American Idol 7 - David Cook - Wins - Final - 5/21/08

[2libby2]

aww david A seemed so disheartened when Ryan said 12 million votes do they really have to say that

[timandcarol79]

I hate it when they have to bash a good person

[davidcooksweety]

@timandcarol79 who r they bashing?

[jugodeuva210]

haaay sigo reprochando cuando veo este video jajajaja

[denbeyond]

U know, i love both davids, but it really makes me sick when they compare both of them, i mean David Cook is a singer and a very good performer like Daughtry and DA reminds me of a guy version of Hannah Montana but excluding her stage presence, his voice is good but very limited and a bit nasaly, its ridiculous. And Archie can only sing tired ballads, so its even more funny to compare both of them, im not bashing on the little guy coz he is super adorable but musically, its stupid to compare

[denbeyond]

i dont mean NO harm on archie on my last post, both davids are really good, but as far as age is concerned, its not possible to compare both coz archie is still learning to be an artist, while cook is already an artist, but at 17 he is doing good progess, so i suspect he will be alright. Peace!

[jeffrowww]

how is archuleta "just learning to be an artist" but cook " already is one". Makes no sense. Why? well cook just sang in bars before idol but archuleta has been at this most of his life he was on star search at the age of 10 and has been trying to break through for years. So the just learning thing is not at all accurate. People give cook soooo much credit for originality but his two breakthrough songs on AI (billie jean and hello) were covers done by others and he just did carbon copies of them

[nattalie74]

I still like David Cook.But David Archuleta should've won on American Idol.He has a better voice & has alot of talent,as well.Zebrina

[vreinurine]

That's why I never surprised when they announced that Cookie is ahead of 12 MILLION VOTES to Archie...America has rooted Cookie to win since the day 1...just disregards the finals even though you said that Archie was better in the finals but it's too late...America has got Cookie since Hello and Billie Jean...Congrats idol...you're gonna be a big big hits

[rncoco]

Still gives me chills to watch this!!! I'm so excited for David Cook!! He very much deserved it!!!

[IMVUTheorized]

Omg! I love David! He's way better than David A. for sure lol

[MrsEmmaArchuleta]

i cried too archuletaa1!!!!!

[Blakergirl4eva]

I LOVE DAVID COOK!!!

[DavidCookLuverxo]

omfg. i love david cook.

its clearly an obsession.

his pictures everywhere in my room.

and i cry every time i hear his voice.

i loveeee him.

i screamed and cried when he won.

:D

[iiLOVEdCo0k]

i love the guyliner

[brjess88]

love his guyliner also.wierd.lol

[archuletaa1]

i cried.

[ed4030]

Loved his interpretation of that winning song! What a nice guy!

[rockinindigo]

honestly people, all of your arguing here in the 'comment portion', makes me laugh, all of you are immature, like GO DC! or GO DA!, haha! i like them both now, get over it already, the show has ended like 3 or 4 weeks ago, when will this arguing ever gonna stop? cmon, all of you are smarter than this, BOTH OF THEM DESERVED TO WIN! but there can only be one, it doesn't matter coz DA too got a record in Jive, and Cook in RCA. So, please stop all this immature arguing, live ur normal life already

[mm4luck]

You are wrong! David Cook got 19 Entertainment SONY/BMG and RCA (the whole package, some of the other winners were limited to one recording company) and no Idol winner had signed a contract a week after they were crowned the AI. The music industry knows where the money is.

[vroomvroomXX]

i get to see david c during the concer tour

[iiLOVEdCo0k]

samee!! =]

[ilovejbx333]

I loved David Cook's guyliner ;D

I have no clue why, but he can really pull it off.

:]

I am glad that he won, he was an amazing preformer

But I liked Archuleta, too.

But I just really think that Cook was THE one :)

[dcnzepplin]

i fell sorry for the kid but i think cook is gonna do great things

[thekillersfan4ever]

AHH! I LOVE David Cook!

He has an amazing voice, incredible originality and he's gorgeous! What more could you ask for?

I am SOOO glad that he won, i even did a victory dance when Ryan said David Cook! =D

[samidomah]

and any ways cook is the better lookin hahahahahahahahahaha i wanted him to win ohh yea

[KelseyL97]

so happy!!! i was like scraming so loud in my living room i was so happy

[krisray25]

I love them both and both will do great in the future! Of that I am sure! Love you Davids!

[Teeftaller]

Cook Baby.

[mage250equilibrium]

Cook deserves it ;)

archuleta has more to go through at his young age but hey! at his young age he managed to get this far... so this means what he needs to go through will be less that expected ;)

[magna101]

OH COM'MON!! THEY ARE BOTH WINNERS!

[you90tube100]

so true

[SimpleThingsInLife]

I love both of them, but Archuleta would do better in broadway. I think it worked out best for both of them...except for the fact that Cook is now identified with Idol...

[sokkrispy]

I loved Archuleta,

But hey I didnt mind Cook either.

So, Im not disappointed at all.

But Yes, Archuletaaaaaaaa all the way <3

[jerus007]

ok here's the deal...i don really care who wins but i luv both of them ...then again Honestly some ppl that did more than those two could have been sitting in the finals...am sorry to say but they don't deserve their spot cuz the others actually gave a lot but took sooo little when they actually deserved to be in the finale...

[Youtupy]

Adoravaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ele

merecido

[BabyCakes788]

archuleta deserved to win all the way.I LOVE MY WITTLE ARCHIE. archuleta and i are like best friends and he is such a great guy. eve nthough he won, he will go much further than cook. I VOTED ARCHIE! AND IM PROUD!

[gabyandB]

david archuleta and cook have 2 kind of genre.. so.. arc deserved to win in his genre.. and cook deserved to win in his genre too...

[thekillersfan4ever]

DAVID COOK!!!! I love him and i am soooo excited that he won!! He totally deserved it!!! finally a rocker to win American Idol!

[PinkFrostyDonut]

If Archuleta should have won, then why didn't you vote 12,000,001 more??????? We were voting our asses off for David Cook. It's not our fault if you were lazy and had to sleep early!!! GET OVER IT! ARCHULETA DOESN'T EVEN CARE BEING #2.

[kickthebaby101]

I couldn't have said any better. Cook is better and has more of a range than Effie (Archuleta). Effie's album would've been all boring ballads.

[Limewan]

unfortunately... david is so much better then the other kid performance wise.. and singing he is much more full... oh well.. it was like a titan pummeling an ant.

[tirza8687]

He didnt deserve to win whatsoever!!!!!!! And he knows it!!!

[cmcswim94]

dAVID cOOK soooo deserved 2 win!

[MCole1981]

David Cook won by 12 Milion votes.... so I don't think anyone is that surprised by him winning. He is a better performer by far. David A is awkward and could never make a fun album... it would all be boring ballads.

[doom3pwns]

david A kicks ass hes gonna become way more famous than david cook

[inuyashamaniac1]

I agree with you.

[OMGCrackYay]

All the people who say that David A should have won annoy me XD

David Cook took way more risks and is way more entertaining and talented

Total package

He deserved this =]

[dinz86]

david archuleta is much cuter and can sing better

[fightbusteddorks]

when ever a winner enters a genre that no other winner has done they do well.

Kellt Clarkson was the first so atomatically she was first in the genre and then Carrie Underwood Did Country and did very well so i think he will do great i would buy his CD in a heartbeat

[fashiolu]

Yes david archuletaaa iisss coool

david cook is suckss!!!

the wiinneer is archuletta!!!

[soccerego]

apparenlty not....

[kenola4]

the person who comes in 2nd does better anyway

so GO DAVID ARCHULETAA<3333333333333333333­3333

[WinkyGirly]

ohhhoooo.. DAVID ARCHULETA is truly the winner to the hearts of all..! even Cook's followers were surprise on the announcement, and Cook himself! waaaa hahahaha! Beat ur drums!!! AMERICA shouts it's ARCHULETA!!! The result rocks the whole world!!!

[gorgeousabb]

Archuleta is cuter :D

[groovy96]

Archuleta should have won.

[lvu16]

archie much cuter then you

[EMiiBABii3646]

archie will sell more records anyway so its ok =]

[fightbusteddorks]

i know i have written alot of comments on this video but i do agree with you. All of those spoiled kids with thier Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana addictions will force their parents to go buy his album

[Kagome1nonly]

the LOOK on simon's face and his reaction simply screams "I knew it". i had this prediction from the very beginning of the season. yes, archuleta is good, but his looks are the only thing that appeases to the younger crowd. vocally, archuleta attracts the older crowd. think about the generation. cook wins the style of the generation while archuleta...not so much.

[minginluc]

uuuuggggghhhhh i hate watching this i wanted archaleta!!!! WATCH THE MINGINLUC SHOW

[Bs1997]

ROFL ROFL i thought David Archuleta would cry.

[sirios333]

great entertainment last night, but after hearing the irish girl sing again, she was definitely the the most skilled singer and should have won based on talent not popularity.can't wait for the truculant onslaught this comment should produce!

[purtymusic]

Both Davids are soo sweet. I was okay with either one winning.

[SmackerfanBoi]

DAVID COOK IS THE FUCKING MAN!!!!!!!!!!

Did he win BY 12 million votes, or 12 million is the total votes that he had?

[numberonejrio]

he won by 12 million votes.

[VoodooPuppetz]

won by 12mill. David ugly babyface A lost by a landslide. Go COOK!

[Rawk4Life]

If you watched from the beginning of the show, the total number of votes cast combined between the two Davids was 97.5 million.

[zacandsabby]

by 12 million votes

[HLHproductions]

**** the votes david cook is a cocksucker **** him!

[rfk32578]

Whatever!!!!!!!!

[lepiduslight]

He's so adorable. <33

[MariahF2007]

DAVID COOK IS A BADASS!!!! Archie can just go suck it

[SSJGozar]

I think Simon looked almost relieved that Cook won. In the big picture, Simon has been wanting Cook to win for a long while.

[Sonicdreamcast]

David Cook deserved to win 100%. David Archuleta...god me and my stepdad agree. Only 9-15 year-old girls voted for David Archuleta. So we voted for David Cook 60 times because he is far more talented! David A. is talented but he annoys the hell out of me. And I just flat-out like David. C more.

[Brandy8112]

Too bad David Archuleta already has 6 record deals and has signed with sony bmg now and signed more money then David Cook!! =)

[mrdecor8r]

SO when those 12 -16 yr old girls become 18-22 they will have some nice coasters for their frozen lattes while listening to David Cooks 4 best selling album. I remember D.A. he was so nice....thats all they will remember...

[Rawk4Life]

Ha ha, nice one. David Cook rawks!

[Sinthro]

It was a sympathy vote in my opinion. When Arch did that amazing performance on Tuesday, Simon was saying how that he should win, and if it were up to him he'd have the title. So people felt bad for Cook, or to (vote against Simon). It really doesn't matter because both will go very far. I mean look at Chris Dohtry (can't spell) he is very successfully and he came in third. <3 Archy :)

[SSJGozar]

4'th actually.

[davidcooksweety]

@Sinthro archie wasnt the only one who got praise ya know. just cuz archie got praise from simon,doesnt mean he shoulda got the title. david cook totally deserved his win:hes got the raw talent,charisma,personality,st­age presence,versatality,and his awesome fans! i mean,they both got this far didnt they? they will both do great. btw,cook doesnt need anyone to feel bad for him:hes got the raw talent and can sing his ass off!

[lvu16]

they do so shut up archie is great

[ERiKAxLUVSxYOU]

BEST DAY EVER!!!

i was sooo happy

[psychogurly]

woooo!!!!!!!!! go dc!

[wexlovedxbarney]

WHAT THE HELLLLLL

David Cook already had an album out! Great it's another Chris Daughtry, we definitely needed one.... NOT

[fightbusteddorks]

yes he did have an album but it was on a indie record and he left the band

[tmaugeri]

TO...goldwin818.. I KNOW how many votes there were total...BUT David Cook had **12MILLION MORE** VOTES than David A.

You should check things before you correct people!! But thanks anyway!!

[MajestikMoose14]

Thank God David Archuleta didn't win! I swear, if that kid had of won I would have stopped watching AI all together.

DAVID COOK ROCKS!!!!

[RAMBLERMEZ96]

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

[hamsterbaby6]

wooooooo!

[moncheer28]

david a should of won i am maddd

[lvu16]

david is good but dc is the best

[jexiez]

omg!!! i am so happy he won!!i love you David C. congratz!!

[prolifegirl]

David cook can play in a rock band, so what? Every rock band in America has a singer like him right now, nobody will know who he is in three years.

David Archuleta has an AMAZING vocal range and his voice is beautiful. Archie is young and can do what ever he wants with his talent. Plus David Archuleta doesn't need all of the added effects to make him sound great. If you put them both against each other just with vocals David Archulea would win hands down.

[MiiHEARTbeats4JONAS]

DAVID ARCULETA ALL THE WAY!!!

[KillerKayser]

all u american idol overs seriously make me sick. i hate you all.

[KillerKayser]

DA is gay. American Idol is gay. all u stupid people don't care who wins, u all care who loses. no one is going to care who david cook is in about a month. its gonna be all about gay david arche..something. the point is that its happened before and will happen again.

[lennonusman]

I'm happy he beat Archuleta..

[sjc69]

Type in "Christian Justina" and click the first video

[relativesteel]

Archuleta is like a young Michael Jackson. Not in regards to talent. Just icky and gay and controlled by his dad. He gives me the creeps.

[21miya]

loveeeeeeeeeee david cook!!! he's the best!!!

[pinkness81]

And Archie fans please... he would also get a recording contract by Simon...relax and enjoy the moment like us Cook fans :)

[Tiny22Smiles]

Boo! This is bogus. I saw nor heard anything unique about him. He sang with a guitar... so what. Although, while both will sign contracts, David Archuleta was the better singer by far, I'd even say performer. Really crappy decision I'd say.

[Strome88]

Crappy decision??? Get real, 12 Million more people voted for Cook, so its your word versus Millions of americans. LOL.

[pinkness81]

Wow all these love and hate comments...I will tell you what hurt archie...a comment on American Idol website which characterised him as beng a "bubble-gum" performer...who wants to be associated with that? But seriously, Cook is the better all-round artist..orginality, creativity...we need more than just great vocals people! David Cook was the closest thing to being an all round artist. He is actually BRILLIANT!!! Get over this petty hating. Be Big about it!

[Tiny22Smiles]

You are correct that they both will sign. Yet who deserved to win? Again,theres nothing anymore unique about Cook than anyone else in the particular genre. Nothing stands out about him...he's a rocker/crooner. Archuleta may not be as striking a performer,as in possessing,some 'dynamic' appeal,but he is talented and interesting enough that I would keep up with him. Despite whats said about him being "bubble gum",Archuleta has something unique about him. I think over time sales will show this.

[johncenaloveralldawa]

OMG he won!!!!!!!!! I AM SOOO HAPPY AND THE EBST PART IS HES FROM BLUE SPRINGS SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER!!!!!!!!! i cant believe it i really though archy was going to win but he didnt i was shocked but SIMON APOLOGIZED!!!! i was sooo happy, i was like its too late for an apology..but it all worked out in the end

[xXPivutXx]

Oh and...WTF SIMON APOLOGIZED

[xXPivutXx]

To be honest last night I thought archy was gonna win, because the night before that he practically blowin up the whole show with his pwnaness. Anyways, good job arcy, good job cook. They will both have a 1337 career.

[MiZzGoOfY92]

both of them were extremely great. it really would of been great if both of them could of won it. love da DAVIDS!!!

[katzorange]

I knew it, david cook will win, i like both of them, but i really thought david cook is someone new as an idol, compared to the other winners, he's more or kind of a "rocker". I think they're both winners tho. Great singers. I also felt that David A. Expected he was gonna win coz of all those compliments to him from the judges.

[baberuthistheman]

David cook is as pop as you can get .

Just because you sing with guitar doesn't make you a 'rocker'

Ozzy , Kurt Kobain , Metallica , Axle Rose. Ronnie James Dio .. are rockers !!

Granted . .he has a nice voice . .but just because you have a nice voice and can play a guitar doesn't make you a rocker . . Sorry

[BlindTProductions]

ive never heard of someone named metallica, lol, ive heard the band though, try saying for metallica james hetfield

[fightbusteddorks]

have you heard his old band Axium they are awesome i have all thier albums

[ShikaTema85]

Im so happy david cook won! finally a rocker wins!! David A. was good too but david cook had the whole package. :D

[Brandy8112]

I'm not gonna bash on Cook but this show is rigged..Simon said those things about Archuleta about him being a knockout because they wanted more votes for cook ((he even admited it on the red carpet))

Archuleta deserved it way more and thats the reason I will never watch this show again

[swimbabii]

david archuleta so have won. he is the better contestant. we already have a rocker, chris daughtry. david archuleta is 10x cuter!!

[Booshibonton]

David Cook kinda makes me sick... but so does Davis Archuleta... but I hate Nickleback as well, so I guess I just hate Cook's genre altogether... but yea... I think David Archuleta is a better singer, but it is American IDOL... the argue about Archuleta not being mainstream enough is valid so yea... whatever... not that I really cared to begin with...why am I typing this?

[guitardds]

The problem David A ran into is....what kinda album would he make???? He can sing granted, but can he be a contemporary singer? All the songs Archuleta sang were totaly adult, even older adult balleds, I mean c'mon, Elton John? For 2008? Too Old School. Cook is Today. Cook is Modern Rock. Cook has more versatility in his voice. America totally got it right.

[ChristinaRhys]

David Cook was the better of the two. David's older brother who is undergoing his second round of chemo for his brain cancer was in the audience. He had to be flown there in a MediVac Plane. Congrats to David Cook!!

[ac415]

lilyflower245 david cook doesn't suck. I spended all night viting for him. if u like david.A u have no style because he has no style. DAVID COOK 4 LIFE!!!!!!

[lilyflower245]

spended?

[razvyyyb]

there both very good :D...they both got an awesome career ahead of them :D

[lilyflower245]

David Cook sucks! I expected him to win though because America is full of tone def retards that votes for people like Ruban Studdard and Taylor Hicks. And lets not forget Fantasia! Where are these people now? The same place Cook will be in 4 months. Forgotten about while Archuleta is making millions! Congrats to the REAL winner, David A!!!

[randomchick45]

EXCUSE ME, but I think David Cook will do just fine. I'm sure David A. will too. Congrats to DAVID COOK for making American Idol the best it's ever been. You too David Archuleta.

[Booshibonton]

Exactly what I was thinking... but then I really don't care for either :P

[Lyssiepoo04]

sore loser :)

[artcast]

David Cook is the best american idol theres been. He's the only one that i've ever wanted to listen to over and over again.

[gabhii]

ohh YEAAAAHH.

congrats david cook!!!

[drizzle1910]

david cook rules!!

[lvu16]

im so happy dc deserved it

[maritrescoocoo]

I Agree With ArazyHamo. Its True.

David A ~! SHOULD HAVE WON !!!! Why Oh Why !?!?!?!

[sprintatt]

i wanted archie to win but now that its over i would like to congratulate cook! you deserve it and i believe that both of you will become superstars

[vicky0621]

The worst result ever in the History of American Idol

[CrazyHamo]

I hope no one takes my last comment as me "hating" on Cook.. No, by all mean, Congrats Cook, he deserves it, they both do, came all this way.. David Cook has an awsome Rock voice and I'm sure to hear him on the Radio for years to come.

[mhelan07]

david cook is the best!!!!!

[CrazyHamo]

Archuleta lost because he's from Utah. Simple as that... Don't get me wrong, Cook is good and yeah, has the potential to be famous, but what it all came down to was 12 million plus people hates Utah. (please don't say that's wrong because it is, I get that all the time I visit out of staters, "You're from Utah? How many wives do you have? Must suck to live with all them polygamists?" Come on, you all know you think that when someone says they're from Utah. LoL

[jared5303]

archuleta lost because he just didn't cut it. utah isn't too blame for his shortcomings although maybe a little - but too minor to influence anything. cook trumps archuleta clear and simple.

[J3LoCar3y]

david cook deserves it.. CONGRATZ! im ready to buy all the albums he'll release

[yerrord]

Man, you are simply awesome, you will be a legend. Thank God for your success. I know I will.

[lyfforreal]

Cook has the potential to break Kelly Clarkson's success while Archuleta has the potential to be a High School Musical star, not an American Idol

[tmaugeri]

Seriously..you're gonna call David Cook gay?? Obviously, **12 MILLION** people believed he was better than David A., so stop being a child, and a sore loser!!

GO DAVID COOK!!! SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!

[goldwin818]

no... more than 50 million people believed Cook deserves to win. Ü

[RelenaS]

Can't wait for the debut CD <3

[clickme619]

by tomorrow this vid is gonna have like 4 trillion views -_-

good job David Cook, I wanted archuleta to win, but ur awesome too!

[kina0222]

david archuleta should of won

[arigna1]

The worst season for American Idol

[ahmedkhan1]

or the best....

[Marajhanel]

Love you David Cook!!!

i'm the happiest person in earth ryt now...!! david cook rocks! '' HOOKED ON COOK ''

CONGRATS DAVID COOK !!!

[deallstarz]

David cook is amazing. It's pathetic how anyone who disses him can only make irrational comments about his sexuality. You guys are PATHETIC. Get OVER it, he won and he is FUCKIN AWESOME!

[azzylicious]

both are good..

cook is just one step ahead with his originality..

which we don't find in any other idols...

difference of 12 million votes..

the people have spoken..

can't blame him..

[niceasn]

David cooks is such a girly. he is such a fag.

THE REAL WINNER IS DAVID A.

[hazemThrone]

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! FUCK YEAH!

[yuan011006]

amazing!!! Daid Cook you ROCK!!!!

[guskkiller]

THE BEST WINS

[robfag543]

what a ridiculous margin

[JewelsJungle]

Nah. Cook deserved it. They're both excellent, though. ^_^

[wadyano]

i'm not surprised he won, i'm surprised at the margin. i thought it would be neck in neck,

[jynxypanda]

IM SOO HAPPY FOR COOOK!! huhu

[citygal3535]

He is a great great singer!! Im soo happy for him!!!

[craazichic1990]

I liked ARchuleta too

[QuietForm]

I feel so blessed to have known David before all of this, and I am so happy for him, it couldn't have happened to a better person. Looking forward to you returning to Blue Springs so we can see you again David!!!

[ShyAuthor]

I liked Archuleta better

[mrkayyx]

no body cares about archie FACE it.

[CorbinBleuFan4ever]

w00t!

[JBoverload]

YES!!!!!

:)))))