David Cook won by a wide margin of 12 million votes. Around 100 million votes were sent in for this finale of the American Idol 2008. David Cook won himself the turning point of his life – a recording contract. He had been a bartender and band member in Missouri.
Simon Cowell was all ears and praises for David Archuleta. He said that David was a knock-out.
American Idol results were predicted even before the viewer votes were counted. 56 million votes were tallied.
Jeff Archuleta is on the right.
Jeff Archuleta, the father of David Archuleta, has been banned from the set of American Idol. Jeff had interfered in the production of American Idol. He interferred with the producers, band, vocal coaches and other contestants.
When Colin Leahy was 19, he auditioned for season three of American Idol. Now, he has been arrested for sending sexual messages to a 12 year old teenaged boy. Colin has also been accused of propositioning a 10 year old while working as a volunteer at a Broooklyn elementary school.
Jason Castro was sent home based on American Idol May 7 results. Jason was resigned to his fate after being told off by Simon Cowell on Tuesday night.
Jason Castro was good at the rehearsals but he made mistakes in the live performance. Simon practically told him off. He said that the arrangement, performance and singing were all bad. For his second song, Jason completely forgot the words to the first verse.
Neil Diamond & American Idol contestants.
Paula Abdul misled us earlier on Tuesday night by criticizing Jason Castro. Perhaps the viewers decided to turn in more votes to rescue Jason.
