American Idol/Episode 742

Episode 742 The Grand Finale
Season 7, Episode 42
Airdate	May 21, 2008
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American Idol — Season Seven

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Episode 742 is the forty-second episode of the seventh season of American Idol, and episode two hundred and seventy-one overall.

Judges: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson

Contestants: David Archuleta, David Cook

Guest Starring: Syesha Mercado, Jason Castro, Brooke White, Carly Smithson, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns, Ramiele Malubay, Chikezie Eze, Amanda Overmyer, David Hernandez, Mikalah Gordon, Matt Rogers, Seal, Donna Summer, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, Graham Nash, Jonas Brothers, OneRepublic, Jordin Sparks, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Carrie Underwood, George Michael

Trivia

The Show

• The Top 12 - Get Ready (The Temptations)
• The Top 2 - Hero (Chad Kroeger)
• Syesha Mercado & Seal - Waiting for You (Seal)
• Jason Castro - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
• The Top 12 Girls - She Works Hard for the Money / Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)
• Donna Summer & The Top 12 Girls - Stamp Your Feet / Last Dance
• Carly Smithson & Michael Johns - The Letter (The Box Tops)
• The Top 12 Guys - Summer of '69 / Heaven (Bryan Adams)
• Bryan Adams & The Top 12 Guys - I Thought I'd Seen Everything / Somebody
• David Cook & ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)
• Brooke White & Graham Nash - Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young))
• The Jonas Brothers - SOS
• Renaldo Lapuz (auditioner) - We're Brothers Forever (with the University of Southern California marching band)
• David Archuleta & OneRepublic - Apologize (OneRepublic)
• Jordin Sparks - One Step at a Time
• Gladys Knight - Midnight Train to Georgia (comedy take with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr.)
• Carrie Underwood - Last Name
• The Top 12 - Faith / Father Figure / Freedom! '90 (George Michael)
• George Michael - Praying for Time
• David Cook - The Time of My Life

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