Fresh from his concert with David Archuleta in the Philippines, the American Idol 7 champ will go perform on Wednesday night’s two-hour finale of America’s most popular show. According to reports, David Cook, the Black Eyed Peas, Queen Latifah, Keith Urban, Lionel Richie, Carlos Santana and Cyndi Lauper will be performing as American Idol will crown their 8th season champion. On Tuesday night’s show, Carrie Underwood will perform this season’s farewell song, her cover of Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home.” Now isn’t this a treat?? David Cook, Carrie Underwood and slew of celebrities performing back to back in two straight nights!! Just awesome! ^_^ Last year, American Idol’s two finalists, David Cook and David Archuleta did a duet on the “Spider-Man” tune “Hero” while the other finalists had a group number. Guess we could expect the same format for the season 8 finale.

American Idol season 7 winner David Cook isn’t afraid of a little fertilized duck egg. In fact, he might eat it not just once, but twice.

Cook, who is visiting Manila for a one-night only concert with fellow Idol alum David Archuleta on Saturday, won’t retreat on a dare to eat the Filipino delicacy balut.

“I will try anything twice,” Cook said Friday morning (Manila time) in Magic 89.9’s radio show.

Balut, a fertilized duck egg, is common in Southeast Asia and is considered as a potent Filipino aphrodisiac. [See: Aphrodisiac search: Trying to get hot in the city]. It has been featured in reality shows Fear Factor and Survivor, where it is considered a staple dare-food for contestants.

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On American Idol winner David Cook’s wedding day, judge Simon Cowell won’t certainly wait with him on the aisle.

Cook, who converted his staunch critic into an adulating fan and friend, said the sharp-tongued judge might not be the best man for his wedding’s Best Man.

“If I ever get married I don’t think Simon Cowell would be my best man,” Cook said Friday morning (Manila time) in Magic 89.9’s radio show.

Idol’s season 7 winner said Cowell might just pass up on the idea of being the most important man in his wedding day.

Despite giving Cowell the thumbs down for the best man job, Cook praised the British judge for helping him become the man he is now.

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Yes guys, Adam Cook is no more. And just one day after losing his older brother to brain cancer, David Cook delivered a touching address when he was grand marshal of the 12th annual Race for Hope 5K run in Washington, D.C. He said before the crowd: “I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor, and I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else right now… I lost one today, but I gained 9,000, and I will be here every year that they will have me.” The co-chair of the charity race, Jeff Klodin told People magazine,

“David Cook is beyond the most courageous young person I have ever known. What he did this morning when he was dealing with the most raw emotion was incredible.”

Mr. Kolodin continued, “No one knew his brother had died, [and David spent the rest of the day] hugging survivors, signing autographs for them, taking pictures.” The American Idol champion had canceled a pair of concerts in March to go home and spend time with Adam. He also wrote “A DailyAntheM” in honor of his brother for his debut album. Adam Cook was a married father of 7-year-old twins. Our condolences to David Cook and his family.

Yup, the American Idol champ calls himself a “goof” — but one who wants to write serious music. And David Cook says its music he thinks he’d be writing anyway even without having won American Idol. Now that’s a serious musical goof! Anyway, David Cook also said being on America’s most popular show didn’t really influence his musical style, it just helped him reach a bigger audience. He shared,

“I feel like the record we have out is the record we would have put out with or without Idol. I’m a goof. I want to be the guy that cracks jokes but writes music with substance and a serious undertone.”

And we want you to be that guy David!! ^_^ This is one American Idol champ who is pretty smart (he reads a lot and plays word games) and oh-so funny! For sure he can be successful in other areas aside from music. You rock David Cook! We’ll always be behind you!

Can you guess who are the two lucky guys? Yeah, both are guys! I feel David Cook shortchanged Allison Iraheta — she’s simply awesome! Erhmm.. Back to the topic! Geneva Sun, a paper in suburban Chicago, reported that Adam Lambert and Kris Allen were singled out by David Cook as his favorites this year. He apparently “sneaked” into Joliet last Monday and gave a surprise show to University of Saint Francis students, staff and administrators at the Moser Performing Arts Center auditorium.

David Cook “came home” to American Idol earlier this month and has said he has been watching the show and thinks all of the remaining contestants “still got something in the tank.” He singled out singers Kris Allen and Adam Lambert as two that stand out to him. The latter has been compared to David Cook several times as both is high on creativity.