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It’s great to see how a season of Idol unfolds. Who would
have thought at the beginning of this season we would end up with this result?
And even more surprising is who would have thought we would be this pleased?
For me Season 7 was my favorite. I will always maintain that
there was more talent this season than any previous season by a long shot. Call
me a square or deluded but it was easily my favorite. There were only a few
disappointments versus many enjoyable moments. I’ll reveal all of both in our
“Season that Was” article. Two of the most enjoyable moments were the last two
nights of Idol; The best final and finale ever. Many would say the season two
final was best but I will disagree and Clay was my favorite male singer til
this year. The thing I didn’t like about that final was Clay and Ruben only
sang two songs and I didn’t like either of Ruben songs. I really liked both of
Clay’s. I couldn’t stand the choir backing up the guys that year either.
This season I loved all three songs in the final by both
contestants and they sang them perfectly. This is exactly what we should expect
from the final two contestants every year. Seasons 8 through 100 have a final that
will be very difficult to live up to. In fact the subsequent seasons themselves
will have the same problem.
As for David Cook; we have a winner that is going to be a
winner. The winning Idol slump has ended. In a season so loaded with absolutely
magnificent talent, David Cook has risen to the top. I’ll put David Cook up
against any season winner (or 2nd/ 4th place finishers)
and he will not pale. I’ll even put this season’s runner up against any other.
For David Cook to win in this season means much more than in seasons past and
it will be proven as time passes.
Throughout this season David and David never really stumbled
and neither ever visited the dreaded bottom 3. A first ever in this
competition. But David Cook shone so brightly every night, the final seemed his
destination early on. From the night he sang “Hello” it was evident he would be
around a long time. All season, he was constantly great and more importantly,
consistently original. In a season so talent laden, David Cook always stood out.
He took the crown and deserved to.
During Mariah Carey week David got the only Randy standing O
of the season. In fact it was the only Randy standing O in the last 3 seasons.
The last one I can remember was when Anwar got one for “Wonderful World” season
4. The same night Simon proclaimed this performance the emergence from karaoke
hell. There is no doubt David Cook will be a major success. This is me giving
David a standing O. I can not wait to buy his CD.
David’s winning single “This Is the Time of My Life” is a
permanent fixture in my library and should be in yours. I love the song. (You can buy it by clicking the iTunes ad at
the left. I did) It is, in my opinion, the best Idol winning single ever.
(American) If you go to iTunes and look
at the number of comments (1729 to this point) it is by far the most for any
song or contestant this year. In fact I loved all three original songs: David A.’s “In This Moment” along with David C’s.
“Dream Big” and “This Is the Time of My Life”. I listened to all the songs in
the songwriter’s competition and liked quite s few of them but once the guys
sang their versions of the songs I finally got sold on them. I hope the songwriting
competition stays as a permanent fixture on the show.
Congratulations David Cook. You had us at “Hello”.
Is it season 8 yet?
Idolhead Ed
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