David Cook Is New American Idol

Dubbed as “The Battle of the Two Davids,” the 7th Season of the “American Idol” face-off was concluded on Wednesday as rocker David Cook won against the silken-voice rival David Archuleta.

The 25-year old David Cook is now the official American Idol and will receive a recording contract, courtesy of Sony BMG.

The rocker unexpectedly received the honor. He had stood back to applaud his young 17-year old rival only to hear his name being announced as the winner of the most popular U.S. television show that have become a pop culture phenomenon.

David Cook has always been an outstanding performer in the competition, thanks to his updated, rock versions of famous pop classics. However, he seemed to be outperformed by the young David during their final performance on Tuesday night. The smiling David Archuleta sang his pitch-perfect renditions of "Imagine" by John Lennon (which is also a popular song these days, thanks to Yoko Ono and the song's copyright controversy) and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by Elton John.

However, the contest was decided by a telephone and text-messaging vote where David Cook received 56 percent to Archuleta's 44 percent. The votes for the two Davids was a record-breaking response from the audience as they garnered a record 97.5 million votes between them, beating the previous record by 23 million.

Before American Idol he was only tending bar and playing in a band. Now that David Cook is the new American Idol, he is already ensured of a promising music career ahead. And while his winning is an edge as a rising singer, David Archuleta need not to worry. He is so young and talented, and very charming too. Music and career will surely seek him.