David Cook is an American rock singer and songwriter.
He was born in Houston, Texas on December 20th, 1982 and was raised in Blue Springs, Missouri.
On May 21, 2008, he won the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol.
David Archuleta was the first runner-up.
Cook auditioned for American Idol in Omaha, Nebraska, performing Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer.
" He originally did not plan to try out for the show as he was going on a trip to China; he came to the auditions initially to support his younger brother Andrew (who did not make it past the auditions) and then decided to try out himself.
For his first Hollywood audition, Cook performed "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.
Later in the week he performed "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain.
Cook took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments.
Besides his Hollywood audition, he also accompanied himself on electric guitar for his performances of "All Right Now," "Hello," "Day Tripper," "I'm Alive," "Baba O'Riley," "Dare You to Move," and "Dream Big," and on acoustic guitar for "Little Sparrow," "All I Really Need Is You," and "The World I Know.
" Since the Top 12 week, he has also been wearing an orange wristband to support a 7-year-old fan, Lindsey Rose, with leukemia.
Cook won American Idol season 7 on May 21, 2008, receiving 56% of the votes.
Cook then sang "The Time of My Life", the winning song of the 2008 American Idol Songwriter's Competition.
David Cook's strong vocal and guitar-playing skills should help him obtain plenty of commercial success after his impressive American Idol victory.