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“It’s kind of a blurry moment,” Jake Thomsen says of the second host Rocsi Diaz named him the winner of “Alter Ego,” Fox’s reality TV singing competition where contestants belt it out backstage while motion capture technology creates digital avatars in their place onstage. Thomsen performed as Dipper Scott and won over judges will.i.am, Alanis Morissette, Grimes and Nick Lachey to become the Season 1 champ and winner of a $100,000 cash prize. Watch our exclusive video interview with Thomsen (Aka Dipper Scott) above.

“I just remember it being whittled down from four, to three, to two and thinking, ‘There’s no way that I’m actually gonna win this,'” Thomsen explains. “So when [Rocsi] announced it I feel like I fell to the ground. I actually don’t remember what happened. I just remember being like, ‘This is insane!'” (Read our minute-by-minute recap of the season finale.

The Season 1 finale of “Alter Ego” aired on December 8 with four finalists singing their hearts out to become the next generation’s first digital superstar. Judges will.i.am, Alanis Morissette, Grimes and Nick Lachey decided which one deserved the $100,000 grand prize and the chance to be mentored by the superstar panel.

Rocsi Diaz hosts the groundbreaking singing competition that uses motion capture technology to create digital avatars in place of the real human singers onstage. In Week 9 Misty Rose secured her spot in the finale by remaining on the diamond while the studio audience and judges voted in Night Journey. In Week 10 it was Dipper Scott who sailed into the finale by securing his place on the diamond while Seven advanced after the studio audience and judges voted. Which of these four has what it takes to win it all?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Alter Ego” recap of Season...