Finally, someone won that I wanted to win. I do agree that the singing was a lot better tonight than during the rest of the season. I actually liked Archie with One Republic. The sad part is, I think he was singing better than Ryan Tedder.
First year that it was "fast tracked" to Australia and I gotta say, "meh". There were only three that impressed me, Chakizi (however it's spelt), the Irish Chick, and the rock chick (Amanda?) so I gave up watching it in the last few weeks because they just didn't interest me. I watched bits and pieces of the final but over all wasn't really impressed. I'm glad Cook won as I really can't stand to listen to Archuleta. But with 90+ million votes, just how much do you guys over there pay to vote each time? Now I know how Fox affords to pay The Simpsons voice actors ridiculous salaries.
Voting by phone is free in the states, standard text messaging rates apply to texts. I phoned in my vote for Cook. Presidential elections should be so easy...