'American Idol' named today

The Associated Press

SNELLVILLE, Ga. -- One thing is for certain. A teenage singer from the South will be the next "American Idol."

The question is which one: 16-year-old Diana DeGarmo of Snellville, Ga., or 19-year-old Fantasia Barrino of High Point, N.C.

Both performed three songs each Tuesday night before a live, nationally televised audience in Los Angeles, and the phone lines were to be open for four hours -- twice as long as usual -- to give fans plenty of time to cast their votes.

The show's top 12 contestants will reunite on the stage one last time before the final voting outcome is revealed today in a two-hour season finale.