There are no studio recordings of the Top 2 performances. Sad. Those in iTunes are just audio of Live Performances.

Thank you for the links Travis!

Hi everyone! I am a newbie! This site is just fabulous! So much info to find! And I love everyones pics of David Cook. Can't wait to hear his new cd.

I'm off the look around the site!

Paula

i am SO corny. haha.

Does anyone know where I can find MP3 audio downloads of the live performances from the FINALE nights?

I'm mostly looking for the "Hero" duet and "The World I Know".



Also, an MP3 of "The World I Know" performance from the ELLEN show would be nice too.

JROCK
Thanks a million for posting all those links from the finale. I had been looking for this ever since that night's show! You're a life saver

that was soo nice of Cook
when he went over and half hugged Archie
he's soooo nice to Archie

My first time to be joining a forum outside the Philippines and I was surprised to see a lot of Filipinos here.

I've never followed AI regularly. In fact, I was only able to watch a couple of episodes of AI6 last year. The only finals I was able to watch were the AI 3, 4 and 5 Finals.

But AI7... this is a different story. Even from the auditions, you would know that there's a goldmine of talents this season. Even then it was easy to know who would stand out. My top 4 going into the Top 24 were DC, Archie, MJ and Carly (in that order). AI7 is phenomenal! Talents overflowing!

And the AI7 Finals and Finale... Amazing!

Though Archie chose all ballads (which seemed like contest pieces. Archie being a singing contest veteran), DC showed his versatility in his 3 choices. DC is the total package, the real deal. In his three songs, he showed and added his trademark (soulful raspy voice) and embraced each song as if they were his own.

DC started strong with I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, as if he was in his own rock concert infront of millions of people. This is the best rendition I've heard of ISHFWILF, after U2 of course. Nevertheless, DC made it as if it's a new song, that the now generation would sing and listen to.

Second round.... Though the judges may have not liked Dream Big, the lyrics were very inspirational, and the upbeat tempo really suited DC's style and the new generations of music lovers are into this thing. Dream Big has a better chance of being a hit than what Archie chose in the second round. In fact, in the Philippines, a lof of Filipinos are loving Dream Big, and I don't know of anyone from here who remembers what Archie sang in this round. Archie did great, but the song was forgettable. Fortunately, no one noticed when DC forgot some lyrics in Dream Big (He sang "don't have faith" twice). People barely noticed. Like what Paula said, "If you forget the lyrics, don't let the people know about it." DC is very professional. I only noticed DC forgot it when I was listening to Dream Big the third time around.

DC showed his sensitive side in the last round. He'd always wanted to sing The World We Know and never got the chance till the Finals. It was a tough round for DC for we all know that Archie would be singing Imagine, from which he got the best praises the first time.

I've always liked Simon's bluntess and honesty to a fault, and agreed with his remarks most of the time. But I totally disagreed with him in the AI7 Finals.

This was the turning point. With all the negatives that DC's third performance got from the judges and with the title being handed to Archie literally by the judges, DC's fans rallied behind DC and gave DC a landslide victory over Archie.

It's as if the winning song Time of My Life was written for DC. It was destined to be sang by DC. The words were really narrating DC's journey in AI7. When he sang it with full of emotions and humility in the Finale, everyone knew that this would be a hit.

In the Philippines, a lot of Filipinos spent a lot of time and money in helping DC win. Until now DC euphoria is everywhere.

I was at a family gathering last weekend and I was surprised to know that all my relatives who were there were following AI7, and everyone - young and old alike - was rooting for DC. My 3-year old nephew was singing along to Time of My Life. My 9-year old nephew memorized DCs style in Always Be My Baby. And my other nephew, a high school band vocalist, was downloading DC's songs and performances. And his mom - a Chemistry educator - is now known in her school as Mrs David Cook.

If only David Cook would know how famous he is in the Philippines. If he would stage a concert here, it would indubitably be a pandemonium.


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The two Davids were so amazing in the Finale. With so much to do and memorize leading to the Finale, they pulled through. David Cook, I think, did his best performances in the Finale, for there was no more pressure; competition was over. He was just enjoying himself. He never missed a beat or a step or a note in the any of the numbers.

David never drowned Archie in "Hero" as Archie was fearing, because Nickelback's version better suited than Archie. David was always there for Archie the whole time. He was great with the falsettos and the lower registers.

With the ZZ Top number, the famous group could see the Idol title in David as they gave the stage to him - the whole song. And his leg wave - that was so HOT!

The Bryan Adams medley was amazing.

David Cook had the time of his life in the Finale.

Anyway, I just watched what seemed like AI 7 marathon from 11am-9pm that was shown here through a local channel...anyways.. Cookie still gives me the goosebumps! YAY!

OMG I LOVE YOU!!!!

these are so awesome thank you a gazillion times!!!!

I wish I'd have gotten these downloads earlier, some of them dont seem to work now or are not avail anymore. oh well.

I know... mediafire says they're not available

you scared your cat... LOL!