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Twenty-five-year-old David Cook from Blue Springs, Missouri may only have choir background and a couple of band gigs in his resume but his amazing creativity and cool style won him 56 percent of record smashing 97.5 million votes in America. That’s 12 million strong over teen balladeer David Archuleta.

Cook, whose creative and powerful versions of Billy Jean and Hello become the hottest downloaded tunes in the planet, broke down to tears last night after Simon Cowell put him down three times in favor of Archuleta.

Cowell’s remarks would have sealed Archuleta’s fate with the crown but it only gave people reason to rally behind Cook. The world reknown speed-dialing power of hyperactive teens and encouragement from their aging grandmothers could not beat America’s love for an underdog.

Archuleta is an extremely talented singer for his age but his youthful shyness may have turned off mature crowds who gave their hearts and votes to a more stable and confident performer in the likes Cook. But days prior to the finals showed it could be anybody’s game. Both guys have always been winners.

Now let me go back to fixing my patch panels.