The Celebrity Truth

David Cook has taken out this years ‘American Idol’ after beating 17-year-old David Archuleta by almost 12 million votes.

With judge Simon Cowell declaring that Archuleta was the "knock-out" performer on Tuesday nights show, the audience cast over 97 million votes to award Cook with the title.

"I’m absolutely at a loss for words right now," Cook said following Ryan Seacrest’s announcement of the winner.  "This is amazing - thank you!"

Watch Cook’s winning moment below. 

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Photo courtesy of Fox. 

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