And the winner is… DAVID COOK!

By 12 million votes!!!

Though last night was David Archuleta’s time to shine, it wasn’t enough to make him win.  David Cook just had more “hits” and good performances throughout the season.  In this case, he wasn’t just as good as his last performance.   The voters remembered all his great performances, which included Hello, Eleanor Rigby, Billie Jean, and of course, Always Be My Baby.

After the show, all online indicators pointed to a David Cook win.  iTunes sales, internet polls, it was overwhelming.   What I thought was an exciting finale (not knowing who the winner will be until the last second) became more predictable as the night went on.

David Cook is the first rocker to win American Idol.  Awesome!  I cannot wait for the CDs/albums to come out.  I will be watching out for David Cook’s, David Archuleta’s, and Jason Castro.  Michael Johns singing Father Figure tonight was sexy, so maybe I’ll watch out for his CD too.

So to American Idol 7, congratulations on a good year.  Hopefully next year you can mix it up a bit, ratings are probably going down because the format is practically the same yearly.  But heck, “low ratings” is still higher than most shows out there combined!  Hopefully next year too, no more Neil Diamond week, m’okay?  That was really lame.   And please, please, keep Idol Gives Back.

Congratulations to David Cook!