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David Cook American Idol Win Watched By 32 Million

As 97.5million votes are cast...

David Cook American Idol Win Watched By 32 Million
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David Cook’s unexpected win in the final of American Idol was watched by 32 million viewers on Wednesday (May 21st).

The two hour Fox Broadcast was the second most watched programme on the network in 2008, topped only by the opening night of the series.

Cook, who prior to the competition was a waiter in a bar, beat 17-year-old David Archuleta to take the prize.

Cook received 12 million more votes than his competitor as 97.5million people voted across the country.

The 25-year-old singer sang Collective Soul’s ‘The World I Know’ and U2’s ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ during the final.

You can see all the action from Wednesday’s final in our gallery below...
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  • Why are you even posting an article on this? Nobody cares...

    ~ by MusicLover 5/24/2008

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  • Although I did not vote - I picked David Cook from the beginning. He is a very sweet, honest, and humble guy with very genuine feelings towards his co-singers. He never once pushed anyone out of his way for ths spot light - and still after he won - he is humbled by the support and number of votes. I wish him much success and plan on supporting him over the years.

    ~ by Elaine Deeds 5/24/2008

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  • I’m glad Cook won. I just ordered a cool David Cook shirt from www.PantherTees.com. They said not to tell anyone, but here is a 10% discount code, pts10 (it is case sensitive, so copy and paste it). Enjoy!

    ~ by BFizzle 5/26/2008

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  • His choice in women is something to be questioned. Dating bimbo caldwell. Guess he didn’t know about her arrest for a DUI last year.

    ~ by mare 5/27/2008

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  • yeah who cares!!!!!

    ~ by Me 5/28/2008

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