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David Cook wins ’American Idol’By Mark A. Perigard | Thursday, May 22, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Television News Photo by APThe scruffy rocker thrashed the Kewpie doll.David Cook, a 25-year-old bartender from Missouri, was named the winner of Fox’s “American Idol” last night.With a record 97.5 million votes cast, Cook beat 17-year-old Utah resident David Archuleta by 12 million votes. His victory was a stunning rebuke to judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, who had all but crowned Archuleta the winner Tuesday night.As if anticipating Cook’s win, Cowell, just seconds before host Ryan Seacrest made the announcement, apologized to Cook for comments the previous night that were “verging on disrespectful.”Congratulating both of them, Cowell said, “For the first time ever, I don’t really care who wins.”He could have been speaking for many at home.The 126-minute live finale brought out just about every entertainer in the Los Angeles area looking to plug a product. George Michael, Bryan Adams, Boston’s own Donna Summer, ZZ Top, the Jonas Brothers, Graham Nash, OneRepublic and previous “Idol” winners Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks all performed. Mike Myers promoted his upcoming film “The Love Guru” in character and warned baby-faced Archuleta about “making a boom-boom in his Pull-ups.”It wouldn’t be “Idol” without gratuitous humiliation. Seacrest introduced a montage of the worst singers from the audition round. Then the worst of the worst, Renaldo Lapuz, came onstage singing his endless tribute to brotherhood and was joined by the marching band from the University of Southern California.In one of the show’s funniest bits, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel introduced a montage of Cowell’s greatest insults set to music.Will Cook’s victory restore any credibility to “Idol”? The No. 1 network show on prime time has seen its lead slashed by millions as ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” picks up momentum. In what is expected to be the first of several changes, Fox announced that the regular Wednesday results show will be reduced to a half-hour.Cook’s win is no predictor of success. Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks recently was dumped by his label.

Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks recently was dumped by his label.残忍啊

Billie ( Billy ) Jeanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_aiawC-9aMHellohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVzkZLzoLUAlways Be My Babyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8j0_qfxL-0看看谁在指导他David Cook performs "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey on American Idol Top 7, "Mariah Carey Week".Randy: "I think more than anyone on the show right now you're ready to make an album. I thought that was the most brilliant performance yet."Paula: "That song could be in a movie soundtrack right now. You're it."Simon: "It was like something coming out of karaoke hell into a breath of fresh air. That was original, daring, stood out by a mile and this is the sign of a great potential artist."

我在12强时候看好的两个，一个冠军，一个第4，呵呵

It's a landslide: David Cook rocks the 'Idol' vote BY LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer 23 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - For an "American Idol" season so flat and lifeless, the end sure rocked: Ex-bartender David Cook virtually body-slammed teen prodigy David Archuleta in a surprising landslide Wednesday night, capping an energized finale filled with big stars and polished performances. ADVERTISEMENT All that, and the imperious Simon Cowell was reduced to apologizing to Cook for casting him as an also-ran to Archuleta the night before.Turns out Cowell's critique of Tuesday's performances had limited influence: Cook, 25, from Blue Springs, Mo., swamped Archuleta, 17, of Murray, Utah, by a margin of 12 million votes out of the record 97.5 million cast by viewers.Cook was overcome with emotion, bending toward the stage after his name was announced. When he stood up, his eyes were filled with tears, the second time in as many nights that the scruffy, grainy-voiced belter had broken down."The ride here has been pretty nuts," Cook said to a roomful of reporters backstage. "You couldn't write this — or maybe you can."For the final performances Tuesday, Cook refused to bow to the conventional during his three-song set, with Collective Soul's "The World I Know" as his pick for a closing song. He also sang U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and the power ballad "Dream Big," his choice from the songwriting competition's non-winning finalists.Judge Simon Cowell declared that those choices had sunk him, and told Archuleta that he'd scored a "knockout" in the boxing-themed performance finale.But just before the winner was announced, Cowell uncharacteristically backtracked. He offered Cook an apology and said that the competition "wasn't quite so clear cut as we called it" — even letting on that, for the first time, he felt either finalist would have been a worthy winner.Watchers had complained all season that, while the talent was solid this year, the entertainment quotient dropped — and ratings had too, for a season average of about 8 percent. But the final contest turned that tide, with viewership for Tuesday's show up 3 percent over last year, the network said Wednesday.That provoked a frenzy with a record 97.5 million audience votes cast by phone and text. Last year's total vote count was 74 million.While Archuleta was showered with praise by the judges all season, online bookies and observers kept the faith with Cook. One Web site, which tracks busy signals on the separate phone lines dedicated to each contestant, projected him the winner correctly Wednesday morning.By strict "Idol" standards, being rebellious turned out to be worth the gamble for Cook, whose hip and scruffy style and ability to work the camera with a soulful gaze also proved to have overwhelming appeal.Archuleta was the prodigy who consistently dazzled the show's judges and thrilled screaming young fans. He would have been the youngest-"Idol" ever if he'd won, beating last year's winner Jordin Sparks by mere days.

到现在还没的看视频finale被人吵的沸沸扬扬有点期待盛宴