'American Idol' Winner Chayce Beckham Just Revealed a Big Secret About Finale Night

Chayce Beckham is opening up about a secret from the season finale of American Idol, which is the night he was crowned the winner of the latest season!

The 24-year-old singer went on Idol mentor Bobby Bones‘ radio show this week and revealed something that happened before he was announced as the winner.

Click inside to find out what he said…

“About the moment they called my name… I’ve never said this to anybody,” he said. “This actually happened. That card is huge. And [host] Ryan [Seacrest] was right next to me. I saw my name on the card.”

“This is the first time that story has been told,” he continued. “Ryan is standing there and goes ‘The winner is’… I didn’t want to look at it. That’s when I accepted it. Then he said my name and everyone’s like, ‘He didn’t seem surprised.’”

He added, “My name was massive across this giant gold card. I saw it about 10 seconds before he said my name.”

An Idol contestant who was the subject of some controversy during the finale explained what happened to him that night.