"This Is My Now" selected as the top choice for final Two American Idols.

After over 25,000 submissions and almost 500,000 votes, “This Is My Now” was selected by AMERICAN IDOL fans as their top choice for the final two Idols to perform live tonight, and for the winner to record as his/her first single, it was announced today by AMERICAN IDOL creator and executive producer Simon Fuller. For penning the winning single in the American Idol Songwriter Competition, Seattle songwriters Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody earn a publishing deal with 19 Entertainment.

“This song clearly resonated with the American Idol fans and was the clear winner of the Songwriter competition,” said Fuller. “Scott and Jeff wrote a song that speaks to why ‘American Idol’ is so popular – the pursuit and achievement of dreams and taking advantage of the moment.”

The goal of the “American Idol Songwriter Competition” was to elevate the songwriter craft and to let America choose the finale song this season’s winner would record. After the competition was announced, over 25,000 songs were submitted through the contest’s website.

Once the submission date was closed, Fuller and his 19 Entertainment music staff in London, Los Angeles and Nashville personally listened to each entry and narrowed the field to the final 20 songs based on their merits. During the process, the 19 Entertainment staff was impressed by the number of serious songwriters and the investment they made in their production of the song and their time in furthering their art, which showed in the overall quality of their work.

Source : Fox