American Idol (season 7) American Idol (season 7) The seventh season of "American Idol", the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges. David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 21, 2008, defeating runner-up David Archuleta by a margin of roughly 12 million votes out of over 97 million, which was at that time the highest recorded vote total ever recorded in the show's history. The split was 56% to 44%. The seventh
Idol (Norwegian TV series) Vegard Leite coming in second. Jenny got 52% of the votes. In 2013, a seventh season was commissioned after a two-year break. The age limit was set to 16-35, and the show was hosted by Stian Blipp. Siri Vølstad Jensen won season seven, with Eirik Søfteland coming in second. Siri won with 55% of the received votes and became the youngest winner of Idol in Norway ever, beating previous winner Jenny Langlo by a year. Idol (Norwegian TV series) Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular