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On Wednesday night, a year after he was crowned the American Idol, David Cook performed on the season-eight finale, when Kris Allen was named this year’s champion. During his performance, Cook paid tribute to his late brother Adam with the song “Permanent.”
“For the finale this year, I was floored that they would allow me to have that platform,” he told MTV News. “There’s so many great artists out there that could have had that moment. The fact that they had me come back and perform ‘Permanent,’ something that was important to me, the charity and everything, to continue to give me that platform [was great].”
He does admit that although he was grateful for the chance to sing the song and bring attention to his charity, Accelerate Brain Trust Cure, he did hope that when he went out there, he wouldn’t get too emotional and cry in front of everyone. “I was kind of half-joking with everyone beforehand that I always seem to cry at ‘Idol,’ ” he said. “I really didn’t want to with this last performance.”
Luckily, the show offered him some eye candy (and some old friends) to keep him from tearing up. “It was difficult, but I just remember looking around the room and seeing, like, Cameron Diaz over here and Heather Locklear over here and the four judges in the front and just thinking it’s such an oddly absurd moment, and I was here a year ago,” he said. “To have those, for lack of a better way to phrase it, distractions, it was just like, ‘Where in the world am I at right now?’ It kind of helped me get through it.”
Source: MTV
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1. Carrie Underwood - 14 million
- The Muskogee, Okla.-born country girl used Idol to launch a massively successful recording career. A three-time Grammy country vocal winner, Underwood has sold 9.6 million albums.
2. Jennifer Hudson - 5.0 million
- The multi-talented singer-actress won an Oscar in 2006 for her role in Dreamgirls. Her 2008 self-titled album has sold over 750,000 copies. Hudson was chosen to sing the national anthem at the 2009 Super Bowl.
3. Kelly Clarkson - 4.2 million
- Idol’s original queen has sold over 10 million albums. Her latest release, “All I Ever Wanted,” hit No. 1 on Billboard charts.
4. Jordin Sparks - 3.1 million
- The season six winner broke out with “No Air,” a duet with R&B crooner Chris Brown. She has toured with Alicia Keyes and is now on the road with tween sensations the Jonas Brothers
5. Kellie Pickler - 2.3 million
- Like fellow Idol alum Underwood, Pickler is more cowgirl than diva. She has sold 1 million records since the show. She is paid to endorse Sexy Hair products.
6. Clay Aiken - 2.2 million
- The Raleigh, N.C., native maintains loyal following six years after finishing second on Idol. He has sold 4 million albums and penned a New York Times best-selling memoir. Aiken recently finished a run in Broadway’s “Spamalot.
7. Chris Daughtry - 2.0 million
- One of the first Idol rockers to reach the final four, Daughtry’s debut album sold over 4 million copies. His follow-up is slated to hit stores this July.
8. David Cook - 2.0 million
- Once a small-town songwriter, Cook has a top-selling album and a lucrative endorsement deal with Skechers.
9. David Archuleta - 1.3 million
- Edged out in the seventh season by Cook, baby-faced Archuleta has gone on to release a successful album of soulful pop. The self-titled debut record has sold 700,000 copies. The 18 year-old has played more than 100 live shows since Idol.
10. Taylor Hicks - $300,000
- Prematurely gray-haired soul master Hicks charmed Idol audiences and won the fifth season. He’s now playing Teen Angel in a national tour of Grease.
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It is known that David will be performing ‘Permanent’ this Wednesday on the American Idol Finale. ‘Permanent’ was a song featured on David’s self-titled debut album that was released last November, it was co-written by Raine and was known to be dedicated to his brother Adam. The single will be released on iTunes on May 20th to which all proceeds will go to charity. In addition the charity that this will be supporting is one that David recently set up a couple of weeks ago for Adam, for brain tumor research. So don’t forget to support David by purchasing his single on iTunes and tuning into watch American Idol this Wednesday.
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As many of you Idol fans should know, the American Idol Finale is this week with Adam Lambert and Kris Allen as the top two. And David is set to perform this Wednesday.
If your favorite is not named this year’s American idol, the most star-studded finale in the show’s history should take the edge off your disappointment.
Carrie Underwood and David Cook will both perform next Wednesday night, but it doesn’t stop there.
According to the Associated Press, others who have agreed to perform include Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, the Black Eyed Peas and Keith Urban.
American idol hopefuls Kris Allen and Adam Lambert offer their final performances for viewer votes on Tuesday.
Source: Examiner
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“American Idol” season seven champ David Cook is returning to the show that made him a star.
Cook, who battled David “Archie” Archuleta to win last season’s crown, will perform a new single from his self-titled debut album, “Come Back To Me” on the Wednesday, April 1 edition of “Idol.” Cook’s November release has already been certified platinum and entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 3, the best debut from an “Idol” winner since 2006. Cook’s first headlining tour, “The Declaration Tour 2009,” began on February 13 and, according to a Fox press release, is still “going strong with sold-out dates.”
Pop sensation Lady GaGa will also perform Wednesday night. The singer/songwriter had an amazing run to the top of the single charts with “Just Dance” and will perform “Poker Face,” her second hit song from her debut album “The Flame.”
A number of former “Idol” winners have already returned to the show’s stage this year including Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Carrie Underwood.
The show will also feature the elimination of one of nine current finalists: Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Megan Joy, Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre and Lil Rounds. The fun begins at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Fox.
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American Idol wants to know: Is one Anoop Desai worth two Danny Gokeys? How many Sanjaya Malakars equals one William Hung? And would you ever give up your Adam Lambert, David Archuleta or David Cook–for any price?
Soon you’re going to have to make these tough decisions, with the Associated Press reporting Idol is going into the trading card business:
“Idol” production company FremantleMedia and trading card
publisher Upper Deck are launching a new line of trading cards
featuring images of past and current contestants as well as the
judges and host of the Fox singing competition.The 138-card line
is set to debut April 21.
Six special cards autographed by past “Idols” will be randomly
slipped into the five-card packs.
Regular cards will feature
rejected hopefuls such as William Hung and Nick Mitchell, past
winners like Ruben Studdard and David Cook, and popular finalists
including Adam Lambert and Jennifer Hudson.
I wonder which card is going to become the most valuable — Idol’s equivalent of baseball’s Honus Wagner card (one of which sold at auction for $1.265 million).
I’d guess Clay Aiken’s card, his fans are nutso about him. I’ll tell you one thing for sure, those cards of Randy and Paula aren’t gonna be nearly as popular as the ones of Simon.
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