David vs. David was the much awaited event of the season. David Cook was still considered as the underdog coming into the final two because Archuleta’s popularity was still thought to be formidable. The jump pack crowd in Kodak Theater was filled with energy of excitement. In that particular venue, David Cook had to battle the kid who got all the attention from the very start of the season up until this point. People were about to be treated to the dramatic duel between our captivating rocker David Cook and the lovable 17 year old crooner David Archuleta.
Theme 1: Clive Davis' Choice
Jumping into the competition, David Cook belted the first song I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For from U2 which Clive Davis had chosen for him to sing in the first round. As I am watching him singing, I realized how he evolved into a true star. Despite his obvious pour of emotion and excitement in his face, he still looked so awesome, he is worth the admiration from his fans, he is it, and he is ready to dive into the sea of stardom. I don’t even care if the judges were favoring Archuleta, I don’t even notice the kid anymore. For me, it’s all about David Cook from now.
Theme 2: Original Song Choice
Simon Cowell destroyed every excitement and hope or whatever was left in David Cook’s positive feelings during the second song. Throwing criticisms into David’s performance of the song Dream Big in his most important night in his life, Simon showed how he is favoring Archuleta no matter how well David sang. David’s face turned from happy and excited to being desperate. No matter how he pretended that it was ok, it still showed how unhappy he was that the judges don’t want him to win. It somehow pierced my heart seeing him like that.
Theme 3: The Contestant's Choice
Theme 3: The Contestant's Choice
The most emotional moment happened for David Cook was during his rendition of his third song which was also his song choice. He chose The World I Know from the artist Collective Soul who is another one of my favorite band. While he was singing in his most poignant rendition I ever saw from him, I saw his face looking so sensitive, so lonely, and so riddled with saddest emotion that I can’t help but to sympathize to whatever heartache his been going through at that moment. He could have realized by that time that the song was his last song to sing as a contestant in American Idol, or he was thinking that the song was his way of saying goodbye to his big dream which he thought he can no longer have. By the end of the performance, tears are pouring in his beautiful eyes before the judges could even tell him their critique. I hated Simon Cowell very much, why have he made this charade so painful for David Cook that it put him in grief?
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