American Idol just wouldn’t be American Idol without viewers talking about various conspiracy theories. Shocking eliminations, judges giving feedback on songs that haven’t been sung, and surprise winners have helped to fuel the fire of American Idol conspiracy theories.


Even though the American Idol judges seemed to be anointing David Archuleta as the winner during the American Idol 7 final performance show, it was David Cook who wound up the surprise winner in a landslide. Some fans have speculated that Simon Cowell was rough on David Cook, because he intentionally wanted to created a backlash that would drive more votes to David Cook. This conspiracy theory has been fueled by the fact that Simon Cowell winked at David Cook after criticizing him for making the wrong song choice on the finale.

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I don't think there was a conspiracy...I think that all of America thought Archuletta would win, and fans of David Cook decided to vote harder so their guy could win....I stayed up the full 4 hours voting, because I honestly thought Archuletta was going to take it....and I thought David Cook would need all the help he could get...jmo