Ina shcoker and almost a backlash against the way the judges, Simon, Paula and Randy almost gave the idol crown to David Archulletta, the fans voted overwhelmingly for David Cook. Cook perfroming Billie Jean earlier in the competition. A rendition inspired by Chris Cornel's version.
The side show included songs from runners-up including Syesha Mercado, who dueted with Seal on his song "Waiting for You," and a solo on "Hallelujah" by dreadlocked Jason Castro.... Cook sang with ZZ Top, Archuleta with OneRepublic, Bryan Adams with the top six male singers and Brooke White with Graham Nash.
"Brooke looks so much better than Crosby," Nash quipped backstage, referring to bandmate David Crosby.
Boy-band mogul Lou Perlman was sentenced this morning to 25 years in federal prison for running a lengthy, systematic con that artificially inflated his net worth and cheated people out of $300 million.
During Pearlman's sentencing in U.S. District Court this morning, Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp offered Pearlman an incentive to pay back his investors: For every $1 million he puts back in investors' pockets, he gets one month off of his sentence.
The 2008 Final is over. The judges clearly want David Archeletta. Although at best he is a theatrical singer. David Cook was given two crappy songs to sing and made an amazing rendition of The World I know.
TMZ has announced that fan fave David Cook was sent to the hospital with high blood pressure after last nights show.
After getting looked over for the high blood pressure and hear palpitationshe was released and his condition still goes somewhat unresolved. It is believed that his stress has been caused by a sick brother suffering from cancer.
