Female Beauty

The rock singer, David Cook, 25, won American Idol season 7 on May 21, 2008, receiving 56% of the votes. Cook then sang “The Time of My Life”, the winning song of the 2008 American Idol Songwriter’s Competition.

The two Davids stood with Seacrest at the center of the stage, with their arms around each other, as Edward Boddington, chairman of Telescope, the show’s independent vote management company, came out with the envelope. Cook seemed nervous, and Archuleta looked relaxed. Winning, Seacrest said, by “12 million votes is … David … Cook.” The 25-year-old Blue Springs, Mo., native earned 56% of the record 97.5 million votes cast at Tuesday’s performance finale, defeating 17-year-old David Archuleta on the Fox TV series. 

David Roland Cook auditioned for American Idol in Omaha, Nebraska, performing Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.” He originally did not plan to try out for the show as he was going on a trip to China but he came to the auditions initially to support his younger brother Andrew (who did not make it to Hollywood) and then decided to try out himself.

Cook was the lead singer and guitarist of the band Axium from 1999 until 2006. For his first Hollywood audition, Cook performed “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. In 2006, after the breakup of Axium, Cook relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and joined the regional touring band Midwest Kings, playing guitar, bass, and singing backup vocals. He recorded one EP, Incoherent with Desire to Move On, with the band in 2006. He also worked as a bartender at several Tulsa clubs, including Blank Slate and Rehab Lounge.

David Cook on Larry King Show; When asked if he felt relieved when the whole Idol experience was over, Cook said, “Yes, in a way. The whole show, the eight-month process from first audition to this, it feels like you’re holding your breath a little bit. And I’ve been asked a few times why I cried at the end. And for me, that was just an exhale, to step back and really think about what just happened. It’s pretty heavy. So, yes, I am relieved, because, now I get to move on to the next phase of all this, which is a record and a tour and all the good stuff.”

David Cook is also scheduled to appear on: Live with Regis & Kelly (Tuesday, May 27), The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Wednesday, May 28) and The Today Show (Thursday, May 29). Busy week for Cook

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