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American Idol: Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips is scheduled for surgery this Tuesday to correct the kidney disorder that plagued him throughout this year’s competition.  Oh yeah, and did we mention it’s his TWELFTH surgery this year!?

According to reports, the procedure will help remedy the pain caused by kidney stones that were too large to pass through Phillips’ system on their own.

Ouch!

We’re so glad that Phil will be getting the help he needs and that he will hopefully be able to hit the road with the AI tour this summer!

And if we weren’t already completely on board with Team Phillip, a recent interview the 21-year-old told reporters how over the moon he is for girlfriend, Hannah Blackwell.

She is really excited for me and she’s helped me out a lot through this. I’m hoping she’ll maybe be able to go on tour. It would be cool having her, she’s supported me so much. Love her, love her to death

If a girl [voted] for me because I’m cute, and then gets mad that I have a girlfriend, then she doesn’t really like the music… I’m not some cute guy who is trying to be successful off that. I really want the music to come first.

Integrity, talent AND cute?  This guy’s the trifecta!

Phillip Phillips Phans all over the country rejoiced last night, when the 20-year-old singer was crowned the winner of American Idol:  Season 11, beating out fellow finalist Jessica Sanchez.

The Georgia native was noticeably absent from the Idol Finale festivities, which we can only assume was due to his increasingly worsening kidney issue that will force him to undergo surgery within the next few weeks.

It’s no secret that here at GossipTeen, we’ve been on the Phil-train since the beginning, so we were so excited to see our boy go home a winner.  Not to mention, how freaking adorable was it that he was so moved that he had to leave the stage and run into the arms of his mom and dad?

Love it!

Check out Phillip Phillip’s Idol-winning performance of his single “Home”, below.