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UPDATE! In a shocking upset, David Cook won "American Idol" last night by 12 million votes. The soulful emo showboat snagged 56% of America's obsessive-compulsive texted votes, compared to virtuosic teen priss David Archuleta's 44%. On Tuesday'slast perofrmance showdown, the Davids, Season 7's crushingly obvious finalists, were tricked out in hokey boxing gear before they each their last three songs, and the judges had predicted a knockout for Archuleta, though puppetmaster/judge/scowlmeister Simon Cowell actually apologized to Cook Wednesday for underestimating him the night before. The Davids were the most evenly matched final two opponents in ages, making up for an excruciatingly dull competition overall.

The Davids' careful, media-savvy personalities have charmed the nation's already-overheated tweeners, but for the rest of us, there's something about the battle between the vaguely wooden, long-assumed champion Archuleta, and the rising star of his more genuinely charismatic upstart rival that's been feeling more than a little Democratic presidential nomination-ish. Just look at the outcome. Is David Archuleta the Hillary Clinton of "Idol"? And does that mean David Cook is the Barack Obama? The superdelegates are a non-issue on "Idol," but the similarities are way eerier than we could've ever guessed.

Posted by: 23/6 Staff