The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008, David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 21, 2008, defeating who, which American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, as runner-up?
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American Idol (season 7) The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges. David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 21, 2008, defeating runner-up David Archuleta by a margin of roughly 12 million votes out of over 97 million, which was at that time the highest recorded vote total ever recorded in the show's history. The split was 56 % to 44 %.
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David Archuleta David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on "Star Search 2". In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of "American Idol". In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.
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Mikalah Gordon Mikalah Analise Gordon (born January 14, 1988) is an American singer and eleventh-place finalist on the fourth season of "American Idol". She was the second finalist eliminated on March 25, 2005.
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Kevin Borg Kevin James Borg (born 9 June 1986, in Floriana, Malta), is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish television singing competition "Idol" in 2008. He was the third male winner and the first in the show's history to be born outside of Sweden, having moved there exactly one year before he was declared winner.
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Cody Linley Cody Martin Linley (born November 20, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He played a recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series "Hannah Montana", and was a contestant on the seventh season of "Dancing With The Stars", in which he was partnered with Julianne Hough and finished fourth.
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Scott Savol Scott Thomas Savol (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer and was the 5th place finalist on the fourth season of "American Idol".
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American Idol American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, and ended its first-run on April 7, 2016. In 2018, the show will make its debut on ABC. It started off as an addition to the "Idols" format based on the British series "Pop Idol", and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by the viewers in America through telephones, Internet, and SMS text voting. Winners chosen by viewers in its fifteen seasons were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, and Trent Harmon.
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Constantine Maroulis Constantine James Maroulis ( ; born September 17, 1975) is a Greek-American actor and rock singer from Wyckoff, New Jersey. He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series "American Idol", and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in "Rock of Ages". He starred in the title role in "Jekyll and Hyde" on Broadway, for which he received a Drama League Award Nomination for a Distinguished Performance Award.
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Brooke Eden Brooke Eden Helvie (born December 30, 1988), known professionally as Brooke Eden, is an American country music singer. Eden auditioned for both the seventh and tenth seasons of "American Idol", making it to Hollywood week on the former. She signed with Red Bow Records in 2015 after generating interest for her self-released single "American Dreamin'".
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Krzysztof Zalewski Krzysztof Zalewski (born August 24, 1984) is a Polish singer and the winner of Idol (Poland) season two.
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Phillip Phillips discography This is the discography of American rock singer Phillip Phillips. He won the eleventh season of "American Idol". His single "Home" became the highest selling coronation single from the "Idol" winners in the show's history.
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Januarisman Januarisman Runtuwene better known as Januarisman or Aris, (born January 25, 1985, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian rock singer. On August 2, 2008, he won the fifth season of the reality show "Indonesian Idol". After winning a competition BMG Recordings terminated his contract while he was recording his first album. As of now, he has no singles or albums released. He has no plans to sue the company for terminating the contract.
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Portrait of a Chameleon Portrait of a Chameleon is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and "American Idol" sixth season runner-up Blake Lewis. It was released on May 20, 2014. Its first single, "Your Touch" was released on February 26, 2013.
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Kree Harrison Kree Annette Harrison (born May 17, 1990) is an American singer and musician, who was the runner-up on the twelfth season of "American Idol."
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Fantasia Barrino Fantasia Monique Taylor (née Barrino; born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series "American Idol" in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe," which debuted at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Subsequently, she released her debut album, "Free Yourself", which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and earned Fantasia three Grammy nominations in 2006.
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Margarita Henríquez Margarita Esther Henríquez Rodríguez (born April 17, 1991 in Panama) is the winner of the third season of "Latin American Idol", which she won on October 9, 2008.
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Theresa Sokyrka Theresa Sokyrka (born April 1, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. On the second season of "Canadian Idol", she was the final runner-up to winner Kalan Porter.
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Jordin Sparks Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of "American Idol"; at age 17, she became the youngest winner in the series' history. Her self-titled debut studio album, released later that year, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over two million copies worldwide. The album spawned the "Billboard" Hot 100 top-ten singles "Tattoo" and "No Air"; the latter, a collaboration with Chris Brown, is currently the third highest-selling single by any "American Idol" contestant, selling over three million digital copies in the United States. The song earned Sparks her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
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Idol 2004 (Sweden) The first season of Sweden's "Idol" premiered in August 2004 and continued until its grand finale on 26 November, when 26-year-old Daniel Lindström from Umeå was crowned winner.
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Scotty McCreery Scott Cooke "Scotty" McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American country music singer. He won the tenth season of "American Idol" on May 25, 2011. His debut studio album, "Clear as Day", was released in October 2011 and was certified platinum in the United States. The album includes the top 20 country songs, "I Love You This Big" and "The Trouble with Girls". McCreery released a Christmas album, "Christmas with Scotty McCreery", in October 2012 and it has been certified gold. He released his third album, "See You Tonight," in October 2013. The first single from the album, also called "See You Tonight", became his first song to reach the top ten on "Billboard's "Country charts.
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Craig Sharpe Craig Sharpe (born September 23, 1989 in Carbonear) is a Canadian pop singer who was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4, having finished a close second behind winner Eva Avila. He came through seven rounds of auditions judged by Canadian Idol's four-member panel. Sharpe is the second contestant from the small community of Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland, Canada (Jason Greeley from season two was the first), and the fourth contestant from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Never Gone (song) "Never Gone" is a song recorded by American recording artist Colton Dixon, who placed seventh on the eleventh season of "American Idol". It was released September 25, 2012 as the first promotional single from his debut studio album, "A Messenger" (2013).