Overview

• The Chicago choir advanced into the top five during the live results show before finishing fourth as singer Jessica Sanchez won season 20.
• The finalists capped their run with a high-energy performance of The Script’s “Hall of Fame” and a collaboration with Aloe Blacc on “The Man.”
• Judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara and Mel B praised the group on air, with Cowell telling them they would inspire many.
• Back home, watch parties and vote drives filled auditoriums, with tributes from the Chicago Bears and a congratulatory message from Cardinal Blase Cupich.
• The all-boys choir from Auburn Gresham was discovered after a CBS Chicago Instagram post, and members had said any prize money would help with college or family needs.