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
Nova TV (Croatia) stopped showing it in 2002. A short time later they started to produce their own talent show "Story Supernova", which was then followed by the Croatian version of "Pop Idol" called "Hrvatski idol". The station also became notable for showing one of the first Croatian sitcoms called "Naša mala klinika", which started to air in November 2004, and in early June 2005 they started to show another domestically produced sitcom called "Bumerang". In 2005 Nova TV also introduced popular American TV series such as "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" as well as reality show "The Apprentice" to the Croatian audience, and