David Cook

Well, it’s official: our job here at the DC Fan Team is done. Everyone has FINALLY caught up to us and realized what we’ve known all along, and we’re just excited we can head into early retirement as prophets and David Cook acolytes… (KIDDING!)  It’s no secret that DC’s performance Tuesday was the best in Idol history, and to prove it, here’s what Simon Cowell had to say to Entertainment Weekly about it:

“…I’ve got a feeling this year something strange could happen, particularly after what happened with David Cook last night. Because, I’ve got to tell you, watching it back, this performance he did on “Billie Jean,” in my opinion, was in a different league to anything we’ve heard on the season so far. It was so much better, [chuckles] he kind of made some of the other performances seem ridiculous. But I’m glad! He was smart — I know where he got the arrangement of the song from, but that doesn’t really matter. He was brilliant! “

~Entertainment Weekly