagination.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
So did you see Jamals and your song? Did you
watch it?

Speaker 3 (02:02):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (02:02):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah I watch it. I watched it.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
That boy, that boy in saying, you know, you know
what they say out of Mississippi, but he.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Ain't in Mississippi. It's his hometown.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
No, no, you know, they always trying to give Mississippi
something because it needs so much. So soon as somebody
come out of nowhere, they put him right in Mississippi.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Roscoe, he's from already in Mississippi.

Speaker 4 (02:31):
And look at him.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Look look at it over there getting mad, the little
Mississippi representative over the other.

Speaker 4 (02:36):
Look, missis monk.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
I always want from white people the Mississippi, anybody from
there with nothing.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
That word.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
No, no, we ain't.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Too much trouble in Mississippi.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
Mississippi burning all this is setting her flipping buses over
and everybody won't go down there.

Speaker 4 (02:52):
Have you been? Probably hell, they ain't had a black
man wing on their things.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Two down three Yeah, yeah, you're two down twenty five.
That's right, you trying to tell me October London shouldn't
have been on that show.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
And want something then well he didn't go that route.
He just didn't wear that route. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
Finally gave it a little black boy something. Oh what
a name, Jamal Roberts.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
You'll remember that name for sure.

Speaker 4 (03:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
They gave Jamal that. It was good for Jamal, having
for him, having for him fam. How many kids he got?
He got kids shoes?

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah, he had two when when the show first started.
But by the time the show ended, he had a
new baby girl.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
He he went on there and went back home and
somebody said, hey, look here, you ain't.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Getting here yet, some chocolate young man. Yeah, he had two.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
What he went on Mariygan, he got three? Now what
I tell you, Oh, you gotta do it. Looks like
you finna make it. That's all to take. Somebody latch
on to you like that. I got doing it. Look
like you're going to comeo.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Roscoe, you got kids? Do you have me?

Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah? I got kid? How many kids you had? Twenty four?
Twenty four children? Twenty four?

Speaker 1 (04:21):
You're the same woman by the same woman.

Speaker 4 (04:23):
No, you know.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
I got every way.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
I got to kill rob How came ken North America?

Speaker 2 (04:35):
The whole Thank you, Roscoe, Congratulations to uh season twenty
three American Idol winner Jamal Roberts. Congratulations to you, biggest
finale vote in history. You're listening to The Steve Harvey
Morning Show.