Tale of the Tape: David Cook vs. David Archuleta
The Hollywood Gossip staff is proud to bring you Tale of the Tape, a feature in which we break down prospective matchups within the celebrity world. The following is an obvious one.
Next week, David Cook will take on David Archuleta in what may be the most anticipated American Idol finals match-up of all-time. Forget Tuesday night, though.
Who will emerge victorious in the following 10 rounds? Let’s find out. Ding, ding!
1. PAST IDOL HE MOST REMINDS US OF
David Cook: Chris Daughtry
David Archuleta: Clay Aiken
Edge: Cook
2. FAMILY TIES
David Cook: Cancer-stricken brother, Adam
David Archuleta: Insanely controlling father, Jeff
Edge: Cook
3. FIRST NAMES
David Cook: David
David Archuleta: David
Edge: Even
4. BEST PERFORMANCE
David Cook: “Always Be My Baby”
David Archuleta: “Imagine”
Edge: Archuleta
5. PAST EXPERIENCE
David Cook: Lead singer for Axium, whose song “Hold” was picked up by AMC Theatres Movie Tunes and played before previews on over 20,000 screens nationwide.
David Archuleta: Won Star Search at age of 12
Edge: Archuleta
6. WRAPPED AROUND FINGER OF …
David Cook: Simon Cowell
David Archuleta: Every 12-year-old girl in America
Edge: Cook
7. U.S. STATE OF ORIGIN
David Cook: Missouri
David Archuleta: Utah**
Edge: Archuleta
** Julianne Hough is also from Utah.
8. AMAZING FACT
David Cook: Earned a degree in graphic design from the University of Central Missouri
David Archuleta: Born in the 1990s.
Edge: Cook
9. CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT
David Cook: Accused to ripping off Chris Cornell.
David Archuleta: Nixed from high school prom.
Edge: Even
10. IS ACTUALLY NOT RELATED TO …
David Cook: Dane Cook
David Archuleta: Adam Archuleta
Edge: Cook
THE VERDICT: Cooks squeaks out a 5-3-2 victory over Archuleta. If only the younger David were related to Adam Archuleta, he could have introduced us to his wife, Jennifer Walcott, and have tied up this contest. Instead, he goes down like former Idol finalist Antonella Barba. Close battle, though.
Anyone who believes that American Idol should remain a TALENT contest and not a POPULARITY contest can see that David Cook is the bigger talent. His vocals are strong and versatile–he can sing anything. Archuleta on the other hand is stuck in the ballad mode. When he tries to sing anything other than a sappy love song or ballad, he becomes totally unbelievable and goes down in flames!
I completly agree with Yvonne Carr!
Well said!
Okay, seriously. Who ever thinks Archie doesn’t have talent is tone deaf!
I really like both contestants I think they will both do great! But who’s kidding who, Cookie will do better on his own alongside his band. And Archie will do better with American Idol. And that’s just the way the ball bounces.
Good luck to both of them! I think this will be the best finale by far!
wElL, i hOpE dAvId aRChUlLeTa’s WiN iN aMeRiCaNiDoL! i LOvE YOU DaViD jAMES aRcHULeTa ANd i miSS yoU!!!
GOOD LUCK!!! U ArE MY InSpIratiOn!!!
Go DaVid A!! WE LOVE YOU!!
To All Cookies,
Please vote for David Cook. DA’s fans can vote non stop for their idol, we cookies can do it too…..for our David Cook!
He wants to win this and only we can make it happen. Vote! Vote! Vote non stop for David Cook!
Let David Cook be the American Idol & lives his dream.
See what Cookey says on AI website:-
What do you think gives you the edge in this competiion?
DC: I don’t know if I have one, but I know that nobody can say they’ve worked harder for this or have wanted it more than me.
who ever made this list… anyone who heard david cook do always be my baby clearly sees that it is the best song done in the whole damn show! archuleta doing imagine is way behind… it is so far behind that it is a dot to cook’c always be my … (joey trivianni inspired ^_^)
david cook should go all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!! he is an awesome singer and such a hotty!!!!!!!!!!!! if you dont vote for david cook then you are crazy!!!! lol
vote for david.C
DC SHOULD AND WILL WIN THIS. REMEMBER VOTING IS 4 HOURS THIS WEEK….. GET THOSE FINGERS READY.
David Cook rocks and that is al that needs to be said!
Ok…..let’s get everything straight for once….
All those here and elsewhere on other web sites and blogs forms who are downsizing, dissing, bashing, insulting or anything of the kind to a David…A or C…
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE YOU TRY OUT FOR AMERICAN IDOL GO THREW THE JUDGES BEFORE THE BIG THREE JUDGES, MAKE IT TO HOLLYWOOD, MAKE THE TOP 50, MAKE THE TOP 24, THE TOP 12, AND THEN THE FINALE!!!!!
And if you do, great the best of luck….but if your like “yea, right I’d never do that”….THEN SHUT YOUR MOUTH…
BOTH DAVID AND DAVID ARE AMAZING, TALENTED ARTISTS AND YOU HAVE NO CLUE HOW HARD THEY HAVE WORKED TO GET WHERE THEY ARE! THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE TEN, TWENTY-TWO OTHERS THIS YEAR AND THE SEVENTY-TWO OTHERS BEFORE THEM. AND THEY DON’T NEED PEOPLE HARASSING THEM ABOUT HOW THEY DON’T HAVE TALENT, OR HOW THEY LOOK, ACT, TALK, AND HOW CRAZY THAT A PERSON WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR THEM…
YOU ARE THE CRAZY ONES FOR SAYING AND WRITING FOR SUCH THINGS!!
Anyway….as for my choice if you hadn’t guessed is David.
David who?
lol exactly…just David.
Cook has amazing talent and I was really happy that he chose one of my favorite songs last week. He has a sound of his own, like many of my other Cd’s(mp3 broke along time ago). And I believe that he can fit like a glove in the music business that we know right now. Plus he’s a great guy too..as so as Archuleta. He’s my age so, I praise him for being able to sing in front of millions, I’m too chicken to do that. His voice is amazing to and since he has a few years to go before he is Cook’s age…he can continue to grow and become something great…I know he can. He’s proved so much already.
So, I’m not going to vote. I voted so both could stay and then let the rest of America decide, and my plan worked. I might give even votes…but even one more could count over the other so I don’t know. I can just see Ryan saying right before the winner is annouced…”the most amazing season ever….we had over 66 million vote last night and why I say over….66 million and one…..” Yea, If you knew me, you might believe that…weird things happen to me…
But once again….why can’t all of us just get along like David and David do…They’re the best buddies!
PLS PPL VOTE FOR…..
DAVID COOK!!!!
4 hrs straight soooooo call and text every single second… let the performer wins… DC FTW!!
DAVID is THE AMERICAN IDOL!!!!! If only AI text votes is worldwide-based, I would vote for DAVID COOK a gazillion times!!! Move over, David ARchuleta!!!
cook all the way
So it comes down to choosing the “better” of the two davids.
David Cook gave relevance to American Idol.
David Cook started from being totally anonymous to gaining the respect of viewers, the judges and more so, the singers of the songs he picked.
So…listening to both of them now, david A is the same as before. David Cook on the other hand obviously grew and improved with the show.
SO DAVID COOK DESERVES IT MORE.
david cook better win
DAVID ARCHULETA:)
He’s cute and talented.
IDOL MATERIAL.
Nice voice and can sing anything…David Archuleta become the youngest American Idol..come on
I LOVE David Cook….but I don’t think I want him to win. Look at Daughtry….he did better not winning. I want to see David Cook put out a CD that HE controls….not what Clive Davis controls…
David A. ruined Imagine by John Lennon. It was horrible. All of his music sounds the same & there is no way I would ever buy a CD of his.
David Cook gained a lifetime fan when he put a hard rock spin on Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Anyone who can do that gets mad props.
I’m so upset that it wasn’t Cook and Mercado because I feel like it would have been a competition then.
David Archuleta has talent. David Cook has a gift. There IS a difference and I can tell when I hear each of them sing and watch their performances. DA just doesn’t do anything for me…except make me change the channel because he gets on my nerves.
David Cook…hands down…100%.
Woohoo! Go DAvid Cook! I loved Always be my baby better than Imagine by David Archuletta. Don’t get me wrong, David Archuletta is a good singer, but I think he needs to learn other genres not only ballad. People would want to hear other genres too. His cd would be really boring if they all had the same genre in it. He needs more rock in him. And THAT is why I love DAVID COOK!!!! Pls. Vote for DC!
i love david cokk.he is soooooooooooooo awsome.please vote for him now!!!!!!! he is the best singer in the world and any song that he sings is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!he is my idol
Cook was ORIGINAL which makes him a winner to me!
Of course both are incredibly talented and I cannot wait to see what DA will do in 3 years with the experience under his belt BUT Cook took risks and for those of us who love more than just pop music, he’s the obvious choice!
To everyone that says archuleta can’t sing….
HE CRUSHED COOK IN THE FINALS. ARCHULETA HANDS DOWN.
You’re just saying that because you listened to Simon. NO ONE CAN CRUSH COOK, NO ONE. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, David Cook IS THE AMERICAN IDOL. Archuleta can sing, I don’t deny that, but he sings just one ballad after another…. BORING….
The fact is :
Archuleta sang amazingly in the finals (of course he’s talented)
But watch again (on YouTube or dowloading from iTunes) the whole season
David Cook has no comparision!!
He has the charisma, personality and the sexier voice over all the contestants…
While archuleta is like a child giving the best of him, Cook is simply a rock star.
If i could vote i’ll choose Cook without a Doubt!
Vote for cook please!
He deserves to win
VOTE FOR DAVID…COOK!!!
ALRIGHT! CAPTAIN COOK RULES THE IDOL STAGE ~ ROCK ON BABE:)
This is so not true. What youve been typing down on Archuletas side are so like the weak ones and thats what made cooks side stronger. Tss. What a shame on you.
You made the Archie fans sad.
OK come on, Cook over Archuleta, you have to be kidding. Cook is just another Nickleback clone that continues to inundate the radio station with crap. Archuleta has the pipes and with the right training will have more versatility than you think he has right now.
Ask yourself who will have a longer career , that hack Cook (just looking at him, I want to punch him in the face) or the guy with the real talent (like the judges said).
The thing is comparing an apple with an orange. Someone wins because they have merit. the other party says oh cook is just a Nickelback clone blah blah blah and the other one says Archi is just ballad song bird.. Like really get over it. The mass or public has different taste and badgering over the other party isnt helping. I know because my mom is an Archie fan. All I had to do is walk in the door, I never once said anything bad about Archie, and she is blabbing already that Cook only we won because of this and that, and because people vote xnumber of times…everybody does that doest matter who it is. My moms behavior Thats like a real sore loser.(and I can tell you i wont be seeing her for awhile), .but if you watch the two contestants, they are so sport, and one loves the other still. I like both of Cook and Archuleta, it just came down to a taste of preference by the mass. And Cook has a merit on his own, he can arrange music play guitar, do his scruffy looks.. and for whatever reason, it’s Gods will and He has a destined path for him. One can do all their best, and if they arent lucky enough, they can win all they want, and nobody will buy their records after. So really.. the badgering from both sides has to stop.
ei, guys..sorry…!!! i’m not living arounfd USA, but i’m a hude fan of David Archuleta and even Jayson Castro…Their something special about them that david cook doesn’t have….and filipinos knows that!!!! well, i think it’s upon down to a taste of preference by the mass. that’s the basis…Well, congratulations for that!!! even to Jason Castro, and the man who stand alone in the competition along with his 11 contestants, well DAvid ARchuleta is the youngest rigth?? WEll, i salute him for the talent and the gift he has!!!!Since, cook won the the title, the next battle would be the album sales…right???Well, Goodluck to vote davids!!!
and we really LOve you David ARchuleta!!! More Filipinos LOVES u!!!!