The
winner
takes
it
all!
25-year-old
rocker
David
Cook
won
American
Idol
2008
title,
beating
his
tough
competitor
17-year-old
David
Archuleta.
On
20th
May,
it
looked
like
David
Archuleta
would
walk
away
with
the
coveted
title.
He
won
the
hearts
of
the
judges
of
the
show
Randy
Jackson,
Paula
Abdul
and
Simon
Cowell
with
his
shooting
voice.
Cowell
even
went
to
the
extend
of
saying
that
it
was
a
knockout.
However,
American
audience
seems
to
admire
the
maturity
in
Cook
and
his
forceful
voice.
He
won
the
American
Idol
by
getting
56%
of
the
total
97
million
votes.
The
American
Idol
finale
started
with
a
surprise.
The
top
final
12
contestants
sang
George
Michael's
songs
"Faith" and
"Father
Figure".
Then
George
Michael
himself
took
the
stage
and
sang
the
song
"Praying
For
Time".
Judge
Paula
Abdul
was
in
tears
on
hearing
the
song.