Idol's Davids To Rock The Early Show

(CBS)  "American Idol" winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta will rock the audience outdoors this time around.

The newly-established stars will take things down a notch from the Nokia Theater in California to The Early Show plaza in New York where fans can see them up close and personal.

Archuleta's performance airs Thursday, May 29 on the CBS morning show, and Cook's concert will air on Friday, May 30. Check local listings for times.

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Photos: "American Idol" Season 7 Finale

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The 25-year-old ex-bartender from Blue Springs, Mo. won "American Idol" by a margin of 12 million votes out of the record 97.5 million cast by viewers.

Cook, who sang Collective Soul's "The World I Know," U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Dream Big" on the season's finale was criticized by "Idol" judge Simon Cowell who said that Archuleta scored a "knockout" over Cook. Cowell later apologized to Cook, saying that upon reviewing the show he realized the contest was much closer than he had originally thought.

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Photos: "Idol":Season 7

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During Season 7 fans learned that Cook was very concerned about his older brother, who is battling brain cancer. Despite his illness, he made the trek to Los Angeles from Indiana to watch his brother perform as a member of the top seven finalists.

Many expected the wholesome Archuleta to win the "Idol" competition. The 17-year-old from Murray, Utah had many stellar moments on the show, including his moving interpretation of John Lennon's "Imagine," but "Idol" voters went for Cook in the end.

[oclvr58]

So does this mean that both Davids are going to perform on the same day (Thursday)but just aired on different days ?

--Has David Cook already taped his performance?

[exposed2008]

So we have 3 out 20 Top 20 Songwriting Finalist on Clay Aiken CD''s. We also have the winner of this year and the winner of last years songwriting contest are good friends and co-writers on several songs. You get better odds of getting struck by lightning while buying a winning lottery ticket. What you see above is just the tip of the iceburg, and only deals with
this years contest, last year''s contest is even worse. (10 of the 2007 Top 20 Finalist had working relationships with Judge Paula Abdul, Judge Randy Jackson, Host Ryan Seacreast, Bandleader Rickey Minor, Idol Producer Clive Davis, American Idol, Fox Television ...... IF someone will only check out my webpage you would find everything I''m saying has links to prove it. Please do something about this.
Thank you, Simon

americanidolexposed . weebly . com

[micke083]

Davud Archuleta is great. Great Voice and will
go far. David Cook more of a rocker and will
do good too. Good luck to both but I favor
Archuleta''s talent.

[crabpaws-2009]

Cool! I''ll bet this is the first time either of them has visited New York. Wait until David Cook sees the actress-models in New York. They''ll make him forget those *** in LA.

[exposed2008]

So we have 3 out 20 on Clay Aiken CD''s. We also have the winner of this year and the winner of last years songwriting contest are good friends and co-writers on several songs. What you see above is just the tip of the iceburg, and only deals with this years contest, last year''s contest is even worse. Simon americanidolexposed . weebly . com

[thisandthat1]

WOW! Two big, big celebrities! lol .. Let''s see where these two are in a couple of years! My guess is that they''ll both be working at their local pizza joints! When will people learn that you can''t manufacture a "star"? Sheeeesh!