Did you ever wonder (American Idol)...

...how David Cook beat the adorable, squishy, cute, cuddly David Archuleta in the "Battle of the David's?" A good friend of mine, knowing that I am an Idol fan, asked the below:

"This is totally off topic, but I'd like to see a random thought about your view of the American Idol shocker! I was immediately repulsed by David "Oh My Gosh I Can Sing I Like Candy" Archuleta, but I thought teenie-boppers would carry him to victory. I know you shared this view. What happened?? I hope people saw what I did, which was David Cook's rendition of Billie Jean--possibly the best Idol performance ever.

I hope that doesn't make me sound gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

May 22, 2008 8:34 AM

Well my friend, here is what I think. First, I don't think you sound gay. It's okay for us to be Idol fans. I'm comfortable with this. We can get away with being Idol fans because we play fantasy football, too...and that balances things out. Although, most people would be shocked to know that we spent more time talking fantasy football, Idol, and other "important topics" at work than we did "running the world." Only a select few know what I mean here...

Second, I did not think it was a shocker -- even after Simon tried to sway the vote with his absolutely off the mark assessment of Cook's final performances. Usually, I'm aligned with Simon, but this time he missed the bus. Cook's final performances, especially his take on 'The World I Know,' were light years ahead of Archuleta's. Even his rendition of the gay, required Idol song was a good effort to make something out of nothing.

Archuleta, on the other hand, is like Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell in Anchorman): You put it on the teleprompter and he'll read it. The whole deer in the headlights look week in and week out just got annoying -- almost as annoying as Brooke White crying every week.

However, to answer your question, I think this article, 'Cougars 4 Cook' sign was our first clue, pretty much sums up the reason Cook won. I saw the sign that Erin Carlson references in the article -- it was only there for a second as the camera panned the audience last week, but you could not miss it -- and it just makes sense.

By the way, below is the above referenced Billie Jean rendition...