Yay! Finally An American Idol I Can Idolize

No joke. We were at the announcement phase of the American Idol finally…And…our DVR said our program was OVER. Right after the envelop was handed to Seacrest.

Thank goodness for the Associated Press!

And Yay!!! The adult, talented rocker beat out the vanilla male version of Hanna Montana.

AP via Yahoo put it nicely:

The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the “American Idol” title Wednedsay, and it wasn’t as much of a surprise as it seemed.

And I loved this quirky bit of trivia:

While Archuleta was showered with praise by the judges all season, online bookies and observers kept the faith with Cook. One Web site, which tracks busy signals on the separate phone lines dedicated to each contestant, projected him the winner correctly Wednesday morning.

My favorite highlights from the show were when David Cook got to front ZZ Top with “Sharp Dressed Man” and the duet with Brooke White and Graham Nash.

Oh…and Donna Summer. How cool is Sayesha for getting to sing alongside the Queen of Disco. I am not ashamed to admit (well maybe a little), that I used to know the words to all her songs and would make up dance routines with my friends on San Diego’s Golden Hill sidewalks.