Cook wins American Idol

The better performer wins!

This is a fair result. It was essentially a musician versus a teenage singer Idol contest. Dave Cook didn't churn out the safe and obvious, and got paid handsomely for the risk. Well, now that he is contracted to the Idol producers, I hope he is allowed to write his own materials.

For the runner-up David Archuleta, I don't think there is any need to worry about his singing future/career. Christmas is coming soon and the world always need another X-mas love ballad. :P