Fox does it again...

Ok, so yes, we watched American Idol this year.

We had recorded it, but after missing the actual announcement of the winner last year cause the DVR cut out before the end (show overran) I set the DVR to record the news after. That being said we were still cut off. I started the recording of the news but there was a 5 second or so gap in the recording where they announced the winner. So it took a while before we figured out who had won

The news has been harping on that the ratings have been dropping this year from week to week, but that is a little hard to buy, what with the 97 odd million votes submitted for the finale. (Spoiler on who won... if you have recorded it but not watched STOP HERE!!)

The BBC is calling the win a landslide (Cook won by 12 million votes) but the vote was 54% to 46%... so actually fairly close.

Anyhoo... I am glad David Cook won. He is the most well rounded contestant and he has been ready to make a record for a while. Archuleta has a great voice, but is more a Disney voice type... and is certainly young enough that he has no clear vision on what he would want to do... unless his dad tells him!