10 years later and I still think about this guy's performances on Idol. Amazing talent!

David Cook is my favorite American Idol of all the seasons. He is truly amazing!

@AlWasser124

9 жыл бұрын

mine too..he is truly great

@Heidella

8 жыл бұрын

+Cliff O Mine too

@jeffhardytributes1125

7 жыл бұрын

Cliffy and adam lambert or chris daughtry

@dafcorleone

6 жыл бұрын

He was yes!

Single most electrifying performance ever on AI.

@lillianmason6738

5 жыл бұрын

Anotheryou21 agreed fully!! Its been years and still i know his name and this performance :) id love to hear him sing Dirty Diana !!

@floreadsalot

5 жыл бұрын

Thats because no one probably saw Bo Bice

Both he and Chris Daughtry were the best Idol contestants ever.

@1RCJR

6 жыл бұрын

DAUGHTRY COULD NOT HOLD A CANDLE TO DAVID COOK!

@pariciaaguanno6732

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!!

@pariciaaguanno6732

4 жыл бұрын

Hate to say but Chris Daughtry got screwed!

@egwuekwechima4463

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Lambert says hi

2:35-2:43.... Good lord. He was the best contestant ever on Idol. No doubt about it.

@justcallmejay8170

7 жыл бұрын

he killed that shit

still give me chills on this performance

@muxux4

9 жыл бұрын

"Chills" is right

@Kainosielu

6 жыл бұрын

Right!

Watching this for the thousand time! 10-2-2021 Who else thinks this is the all time best American Idol performance of all time! “BRILLIANT PERFECTION!” Control, timing, cool casual glances, effortless and pitch perfect!

@cathysears6700

Жыл бұрын

I do!!! Hands down PERFECTION! 4/4/23

@islandgirl7477

Жыл бұрын

Yess! Watching 5/7/23 ❤

This blows away the studio version - one of the all time best live idol performances from any year - and the turning point of his skyrocketing popularity in this show leading to his ultimate victory

@lesliecrunk1

2 жыл бұрын

I was a David Cook fan from day one!!!

I like how in most of his post performance judgements, he gets really excited when he gets a positive reaction from Simon

i swear to god he fucking nailed that song so deep. Man what a performer.

@jarviselmerhath7769

8 жыл бұрын

+lightThatcherry I just wish his own songmaking ability could match his singing chops

My fav idol. I still buy his music & go see his shows to this day. Lucky to have met him several times as well. Super nice guy, lol easy on the eyes & wow what a voice

David Cook is a brilliant artist this here was a masterpiece.Always was my favorite on Idol

No one could ever be DAVID COOK!!!

One of my absolute favorites that David did on Idol. He WON & was SO deserving!! ♥♥♥♥♥ 👏 👏 👄👄👄. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ M

This moment changed my life.

this was totally the turning point for David Cook. I think he won it with this performance. he would have had to shit on every other performance after this to NOT win. and people like to say that he was given to much credit since the arrangement was Chris Cornell's but arrangement aside those vocals were amazing. he is amazing totally deserved the win.

@luckyvet

10 жыл бұрын

You are 100% right Jaylecia, we also watched this live and saw the world fall for this guy.

@shwonsh

9 жыл бұрын

Technically David Archuleta raked #1 with David Cook #2 until Michael Johns got the unexpected elimination at top 8. David Cook took Michael's votes and lead the rest of the season. But yes this is the performance that put him as one of the front runners.

@luckyvet

9 жыл бұрын

shwonsh Did you hear Michael John died a couple of months ago from a cut on his leg that developed a blood clot that went to his heart? He was only 35 - fucking sad

@AndonSage

9 жыл бұрын

I agree. This was the performance that made him on American Idol. I still remember being amazed at his performance.

@fletcheryou4324

9 жыл бұрын

luckyvet fucking sad when I heard this shocking piece of news. He's so talented and has an amazing voice.

I remember watching his performance that nite & after that I sat there not believing what I just heard. I was totally speechless & blown away. Just brilliant!

This performance of Billie Jean was a turning point for all of American Idol. David was the first to put a twist on a song. Many speculate about how he won but the article that I read a months after was that he won totally on his own and not by getting the votes from those who were eliminated. What put him over the top was his performance of Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera. He accumulated a whole other fan base with that performance, one that no one else ever had. He's my favorite of all seasons!

@davec3651

5 жыл бұрын

This was incredible. But it's obvious by their comments that none of the judges were really familiar that Chris Cornell created this arrangement. Cook does perform it better, but Cornell was the "brave" musical genius behind this.

@TheUmystifyme18

4 жыл бұрын

@@davec3651 and David made sure that Chris was acknowledged for it as well.

the best of them all!, David Cook!!

Me too that was the best season on idol ever. I still listen to him to this day!

i remember this !!! the moment i fell in 💜💜!!! still watching in 2016!! David Cook AWESOME !!! 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌❤❤❤👏👏🙌

@imaextreme

7 жыл бұрын

we're the same

I miss him! he’s the one and only singer I got obsessed with 😌 It’s been 10 yrs now but still couldnt resist the magic in him (voice, humbleness, stage presence and all...) 😍😍😍

Best ever from American idol

David Cook was the best Idol ever. He's on tour right now. I'm hoping he will stop closer to where I live (Southern Ohio). David brings out the emotion in the songs, and I truly believe he could make his own song out of the telephone book. No kidding. Listen to Permanent if you haven't already.

@WaddlingWithTheWallaces

10 жыл бұрын

I hope he comes to Ohio too!!!

@user-hz3cu7po6p

10 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Haley ื

This I Love ! His voice really has the emotional strength to carry it in exactly the way it needs to express the lyrics. Amazing 🌹🌹❤️👌🏼

Aaaaaand that's the way it's done !! David Cook ~ Awesome

I'm from Italy and I'm a fan. David is one of the best singers came out from a talent show, EVER! He's so brilliant and talented... I'm here... 2019... still listening to this beatiful cover.

DC knocked it out of the park with this one. Unforgettable.

You are too amazing David , miss you much ❤️

BEST AMERICAN IDOL!!! After him, all the succeeding winners were nothing compared to DAVID COOK!

@gemma-do9yr

5 жыл бұрын

Him and adam lambert where the top!!

awesome. speechless

he valued simon's comment the most! how happy he was!!

Every time I hear tihs song, I think of David Cook. Here I am again.

For me this is the best version on American Idol of billie jean.

@123418205

8 жыл бұрын

+jasmine I love Mackensie,but this is a better version.

Best AI performamce EVER!!!!

I love David Cook because he has charm and originality in his music, that's why he will always be my favorite American Idol!

His Voice, WOW!!

best male idol ever. amazing performance!

He is humble which is so cuuute

In season 7, AI contestants had 90 each; so every song had to build, peak, resolve in half the time or less than the original. Cook was a 90 sec genius. But to do this performance justice, go find Cooks AI studio version

HE IS AMAZING!!!!!!

One if the best version from David Cook .. I love and appreciate the song as he sings it .. !

Powerful Voice!! GOAT in American idol. ❤❤❤

This was his best performance. So good! One of the best performances ever on American Idol.

Still LOVE!!!!!

5 years later and I still get goosebumps - FANTASTIC :)

Best ever yes best winner I said it

I am watching all Idol from Season 1 to Present and I am just watching Season 7 now and heard this wonderful song!! WOW! What a great transition from MJ's version to yours. Great talent!

Absolutely brilliant...just wow!

One of the best covers on Idol

An amusing wrinkle about this benchmark performance: For years, "Some" Chris Cornell's fans have been saying that DC didn't give Chris the on-air credit for conceiving of this slowed down, bluesy arrangement of "Billie Jean" in his modified 90 second version - when obviously, he did. Seacrest says it - right there at the beginning of this video.'Before' a note is sung. The idiocy of that one judge notwithstanding (I'm looking at you, Randy). In the wake of that latest version from "Rising Star" (the 10th or 12th reality show contestant around the world to attempt this song since DC did it in 2008) - it's so refreshing to see a number of Tweets saying - 'well, at least David Cook gave Chris Cornell credit on the show'. *Snerk*. Yes, yes, he did. Thank you, whoever, for finally noticing. And NBC and their show did not. I suppose that was a Producer's decision? (Their judges were also idiots - but that's another matter. IMO.)

@NandaDaughtry

9 жыл бұрын

The same happened with Chris Daughtry's version of I Walk The Line. Live's fans said he didn't gave them credit. Chris repeated in a few interviews that he actually did say that in the tapped interview but it didn't make the cut

This just NEVER gets stale!

So glad they don't cut away from the performers during the performance to show the judge's expressions like they do in the Jennifer Lopez years, would have taken away this perfect performance.

Chris Cornell is so awesome.

No one has a voice like this. I just melt into goo when he sings. That's all. :)

Great. What a voice! Tank you David.

2nd best Idol performance ever only behind Joshua Ledet's It's a Man's World

Incredible......

I still love this performance.

I totally missed this season... and a great singer.

love this much..i view and listen to it almost everyday.....yeah..that's right..really really love it.

I loved it so happy Ican enjoy it still after all the years from when . I first saw it..... I knew you would be the winner. Ya who

my favorite idol.... ever!!!!

Amazing voice!!! Takes a Michael song and makes it his OWN!!!!!

after this performance , no one can sing that song better than David Cook.

Came to watch this from reading about Chris Cornell - still trying to process his death - and wow... I have no doubt that, if he heard it, Chris would've definitely approved. May he rest in peace.

I have C. Cornell's and I have been comparing it to David's version for years. My conclusion is: David's cannot be compared, his is the best. I agreed with Randy way back when and that's that.

@rickchyczewski576

4 жыл бұрын

Of course Cornell did that version in his late 30's. When Chris was Davids age his voice was probably the best rock voice in history. Not only that but Chris wrote his own music which was incredible. You cant compare cook and cornell, there is no comparison. Chris was a God. Cook has a good voice who sings other people songs very well.

Me, too! It is sooo amazing!

LOVE HIM !!!!

Love it the quality of his VOICE :)

amazing!!!

Best season ever, ten years later!!!

David Cook and Adam Lamberr are the only 2 who have ever stood out to me.

I LOVE DAVID SO....much....

Awesome.

That was by far the best season of American Idol...

He killed it no doubt, great performance. However, it honestly seemed like the judges had never heard Cornell's version. It seemed like they thought that Cook made this version...

The only season I ever liked and yea, he was the reason :D

This is STILL good - all these years later.

Me regusta / I really really like it!!!!

Total original..creative.

@aunogenico

10 жыл бұрын

why? this is not a version made by david cook

El mejor

wow ! this dude can sing , and i wonder why in hell he is not more famous???.. oh I forgot because we have more talented guys like Drake and lil wayne !!!! whatever !!

I love him

I think this might just be better than the original!

@danajohnson3348

8 жыл бұрын

It's much better than cornell's version! Can't compare it to Mj though. Apples and oranges.

@SuperDerezzed

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel K------- Sorry Daniel but Chris Cornell is a future Rock N Roll Hall of Famer and although David Cook has a great voice, Cornell's version is far superior.

@DanTheCaptain

8 жыл бұрын

SuperDerezzed I'll have to listen to it then.

@tarja4384

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperDerezzed - A question of taste. Cornell's version sounds good and interesting, but I just prefer Cook's voice.

@DanTheCaptain

8 жыл бұрын

Tee Jei Same

his shout is freakin awesome!!!!!!

the last season i watched.. the best too!

unbelievable

no one beats Michael Jackson..but i think this version is pretty good! I bet Michael would have vote for this contestant

Brilliant then, brilliant now.

2 Masters MJ and Chris version David did justice to it

Best version of this song Period! Michaels is second

my fave idol. 2018 anyone?

Watched this series from England and used to get my friend in USA to vote for David Cook for me. I thought he was great and this version of Billy Jean was awesome.....and much better than Chris Cornell's. I hope he went on to bigger and better stuff

he was my crush back then.. and i must say, he is a total package.. nwyz, fyi, he is the music director in Taylor swift's reputation tour.. i read it when i watched if from netflix..

The best AI contestant and winner!

2022!

David Cook and Adam Lambert my favorite male artists of AI 😌

Awesome! He is really cookin' ey

Crazy on David Cook!