http://mix949.com Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://mix949.com/get-to-know-your-new-american-idol-winner-phillip-phillips/ http://mix949.com/get-to-know-your-new-american-idol-winner-phillip-phillips/#comments Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:34 +0000 Jade http://mix949.com/?p=75070 When Ryan Secrest announced Phillip was our new "American Idol" winner, he made mention that he just had emergency surgery to save his life. We knew he was dealing with chronic kidney problems during his run on AI, and his mom says he was in pain the entire time. His dad is now speaking up and saying he had EIGHT operations since beginning AI.

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