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With one of the best personal stories in show history, along with one of the smoothest voices, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. is your 2011 America’s Got Talent champion!

The jazz singer surprised many by overcoming the favorites, Team iLuminate, who only finished in third place. Did you see Sharon Osbourne’s face when that result was announced?

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Said the shocked crooner, who says he’ll use the $1 million to “invest” in his “kids’ future,” immediately after the results were announced:

“Thank you so much for supporting me and believing in me, and helping me believe in myself on national television, in front of the whole world… This has been a long, hard journey. I been busting my butt out here doing this for so long, ever since I was a kid, and it’s finally paying off.”

So, you tell us: Did the right act win?