It's the battle of the Davids!
(They brought Andrew Lloyd Webber back as a coach?! Oh noes!)
Archie won the coin toss and gets to be the last one up.
Round One: Songs Chosen by Clive Davis
David Cook: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2
Eh. Okay. For karaoke.
David Archuleta: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," Elton John
...but... but this is Clay's song!
Dude. He actually worked this out.
Simon awards Round One to Archie, and I agree. Darn it.
Round Two: Contestant's Choice from the Top 10 Songwriting Entries
(Ooh. That's better than one-size-fits-all, at least. A choice of crap!)
David Cook: "Dream Big," Emily Shackelton
S'okay. Sounds like a Hannah Montana song, really.
...meanwhile, I did the math. Assuming that I continue to back David Cook tonight, and that Pam continues to back David Archuleta, then one of us will win the pool tomorrow night, just barely ahead of Mo Pie or TeKay. And the other of us will come in dead last.
David Archuleta: "In This Moment," Ryan Gillmor
...I may be toast. This is a much better song choice. Round two to Archuleta.
Simon agrees.
Round Three: Contestant's Choice
David Cook: "The World I Know," Collective Soul
S'okay. But it's not gonna be good enough. (Granted, I'm not familiar with this song.)
David Archuleta: "Imagine," The Beatles
...he's doing "Imagine" again? Man, this isn't even going to be close. Congratulations, Pam.
Round three to Archuleta. Archuleta wins by third-round knockout.
The only way Archuleta doesn't win is if the underdog vote comes through, and none of Archie's fans bother voting. Which is not going to happen. Gotta give him credit; the kid picked the right night to peak.
(And Simon agrees.)
Edited to add: ...hey, wow, it's Ruben! After I hit "post" and probably after everybody's TiVo cut off! He's singing "Celebrate Me Home" over a montage from the whole season.
Posted by Shmuel at May 20, 2008 8:59 PMWhatthehell.
1. David Archuleta
2. David Cook
...if I'm wrong, Mo can potentially tie me for first place. But I'm pretty sure I'm sunk.
Posted by: Shmuel at May 20, 2008 9:07 PMArchuleta KILLED it, man. Nice! I hope that wipes that smug look off of that smarmy bastard's face. And I really hope he can pull it off - I want him to win. I said before the show, "David Archuleta is going to sing 'Imagine' and Cook is going to do either 'Hello' or 'Billie Jean.'" He really should have listened to me and Simon if he wanted a chance. He just sang the unplugged version of that song - he didn't make it his own. And that song is fine and all, but it's not a song that you sing in the final round of the finale of American Effing Idol if you want to win. He deserves to lose. I will cheer if he does.
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO KEEP SHOWING CONSTANTINE???!!!
Ahem.
Second verse, same as the first:
1. Archuleta
2. Effing Cook
If Cook wins, which I thought was a definite before tonight, then I will happily take last place for my refusal to ever put him in the #1 spot. Luck to you, [my last name redacted in a futile attempt to deter Google —Shmuel].
Posted by: Pam at May 20, 2008 9:39 PMOkay, I will be strategic, even though I think Archuleta has it in the bag. (As does Ian, who liveblogged with me tonight.)
1. Cook
2. Archuleta
I may as well go down fighting!
Posted by: mo pie at May 21, 2008 1:19 AM