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Who will win American Idol, Season 7?

Settled as David Cook

From Reuters:
Baby-faced David Archuleta, 17, and alternative rocker David Cook, 25, will compete in this week's season finale of U.S. television's "American Idol."

Throughout the seventh season, guitar-playing Cook and balladeer Archuleta have been favorites among the show's judges and fans.

Following are some facts about the final two contestants on the popular talent show.

* David Archuleta, 17, is one of the youngest contestants to reach the "American Idol" finals. His good looks, pitch-perfect vocals and piano playing have won him a huge fan base among young girls. He is often referred to as "The Chosen One," while fans call themselves "Arch Angels." A Mormon with four siblings, Archuleta lives in Utah and says he began singing at age 6, inspired by a video from the musical "Les Miserables." At age 12, he won the junior section of the U.S. TV talent show "Star Search." His rendering of John Lennon's "Imagine" in February is considered to be his best "Idol" performance.

* David Cook, 25, is a Missouri guitarist with a background in musical theater and who formed his own band, Axium, in high school. Working as a bartender while trying to launch his music career, he did not originally plan to try out for "American Idol," but went to auditions to support his brother. Once considered a long shot, Cook has won fans for alternative versions of pop classics, such as Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
 
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Settled

David Cook
32%
David Archuleta
68%
Brooke White
0%
Carly Smithson
0%
Jason Castro
0%
Michael Johns
0%
Chikezie
0%
Ramiele Malubay
0%
Kristy Lee Cook
0%
Syesha Mercado
0%
Activity: H$209,145
Settled as David Cook on Thu 22nd May 1am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Wed 21st May 5:59pm PDT

Settlement date: Thu 22nd May 1am PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 21st May 5:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: David Cook: 28%, David Archuleta: 25%, Brooke White: 15%, Carly Smithson: 12%, Jason Castro: 10%, Michael Johns: 6%, Chikezie: 1%, Ramiele Malubay: 1%, Kristy Lee Cook: 1%, Syesha Mercado: 1%

Action history:

Created Wed 19th Mar 8:40pm PDT by jenniandboys[Power User]
Suspended Wed 21st May 5:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 21st May 7:18pm PDT by No user imagejake: David Cook wins.
Settled as 'David Cook' Thu 22nd May 1am PDT by tisha[Admin]: http://www.americanidol.com/ David Cook wins.
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

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8 weeks ago
No user imageiceman predicted David Archuleta (H$750)
8 weeks ago
kelly predicted David Cook (H$100)
8 weeks ago
jibrb predicted David Archuleta (H$49)
8 weeks ago
robmar predicted David Cook (H$500)
8 weeks ago
No user imagetricia02 predicted David Cook (H$100)
8 weeks ago
No user imagemjackson33 predicted David Archuleta (H$2,000)
8 weeks ago
No user imagelanderson predicted David Archuleta (H$700)
8 weeks ago
newsgeek predicted David Archuleta (H$50)
8 weeks ago
bayoubear predicted David Archuleta (H$500)
8 weeks ago
No user imagejhc360 predicted David Cook (H$50)
  1 bayoubear
Boy...here we are at the end and numbers are going ALL over the place...should be an easy win for Archuleta, but Cook is the better future star...will the teeny-bopper vote put him on top? Wouldn't believe I could get David A at 38% after last night's performances
posted 8 weeks ago
  2 robmar
Yeah, this is pretty crazy. I'm betting totally against my own instincts and against who I want to win on this one. See dialidol if you want to know what that means (don't look if you consider that a spoiler).
posted 8 weeks ago
  3 No user imagecrudsy
yeah..both were at 94 percent at times between yesterday and today..i had cook at 6 percent but started "hubdubbing" back and forth on both as odds changed..this was a wild market the last 2 days
posted 8 weeks ago
I'm glad the answer came out the way it should have been all along. Archuleta has talent, but Cook deserved the title.
posted 8 weeks ago
  5 hubdubber
I don't watch American Idol, but I made my prediction based on PerezHilton updates and I got it right! LOL
posted 8 weeks ago

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