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
Macedonian Idol were divided on male and female. In the first and second semi-final ten candidates got in the final (5 male, 5 female), but in the third semi-final (Wildcard) three more candidates (2 male, 1 female) got in the finale. The big concerts or the finals started with the Top13 finalists. The shows are airing live every Monday in 20:00 (8:00 pm) CET. Every big concert has its theme. Macedonian Idol Macedonian Idol ( - "Makedonski Idol") was a Macedonian reality-competition talent show airing on A1 TV, based on the popular British show "Pop Idol". The auditions for the first season