Jamal Roberts has wowed music fans across the country with his performances on "American Idol," but what do people think in ...

Jamal Roberts of Meridian, Mississippi, is the new American Idol winner. What to know about the P.E. teacher who won Season ...

Meridian, Mississippi celebrated "American Idol" finalist ... see someone like Roberts draw attention to her city. "A lot of people didn't even know that Meridian was even a place," she said.

Car horns blared and people cheered in the streets of downtown Meridian, Mississippi, on Sunday evening as citizens heard the news that one of their own, Jamal Roberts, had won American Idol.