The third time’s the charm for Candice Glover on “American Idol.”

The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., won the Fox singing competition after auditioning a trio of times and making it to the finals this year. Glover looked stunned when “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest announced she bested soulful 22-year-old country singer Kree Harrison from Woodville, Texas.

Glover said backstage after winning she learned to “have fun, live in the moment and be confident.”

After her crowning, an emotional Glover sobbed her way through her new single “I Am Beautiful.”