After a few weeks of resigning to the fact that David Archuleta was the run away favorite to win American Idol, I was very pleased to see that the real star got 56% of the votes, and we have a winner that is not just the cookie cutter result of being cute in the eyes of screaming text-message-fanatic 15 year old girls across the country.
David Cook was far and away the best singer and performer in this years show, and that I can remember for a long time. Carrie Underwood, who I’ll reference later, is still the best, but Cook showed originality and presence that the karaoke kid could only dream to match one day.
On the Tuesday night final performance show, Simon was pretty blatant in stating that the karaoke kid was his favorite, and slammed Cook. Cook was able to say with a straight face that he performed the songs that he wanted to and the confidence spilled over into the voting audience. From what I’ve read the voters nation wide banded together to ensure a victory for the real star, and not to be outdone by the text-mania of the 15 year olds cheering for the karaoke kid. 90 some million votes, 56% of them for Cook… Congrats to Cook and best of luck in the future… To the dad of the karaoke kid, who has been counting on his meal ticket son ever since the star search days… better keep your day job! 
On a side note, the show was actually pretty good, with some really good performances from ZZ Top, Bryan Adams, One Republic, George Michael, etc, but the show was stolen by past idol winner Carrie Underwood.
If you watched the show, saw that outfit, and heard the voice, you know why she is the most popular idol ever. Not to mention the top female vocalist at the ACM awards show.
Awesome show last night!
Link: American Idol
Link: Carrie Underwood
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