American Idol Season 7 Champion — David Cook, Congrats!

Who’s dating who? David Cook has caught Kimberly Caldwell and it seems they are in the early stages of dating.

In an excerpt: The newly crowned “Idol” winner said Tuesday on “Live With Regis and Kelly” that he recently had a dinner date with former “Idol” contestant Kimberly Caldwell.

Cook, 25, said he met Caldwell through the show. When asked if he had a good time, Cook replied: “I did. We’ll probably hang out again. So we’ll see.”

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David Cook has just one American Idol Season 7 and releasing an album is a few months away but he has already dominated charts with his American Idol performances.

David now ranks number 1 in iTunes, has six singles in the Top 50 Billboard Magazine’s hot 100 list.

The Time of My Life: Number 3
Dream Big: Number 15
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for: Number 22
The World I Know: Number 28
I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing: Number 42
Billie Jean: Number 47

Aside from that, his version of Mariah Carey’s Always Be My Baby is frequently played over the radio.

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.

Anyways, in an excerpt of the article:

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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