I admit the first time I saw David Cook my thoughts were "who is this dude with the wacked out hair?" But it didn't take long for me to become a fan. I think the final hook for me was his performance of "Billy Jean." I went from "eh" to "wow this dude is really an artist!" Ever since then - Cook could do no wrong!I am extremely happy that he won this season on Idol. After watching Tuesday night's performances and listening to the judges, I was sure that Archuleta was going to nail the prize. I usually agree with Simon and his take on performances but I thought he was way out of line on Tuesday with his remarks towards Cook! I mean, telling him he should have performed Billy Jean again instead of going out on a limb and trying something new??? Simon! What are you thinking man! Can you hear yourself??
I LOVED the Collective Soul song that Cook performed as his last song Tuesday night. If I wasn't such a DVR nut and had actually watched the competition live - I would have been voting (for the first time) in Cook's honor. I was SURE he was going to lose it after hearing the judges come down on him. I kept thinking "why are they being so skewed?"
I went into last night's competition with the "Well, Cook's going to lose but at least Archuleta isn't horrible" attitude. I mean, I have to like Archuleta a little bit. The guy DOES attend the high school I graduated from (GO SPARTANS!!!) :-) And I'll admit he has a nice voice. But it's not a voice I'm all that crazy about. He'll do great singing hits for FM 100 or Light FM 95.5. It's just not a sound I'm all that crazy about.
I look forward to hearing more from Cook! I'm going to have to download a few songs from iTunes until he releases something new! Until then, I'm not sure what I'm going to watch now that Idol is over until January!!!
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I don't watch the show but I heard that Simon was really hard on him and great to the other David. Have you considered the possibility that he did that just to get the audience riled up and scared enough to vote like crazy for David Cook? I think Simon knows darn well what the audience's reactions are. This may have been in the plan.
Cute blog Lisa! Lunch today was great.
Hi Lisa!
Congratulations on your blog! Yay!!!
I loved the finale and had basically the exact same thoughts as you about DC...from the bad hair first impression to the Billy Jean performance, on to the thoughts about Simon's comments, and David A. I really think Simon's calling DA with Knock Out winner might have helped DC a bit. Who knows. I didn't really think it was a done deal though, because I know many people who like DC overall.
What a fun season it's been. It will have to tie us over until January!
Hooray for David Cook! I loved this season!
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