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David Roland Cook was born December 20, 1982, is an American rock singer and songwriter. On May 21, 2008, he won American Idol season 7. His single, “The Time of My Life,” is on sale on iTunes. David Cook fight pound per pound with David Archuleta who is also one of the most popular finalist on American Idol season 7. David Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida to James Jeffrey Archuleta and Xiomara Guadalupe Mayorga. He has three younger siblings, Amber, Daniel and Jazzy, and an older sister, Claudia. Archuleta’s family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when Archuleta was thirteen and currently lives in Murray, Utah, where Archuleta is a student at Murray High School. He once suffered partial vocal paralysis but refrained from risky surgery and feels he is almost fully recovered.

David Cook was the lead singer and guitarist of the band Axium from 1999 until 2006. He formed Axium in his junior year of high school with drummer Bobby Kerr. One of the band’s songs, “Hold,” was picked up by AMC Theatres Movie Tunes and was played before previews on over 20,000 screens nationwide. Axium was also named one of the top 15 independent bands in the country in the “Got Milk?” independent band contest, and it was chosen as the best band in Kansas City in 2004.

Here are some photos of the guests during the Finale of American Idol season 7.