Simon Cowell back peddles on his comments to David Cook. I'm guessing Cook won.
And I'm right.
The winner by 12 million votes is David Cook.
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Cook's ad for the game by Activision is pretty funny:
Finally, someone that the kids might actually know. The Jonas Brothers performed to cheers.
David Archuleta sings with One Republic on their song "Apologize."
Last year's winner, Jordin Sparks is back with "One Step at a Time."
Gladys Knight auditions Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
Carrie Underwood, one of the most successful Idol winners, is back with "Last Name."
And not to be outdone, Archuleta also cut a "Guitar Hero" ad. Archuleta is a boxers guy. Judging from Cook's ad, he either wears briefs or goes commando.
It's Nickelback's "Hero." It's better suited for Cook's vocal styling than Archuleta's.
Cook and Archuleta had to plug the "Love Guru." It was kind of funny to see Mike Meyers make fun of Cook's facial hair (he tries to shave him at one point) and Archuleta's age.
Syesha Mercado sang Seal's "Waiting for You" with Seal. The performance falls kind of flat.
97.5 million votes came in. A record for the show by more than 23 million.
56 percent to 44 percent is the way the voting went.
Randy Jackson's jacket looks like Captain Kangeroo's
The top 12 returned for a group sing. The Temptations' "Get Ready" is the song and the kids all look wholesome dressed in white.
And call it for David Cook.
Archuleta fans shouldn't lose hope, though. Many of those same sites had Syesha going home several weeks before her actual departure.
Cook picked "The World I Know" by Collective Soul. It's groovy and easily his best performance of the night. He tears up at the end.
"One of the cool things about you is that you're showing people tonight a lot of different sides of David Cook," Jackson said. "This is the kind of record you could make and get by with."
"It was a beautiful song, but I'm going to be honest with you it was completely and utterly the wrong choice for you on the night," Cowell said.
Cowell thought Cook should have gone with this:
or this:
Archuleta went with reprising "Imagine." The song sounds even better with a string orchestra.
"Dude, you are so good tonight," Jackson said. "You are exactly what this show is about: finding the best singer we can find and the best singer is right there."
"You were stunning tonight," Abdul said.
"We've taken a little bit of stick this year in the competition, but at the end of the day this show is about finding a star," Cowell said. "Tonight, we've witnessed one of the great finals, but here's the difference. In my opinion, David, you came out here to win and what we witnessed was a knock out."
Archuleta's second song is "This Moment."
"You definitely, definitely chose the better song there,. "Much more in keeping with the night," Cowell said. "Round two goes to David Archuleta."
