"American Idol" Winner: David Cook

%meta(topic:01016000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:tv;%) LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The "American Idol" finale got under way Tuesday with a startling revelation: the contest between David Archuleta and David Cook wasn't even close. With a record 97.5 million audience votes cast by phone and text, the split between the two contestants was 56 percent for one David and 44 percent for the other, host Ryan Seacrest announced at the start of the show. Seacrest, of course, left in question who got the lion's share; that detail wouldn't come until the closing moments of the two-hour live broadcast. In the meantime, viewers got songs from runners-up including Syesha Mercado, who dueted with Seal on his song "Waiting for You," and a solo on "Hallelujah" by dreadlocked Jason Castro. Other "Idol" contestant and name-brand pairings: Cook with ZZ Top, Archuleta with OneRepublic, Bryan Adams with the top six male singers and Brooke White with Graham Nash. "Brooke looks so much better than ... (link)