Ladies and gentlemen,welcome to the nokia theater L.A.Live.
And the main event.
This is the fight of the century.
Scheduled for three rounds of competition.
So let's get ready to rumble!
Introducing first in the red corner,weighing in at 180 pounds,
he is the real deal from blue springs,missouri,
he is david cook!
And his opponent,in the blue corner,weighing around 100 pounds,
soaking wet,he is the humble pride of murray,utah,
ladies and gentlemen,
david archuleta!
This is the biggest showdown in showbiz history.
And it is coming to you live.
Ladies and gentlemen,this is "american idol"!
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American idol Season 7 Episode 41
welcome to the shoW.
Good evening.I'm ryan seacrest.
Once again,the eyes of the nation are trained on a single stage.
Who is here for cook!
The cook fans!
let me hear you if you love david archuleta!
let's say hi to the judgeS.
Ladies and gentlemen,mr. Randy jackson.
What's up,baby? What's up?
Paula abdul.
and simon cowell.
So the rules for the nighT.
Big david and little david will sing three songs each.
Both contestants will have three numbers for you to call at the end of the show.
And there is a full four hours to get those calls in.
Now,we know the competition is very close.
Let's see how the contestants stack up against each other. Watch this.
Remember,in any one-to-one confrontation,there is only one winner.
It's all come down to thiS.
Two men.
With one name and one desire.
To be crowned champion.
Their prize,a heavyweight title reserved only for superstars.
Tonight,they go head-to-head for three rounds with the eyes of the nation fixed on their every movE.
Their ring,a 7,000-seat theater in the neon glow of downtown los angeles.
In one corner,a 17-year-old phenom from the foothills of salt lake city.
My strategy for this match is to keep on doing what i have been doing.
Make sure I give it all i can for this last night.
In the other corner,a 25-year-old bartender from the outskirts of kansas city.
It should be interesting to see how it pans out.
For a matchup like this,training will be key.
Only the heaviest hitters in the music industry can guide them.
The man behind bruce springsteen,whitney houston,alicia keys and leona lewis,
clive davis and andrew lloyd webber.
I don't know who is going to win this.
I think it is going to come down to which one of them is prepared to gave little more than the other.
Right now,you are a national celebrity.
You rernd the right to be the finalist and the most watched competition probably in history.
Both come in strong.
Both come in undefeated.
But only one can claim victory.
No matter how big the crowd,you must keep your nerve.
Winning is about being able to trust your instincts.
And here they are.
David cook and david archuleta,ladies and gentlemen!
here we are,boys.
Now,after last week's results show, david archuleta won the coin toss and has decided to go second.
How does it feel to be here in front of 7,000 people on this stage,cook?
You guys tell me.How does it feel?
How about for you?
It is like a dream.A dream come true.
Now,david,how have you prepared for this finale tonight?
Well,you know,just rehearsed as much as you can,whenever you have the spare time to.
- You feel ready? - I feel pretty ready.
Talk about your preparation for tonight.
Well,i mean,for me it started out,I got a tall order in front of me,
For me,it was just trying to find the right energy for each of these songs.
And hopefully,you guys will oblige.
Let's go to our experts for a moment.
Randy,what is it going to take to win this season?
I think tonight you guys both have to leave everything on the floor.
You have to bring everything that you've got tonight.
This is a duel,ryan,for the king of the nokia,baby.
- Drop it ! - Drop it hard,tonight!
Paula,words of advice before we start?
You are at the nokia theater where everybody is loving you.
So enjoy it.Soak it all up.May the best man win!
Simon?
You have been dreaming of this night for so many weekS.
Final thoughts for the contestants?
You know,you have to have a desire to win and you have to hate your opponent.
All right,daviD.
Would you like to say anything before we start?
You know,this guy is awesome.
I wish you the best of luck.
A great opponent.
- Now,whatever I say is going to be just treat. - *******
Oh,archuleta.
No.Honestly,man,this whole season has been amazing from 24 to 2.
You have been one of the most consistently nice people.
So as far as i'm concerned,the competition is over and we are just having fuN.
That's all i'm thinking.
If you want to see more of the idols,go to americanidol.Com.
All right.Ladies and gentlemen,david cook opens the show live after the break.
Welcome back to "american idol." We are live tonight.
David archuleta and david cook fight for the title.
It is a three-round contest.
Songs in the first round are chosen by the man
the music industry hails as the most influential and innovative record exec of all timE.
He is chief creative officer of sony bmg worldwide and a rock and roll hall of famer.
Mr. Clive davis.
round 1
Pace yourself.
Don't use everything in the first round.
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Clive is definitely a heavy-hitter in the industry.
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I looked for a song that i felt kept with the yearning of a generation.
Looking for answers,looking for love,the meaning of life.
The song I have chosen is "i still haven't found what I'm looking for," the great u2 song.
That is a tough one to do.
A tough song.
You can afford to be brave.
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Young david has it.
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I'm going to keep my eyes on the prize.
Keep your eyes open.Protect yourself at all times.
You don't win anything if you are not brave.
It is going to be a tremendous fight for that title tonight.
Singing "i still haven't found what I'm looking for," here is david cook.
have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
All righT.So listen,man,I'm going to call you dc.
We are boys at this point.Right?
Listen,I think it was a great by a to start off this duel of 2007.
Very nice song choice.
I mean,great song.
I don't know if you did everything you could do with it.It was hot,baby.
Thank you.Thank you.
Well,you may not have found what you are looking for.
- But we have found david cook.We need to look no furtheR.- Thank you.
David cook has arriveD.Amen,ameN.
- You are in great voice tonight. - Thank you.
You know,david,i could see at the top of this show,you looked very tense,very emotional.
I can understand why.
So taking all of that together,
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David cook,ladies and gentlemen.
All right.The three numbers tonight for david.
More from david later in the show.
Now let's hear it from his opponent.
Singing "don't let the sun go down on me," here is david archuleta.
I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself,it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
like the sun going down on me
You know,listen,
david!Check it out,baby.
It doesn't matter what happens right now.
You have to know one thing.
This is one of the best performances of this whole season.
And you picked the right time to peak,baby!
- That was flawless and unbelievably molten hot!- Thank you.
Hot! Crazy vocals! Crazy!
I have to tell you,my heart is still pounding,david.
- I have chills up and down my arms. - Crazy.
I have to tell you.The sun is never going to go down on you.
Because you bring out so much sunshine throughout the whole world through your singing.
David,that was a beautiful,beautiful stunning performance.
And I'm so excited tonight.
It is Okay,okay,3 it is unbelieveable.
Okay,okay,okay.
Very easy to get overexcited tonight.
David,I'm going to be honest with you.
I thought last week you were okay.
I thought tonight's performance was arguably the best you have done so far.
let me finish. Hang on.Hang on.
Taking everything into account,round one goes to archuleta.
You are overwhelmed.
You are almost in tears of excitement right now.
All right. Great way to start us off,david.
Thank you very much.
Archuleta's three numbers:
Lines open at the end of the show.You have more singing to do.
Rest up. Okay?
When we come back,david cook takes the stage.
Welcome back,ladies and gentlemen.We are live in L.A.
Time is running out for you to down-load your favorite contestants' performances on itunes.
The clips will be available until midnight tomorrow.
Now,ready for the second installment?
we have taken america's ten favorite entries from our song-writing competition,
given them to the guys and let them choose the one they would like to perform for you tonight.
Take a look at this.
round 2
Winning a fight is like climbing stairs.
The second round will be tougher than the first.
It is interesting for me what they make of the new song.
It is unfamiliar to people.
A songwriter's choice was account dream day.
In round two,I'm singing in this moment."
Take care of your body.
In a fight,that is the first thing to go.
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They have to believe in the language of the songs they are singing.
You look at the lyrics.
I think simon wrote this sonG.
Be bravE.A faint heart never won the day.
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This whole experience,no one can take that away from me.
If you are going to go for it,go for the gold.
Singing "dream day," it is david cook!
All right.
So the beginning of round two,right?
The beginning of round two for the king of the duel at nokia.
I tell you what.The song was okay for mE.
What made it work is your voice.
Dude,you were singing your face off right there.
Whoa,you can hit the notes.
Nice,nice.
- DaviD... - Thank you,randy.
A song in your heart,a guitar in your hand.
We are mesmerized by you.
This is a great way to take a song we don't know.
- CongratulationS. - Thank you.
I mean,using the boxing analogy was a bit of a lightweight.
The end was okay.You made the most of what you had.
Bearing in mind,this is supposed to be like a winning song.
It didn't feel like a winning moment for me.
All right.Just an opinion.
Look.The good news is we have a third song.Right?
-Absolutely. -That was a six and a half out of ten.
And it wasn't the winning song.Was it?
******?
I'm playing in front of 7,000 people. I feel great.
We are taki a break.We come back with archie Hang on.
Welcome back to the idol finale.
Tickets are selling fast for the summer tour.
We have added four extra dates to meet your demanD.
You can head to americanidol.Com for details.
Now singing his choice from the song competition,
in this moment,welcome back david archuleta.
staring through windows at my own reflection,
how can a window encompass perfection
now that I know what it's like to be living,
a beautiful world,never stop giving
I want to be in this moment
no one can take it from me
I want to stay in this moment
no one can take it away from me
give me a chance and I'll show you what's real
open your eyes and you will see that
I'm stuck in the moment and no one can take it from me
I want to be in this moment,
no one can take it from me
i want to stay in this moment,
no one can take it away
Check it out,baby.
David,right now,once again,for me,the song,i wasn't crazy about the song.
Here is the deal,man.
Right now,you are so in the zone,dawg.
You can sing the phone book and it would be good.
Another hot performance.You are in the zone,babY.
- You are here. - Thank you.
It is just another heartfelt performance.
It doesn't matter what song you are singing.
It is like you are on fire tonighT.
-You got it going on. -You know what?
That is why you are in the spot that you are in,in the finals,my dear.
- So congratulations. - Thank you,paula.
I loved the egotistical lyric.
Yeah,exactly.Right?
Fantastically self-centered.
You definitely chose the better song there.
Much more in keeping with the night.
Round two goes to david archuleta.
Come on in.Here are the numbers:
Thank you very much,david.Well-done.
Another breather right now.
The guys both have one song left before you can vote.
Who is going to be the next american idol?Stay with us live.
Welcome back,ladies and gentlemen.
Millions of people in 130 countries will watch tonight's finale.
Now,simon gave rounds one and two to david archuleta.
Paula and randy say still too close to calL.
Time for round three.
The final round.
Contestants' choice.Let's go.
The first two rounds may be about boxing.
The last round is all the a fight.
Round three.Our choice.
We can sing whatever we want.
I think you need to make it more of a cry of passion.
"The world i know" by collective soul.
This is a song i have never done before.
Let's see how you really pick apart the songs that you have done.
You have done it with innate soul and honesty.
You have to make everybody out there feel the way you do.
The song I chose is "imagine".
It is a song i can really connect to.
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It is a marathon.
You have to save that energy for your last performance.
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I want to give it even more than I have been trying to give.
That is the very last night on the show.
Singing "the world I know," here is david cook.
Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why.
Are we listening
To hymns of offering?
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
Into one.
So I walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
As the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.
You know,one of the cool things,man,
about you is that you are showing people tonight a lot of different sides of david cook.
That was a very nice sensitive side of david cook.
I love collective soul.I have been saying this for weeks now.
This is kind of record you could make and get by with.
Very nice job,dudE. Very nice.
I looked up at you on the stage,you are standing in your truth,
you are delivering unbelievable songs with integrity and originality.
And I truly applaud you,david cook.I do.
Simon cowell?
You know,david,i want to say publicly,
that you are actually one of the nicest most sincere contestants we have had.
I thought it was a beautiful song.But I'm going to be honest with you.
It was completely and utterly the wrong song choice for you.On the night.
Because what you should have done,you should have sung billie jean or hello.
It was the wrong song choice in the competition.
You understand what I'm saying?
Yes and no.
Well,you know,for me,this whole thing has been a progression.
The way that I was looking at it was why do something i have ever done?
He gets it.
David cook's numbers:
Thank you very much,david.
That is all he can do for now.The rest is up to you.
When we come back,david archuleta ends with "imagine" live.
American idol back with you live.
Remember,your favorite clips from the show are only available until midnight tomorrow on itunes.
Now it is time for david archuleta.
His final and favorite song.
Ladies and gentlemen,this is "imagine."
imagine no possessions,
i wonder if you can
a brotherhood of man
imagine all the people,
sharing for the world
you,you may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us,
and the world will be as one
you may say that I'm a dreamer
but I'm not the only one
take my hand and join us,
and the world will live as one
Check it out,babY.
David archuleta,i'm really happy and proud that it is the two davids on stage.
We thought it would come down to this all season.
Dude,you are so good tonight.
You are exactly what this show is about.
Finding the best singer we can find.
The best singer in season zen is right there!
It is the culmination,david.
You have left me speechless,as I was when i first heard you sing the song.
You were stunning tonight.You were stunning.
it's what it's all about,david.
You know,we have taken a little bit o shtick this year in the competition.
At the end of the show,this show is about finding a star.
And tonight,i think we have witnessed one of the great finals.
In my opinion,david,you came out here tonight to wiN.
What we have witnessed is a knockout.
Well,said,mR. Cowell.
David archuleta's numbers one more time:
Lines are open in just a few minutes.You can use any of them.
Each david has three.
Here is a quick look at the performances.Ready?
One more time.Gentlemen,
thank you both for a great night,a great season.Congratulations.
One of those davids is the next american idol.
Please dial carefully. Keep trying if you can't get through the first time.
It will be a busy night.You will have four hours to vote.
Please vote for your favorite.We will leave you now with ruben stoddard,
ladies and gentlemen.Good night!
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