The 20-year-old construction worker from Louisa, Kentucky, has emerged winner at the just ended American Idol talent show. In an interview, Thompson expresses his surprise after winning the event.
“Honestly, dude, I was just kind of numb,” Thompson told USA TODAY over the phone about an hour after Sunday’s climax. “It blew me away. I just didn’t know how to feel. Anybody could have won this show, you know what I mean? I just didn’t think that it was me.”
What did Noah Thompson do before American Idol?
Before American Idol, Thompson led a “modest life,” operating at a construction firm while raising his 1-year-old son, Walker. He ended up on the reality TV show against his will when his work friend Arthur signed him up without notifying him.
“I just got shoved into this competition basically by my buddy, but I’m grateful for it,” he says. “I just didn’t expect this outcome at all. After Top 3 was when it ret me.”
