American Idol Season 7 Champion — David Cook, Congrats!

Jason Castro was being perceived as someone who smokes weed based on a question he received during the Larry King show.

David has this to say of Jason: “I actually lived with Castro for a while. And I can promose you that representation of him is completely false.”

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Jordin Sparks tells David Cook to get some sleep as she herself hasn’t managed to get eight hours of sleep since winning the American Idol. Jordin Sparks has sold 500,000 copies of her debut album and she hasn’t gotten an 8-hour sleep. What more with David Cook who I expect to sell millions on a debut album.

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – Last year’s “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks has advice for new winner David Cook- get as much sleep as you can.

Sparks said since winning the title last year she still hasn’t managed to get eight hours of sleep. She also told Cook to enjoy every moment you have.

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An article at LATimes clearly suggests that David Archuleta is going to win the war against David Cook in the long run because he is romantic compared to rocket David Cook. The votes in American Idol decided upon that and David Cook is just going to pile up millions of fans worldwide. Think of a cross between Bon Jovi and Bono.

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What a funny picture of David Cook.

found via david-cook.org

This is a cool David Cook guitar designed bike.

found via tmz.

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I wrote about the article that questions David Cook winning American Idol. This article says the opposite and thinks David Cook is the right call. DavidCookFansite.com has no doubt he is the American Idol winner.

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Entertainment Weekly had a Q&A with David Cook and one of his replies summed up his style and rationale during the competition wherein he didn’t sing his famous Billie Jean and opted for a more risky unknown song.

As you progressed in the competition, was there a strategy?

Yes and no. I had one, in that I wanted to show America who I was gonna be as an artist once this was over, and I feel like I succeeded. I don’t feel I compromised who I was at any point. But, I don’t know, to be yourself isn’t really a strategy, I just did it.

This just explains how he carried his finale and chose the songs that defined him not so much on what was safe to perform.

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Film.com is convinced that American Idol winner David Cook was a shocker and that David Archuleta was destined to win in the first two weeks. They also argue that David had a better performance than David Cook.

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David Heitz from QCTimes had a small night celebration after David Cook was declared the winner. During the celebration there were a number of American Idol chatters and fans who came. They had varied sentiments on the show such as:

“My boy got fourth. I think he should have cut his hair”
“Everybody wants to be young and have a talent.”
“It’s hard to fit a television into my mid-century modern decor,”

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