Holland Cruises - Cook Wins American Idol

The season finale was watched by 32 million viewers. And David Cook was crowned winner of American Idol season 2008, or 56 percent of the vote, some 12 million votes, in the end it was by a sizable margin. America's favorite show American Idol has finished and the outcome has been decided - and we knew David would triumph - we just weren't sure which one.

Collective Soul ("The World I Know") and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", and over the course of the series showed his versatility and style with a number of excellent renditions of well known rock/pop songs from artists as diverse as Michael Jackson ("Billie jean"), he has the experience of a small-show rock performer. Okla, playing gigs around Tulsa, and works as a barman, mO, he grew up outside Kansas City. It was his brother and an American Idol producer that talked him into going through with the audition. It is now part of Idol folklore that Cook wasn't even going to try out for the show.

It is an amazing digital world we live in where songs that have not even been officially recorded or released can show up on the national charts. And "Dream Big", including his version of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", other songs he has sung throughout the show also show up in the Hot Digital Tracks chart. His first release-proper "The Night of My Life" debuted on the Billboard Top 100 at number 3 and number 1 on the digital download list. It doesn't take long for new "home-grown" stars to start to sell product.

It did 6000 the previous week. 000 units, oneRepublic's 'Apologize' sold 40. 000 sales, selling 23, collective Soul's 'The World I Know' had a 1000% increase. 000 times, while ZZ Top's 'Sharp Dressed Man' was downloaded 14, 000 units, carrie Underwood sold 64. 000 tracks last week, with George Michael selling 83, guests on the final show also benefited from the exposure. 000 downloads, with second place getter David Archuletta selling 323, 000 downloads, david Cook sold 942. And that wasn't just for the American Idol stable of performers. Undercover.com reports that 1.5 million digital sales were generated following the finale of American Idol. Digital sales actually went crazy after the completion of the finale.

And it is a sure thing that we haven't heard the end of David Archuleta, a seasoned performer will emerge. Archuleta will join his top 12 colleagues for the 54 date tour across the nation through the summer. But the voting public preferred the more confident Cook. The judges certainly thought he had the goods. Many tipped him as the eventual winner. Seventeen year-old piano balladeer David Archuleta had a number of excellent performances in the final few shows of the series. Coming runner up in American idol is hardly a sentence to anonymity and a quick resumption of one's former life. And what about the other David?

Tickets are available from http://www.concert-ticketdeals.com AZ, the American Idol Live concert tour kicks off on July 1 in Glendale.