No Goliath to slay for these Davids
I waited on making this post until after American Idol because I wanted to try to capture something from the finale. Going into the show tonight I thought it would be a great show. I think I was pretty spot on.
Both Davids kicked butt tonight. Both of them showed great originality, great range, great vocals. Both of them sang very well.
And while I think that David Cook (Cookie, as I'll call him from here on out) is an all around better performer, a la Ruben Studdard, tonight I think the singing went to David Archuleta (Archie as he will herein be known).
Cookie tore things up. But his singing I think sounded a little strained. That might be because of how hard he sings and the fact that all of his songs vary so much in style that he will almost always be using his voice. Whatever the cause, his voice sounded a little tired.
Archie sang his normal soft voiced love song type songs. But he sang them very well. Better than Cookie. And I think that might make the difference.
We'll see tonight. I think it will be close like the Ruben / Clay finale of season 2. Regardless, I think we were treated to a great American Idol season. Thanks to the contestants for really bringing it this year.
Good luck to you David. Both Cookie and Archie.
