ATLANTA – In the lifelong friendship between Jonathan Aranda and Alejandro Kirk, it is Aranda who’s theoretically the big brother. Born on May 23, 1998, Aranda came into this world nearly six months ...

Full disclosure: I checked out of "American Idol" a long time ago and had zero interest when ABC rebooted the show last season. Then along came Alejandro Aranda. I happened this season's runner-up ...

Throughout the "American Idol" Season 17 finale Sunday night, the winner seemed almost too obvious; especially when Alejandro Aranda, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Pomona, California, ...