Summertime can be pretty slow for betting on sports. Same thing for reality television. The lone offering at press time was for one of the top-rated summer shows in any TV genre, the fourth season of the American version of So You Think You Can Dance.

Although the competition is very much like American Idol (it was co-created by Simon Fuller himself), the format introduces enough luck to trip up even the best dancers. The show started with 20 contestants – 10 male, 10 female. Then they were paired off; in some tandems, one dancer is clearly better than the other, but the home viewers are supposed to vote for their favorite couple. Having to draw a dance style out of a hat can also spoil the day for someone who happens to be weak in that one style but strong otherwise.

So will the winner be male (-110) or female (-130)? You make the call.

By a whopping 12 million votes, David Cook beat the younger David Archuleta to become the winner of American Idol Season 7. After last night’s performances I honestly didn’t think that Cook had done enough to sway the voters but apparently the minds of the millions of voters had already been made and they were standing by their man — David Cook.

Following a grueling two-hour finale, complete with flashbacks, musical guests (George Michael!) and numerous performances by the season’s competitors/losers Ryan Seacrest at long last announced David Cook the winner…and I was at a loss for words. For once (or maybe the second time in the show’s history) the American public picked a true winner. Archuleta has a great voice to be sure, but he lacked soul and personality. But Cook has the voice, the personality, the charisma and the class.

It’s about damn time, people. You’ve finally picked an Idol worthy of a successful career in the music industry. Thank you.

Didn’t I bet you a buck David Cook would be a finalist?

After Wednesday night’s elimination show where Seyesha Mercado got the boots (surprise, surprise), the only two American Idol hopefuls standings were the two Davids (surprise, surprise).

In one corner you’ve got the very young (as in only 17 years old young) David Archuleta, who has done a fairly good job at impressing the judges. But Archuleta has scored huge points with the younger audience and that could give him a slight edge. In the other corner you’ve got 25-year-old David Cook, who has bowled the judges over on several occasions and has managed to win the hearts of young women all across America.

To their credit, both Davids have shown incredible composure and consistency as they’ve progressed through this competition.

“I’ve always looked up to Cook and admired all the work he’s done with his talent,” Archuleta said when asked what he thought of the other David. “To be here standing next to him is just unbelievable.”

“I consider it a huge honor to share the stage with the kid. He’s the real deal,” Cook said in return about the younger David. “All the buzz coming in, he deserves.”

Archuleta won a coin flip taped after Wednesday’s show and chose to sing second for the final show. Statistically, the first contestant up has been referred to as a “jinx.”

The winner of American Idol Season 7 will be announced live on May 21 during the show’s final episode.

Houston born American Idol 7 contestant David Cook is currently the 10/11 odds to win it all in the end. Besides having a oodles of originality, Cook can sing. The American voting public loves him and so do the judges. Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s also got one of the best bleeding heart stories going: his older brother is dieing of brain cancer. So what does baby bro David do to win the hearts of Idol fans everywhere? He dedicates a song (Mariah Carey’s “You Will Always be My Baby”) to big bro Adam, who (now you may want to grab a tissue for this) was in the audience.

“That was the best performance all year,” Idol judge Randy Jackson said after he finished the song.

Getting Adam to the show was another heart-breaker: Close friends rallied to get a special plane donated, equipped with a medic and flight nurse; a radio station paid for the hotel; and the total tab for the trip reached $80,000.

“We made a dream a reality, and he wants everybody who is battling something like this to know, you gotta keep fighting,” said the Cooks’ longtime friend Darrick Scott.

“We’ve struggled just to see Adam get out of bed. To see them go on this trip like this and to be able to go out and support his brother, it’s overwhelming,” said Lori Hoffman, another old friend of Adam’s.

You may have read that David had a recent health scare when it was reported on TMZ.com that he was experiencing heart palpitations and elevated blood pressure during one of the shows and was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital.