Wow…if you told me last night that I would be typing the words above tonight, I would so not have believed you. I mean, seriously, any true “Idol” historian will tell you that traditional wisdom totally favored David Archuleta to win…but traditional wisdom was thankfully nowhere to be seen last night at the Nokia!
And in a stunning upset over his elfin, 17-year-old rival, Archuleta, David Cook, the 25-year-old former bartender from Tulsa, Oklahoma won the title of “American Idol” last night in Los Angeles.
Not only did our boy Cook win, but he won BIG…to the tune of 12 million more votes than Archuleta. And when you consider that a whopping 97 million votes were cast on Tuesday night — an “Idol” record! — the victory is even sweeter. Sure, Archuleta was a good-to-great singer, and as I said earlier, I will totally buy his inevitable cheesy Christmas CD when it comes out, but, as far as I’m concerned, America finally got their “Idol” picking right this time!
Christine and I were out last night and got home so late that we had to fast-forward through much of the show — especially those shameless Mike Meyers promos for his lame-ass new movie — but even in our hyper-tired state, we were both left kinda breathless by the show’s stunner of a twist ending. Christine was like: “Did he just say…David…Cook?” We literally had to rewind to make sure we heard Ryan Seacrest correctly. And as luck had it, we did!
So, bravo, David Cook…you deserve it, brother! And another huge shout out to everyone who voted on Tuesday night — shockingly, we did not vote as we kind of figured Archuleta had it in the bag — for making the last few minutes of the traditionally-bloated season ender so f-ing thrilling!
Seriously, “Idol” hasn’t had a switcheroo ending this big in years! And while the bartenders of America scramble to concoct a drink in Mr. Cook’s honor — come on, you know they will, he’s one of them! — I’ll sign off with a line from our favorite creepy, soft-core billboard for “Gossip Girl”…OMFG!
Que viva el idolo nuevo, David Cook!
make. see. eat. do. 
I love the show, but I always have an issue with how much filler Fox puts in their results shows (especially the final results show), because it sent the broadcast into overtime, which our TiVo did not pick up.
I was seriously sweating bullets when Ryan stopped to ask the judges for final comments, and then spent what seemed like minutes of precious broadcast time talking to the guy from PriceWaterhouse or whatever company managed the votes.
I heard Ryan say, “The winner of American Idol 2008 is David … Cook!” and then “ping” end of program. I could have killed Rupert Murdoch right then and there.
Thank God for YouTube where somebody posted the last 15 minutes of the show, so I did get to see the final song online.
Man, I know…we totally missed the end of the show too…you’d think FOX could plan that shit better!! So annoying…