#532 - Congratulations David Cook!!

David Cook

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Continuing my tradition of creating an entry each year to congratulate the winner of American Idol (just like three years ago for Carrie Underwood, two years ago for Taylor Hicks, and last year for Jordin Sparks), I'm gonna write my (probably) last entry about American Idol Season 7, hehehe... :)

Okay, I just watched the finale week of American Idol. Let's start with the performances. I think:

IDOLS 01/03/05 - David Cook

First Song : "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Clive Davis always picks the right song. I think it was nice. Score: 9
Second Song : "Dream Big". Umm, yea, it was not really nice. Score: 8
Third Song : "The World I Know". Waaa, David Cook should have picked 'Billie Jeans' or 'Hello'. It was a wrong song choice, duh. Score: 8.25

Average : 8.42

IDOLS 02/04/06 - David Archuleta

First Song : "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". Clive Davis is really a great producer. Score: 9
Second Song : "In This Moment". It was his element. Score: 8.5
Third Song : "Imagine". Waaa, a really smart move!! It was his best performance. Smart. Score: 9.5

Average : 9

I dunno why but this week David Cook didn't show his best performances, hmmm... . David Archuleta won the night.

However, not like any previous seasons of American Idol where I preferred one finalist to win over the competitor (in the final), this season is different. It even started in the top three. I was so happy with the top three (because of the elimination of the horrible Jason Castro on the top four) and didn't care who got voted off. The same thing happened in the finale. Eventho I think David Archuleta was the best this week, but overall DA and DC have been kinda neck to neck, haha... :) They both deserve to win.

However, today I watched the Result Show LIVE (yea, LIVE, thanks to Star World) and after the vote margin of 12 millions David Cook wins the season!! Waahh!! Congratzz!! :)

Anyway, let's do an 'iseng' count. Based on the prediction of Dialidol, David Cook gets the point of 40.93 while David Archuleta only got 29.37 (wah, they predicted it correct again, so, this season they only made 1 wrong prediction, the elimination of my Kristy Lee Cook). The margin is 11.56. Well, there are 12 million votes margin. Using simple comparison we can predict the total number of votes which were casted in this week: (40.93 + 29.37) x (12 millions / 11.56) = almost 73 millions. Well, not bad but still not breaking last year record: about 74 millions votes

(important footnote : it is just a prediction based on Dialidol, Dialidol even has margin of errors and I do NOT count that margin of error here. So the number I got is NOT reliable!!).

Again, Congratzz David Cook!! (and David Archuleta)

::: quick update ::: (Thursday, 22nd May 2008; 5.35 PM)

Apparently, the number of votes which were casted in this week was 97 million!! Wah, that is another world record!!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Melanjutkan tradisi saya dalam membuat posting untuk kasi selamat buat pemenang American Idol (kaya tiga tahun lalu untuk Carrie Underwood, dua tahun lalu untuk Taylor Hicks, dan tahun lalu untuk Jordin Sparks), aku akan menulis posting (yang kayanya) terakhir tentang American Idol Musim 7, hehehe... :)

Oke, aku baru aja nonton minggu final American Idol. Mari kita mulai dengan penampilannya. Aku rasa:

IDOLS 01/03/05 - David Cook

Lagu Pertama : "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Clive Davis memang selalu pintar milih lagu yah. Menurutku ok juga. Nilai: 9
Lagu Kedua : "Dream Big". Umm, ya, nggak bagus2 amat dah. Nilai: 8
Lagu Ketiga : "The World I Know". Waaa, David Cook harusnya kan memilih 'Billie Jeans' atau 'Hello' tuh. Salah pilih lagu dah, duh. Nilai: 8,25.

Rerata : 8.42

IDOLS 02/04/06 - David Archuleta

Lagu Pertama: "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". Clive Davis memang produser yang hebat deh. Nilai: 9
Lagu Kedua : "In This Moment". Di dalam elemennya dia, ok. Nilai: 8.5
Lagu Ketiga : "Imagine". Waaa, langkah yang cerdas!! Lagu itu kan memang penampialn terbaiknya dia. Pintar. Nilai: 9,5

Rerata : 9

Gatau kenapa tapi koq David Cook minggu ini kaga menunjukkan yang terbaik dari dia yah, hmmm... . David Archuleta deh yang memenangkan minggu ini.

Namun, gak kayak season2 sebelumnya diamana aku biasanya lebih memilih satu kontestan untuk menang daripada yang lain (di final), tahun ini berbeda. Bahkan uda dimulai di 3 besar nih. Aku sangat senang dengan 3 besarnya (setelah eliminasinya si parah Jason Castro di 4 besar) dan nggak peduli sapa dah yang out. Hal yang sama terjadi di final. Walau aku rasa David Archuleta yang terbaik minggu ini, tapi secara keseluruhan DA dan DC ya lumayan berimbang juga, haha... :) Mereka berdua berhak dah untuk menang.

Nah, hari ini aku nonton Result Show-nya LANGSUNG (iya, LANGSUNG, thanks untuk Star World) dan habis perbedaan suara 12 juta, David Cook yang menang musim ini!! Waahh!! Selamatt!! :)

Ngomong2, mari ngitung hal yang iseng. Menurut prediksinya Dialidol, David Cook mendapat poin 40,93 dimana David Archuleta cuma dapat 29,37 (wah, prediksinya tepat lagi nih, jadi musim ini mereka cuma bikin 1 prediksi salah, yaitu waktu Kristy Lee Cook tereliminasi). Margin-nya adalah 11,56. Hmm, katanya ada perbedaan suara sebanyak 12 juta. Dengan menggunakan perbandingan sederhana kita bisa memprediksi berapa jumlah suara yang masuk minggu ini: (40,93 + 29,37) x (12 juta / 11,56) = hampir 73 juta. Hmm, banyak juga. Namun masih belum mengalahkan rekor tahun lalu: sekitar 74 juta suara

(catatan kaki penting bgt : ini cuma prediksi berdasar Dialidol loh, bahkan Dialidol pun memiliki margin kesalahan dan aku NGGAK memperhitungkan margin kesalahan itu disini. Jadi bilangan di atas itu jelas TIDAK BISA dipercaya!!).

Sekali lagi, Selamat David Cook!! (dan David Archuleta)

::: apdet cepet ::: (Kamis, 22 Mei 2008; 5.35 PM)

Ternyata, jumlah suara yang masuk minggu ini adalah 97 juta suara loh!! Wah, rekor lagi nih!!

David Archuleta