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With the most watched U.S. television show reaching its
climax this week, finalists David Archuleta, 17, and David
Cook, 25, are running neck and neck in terms of best
performances of the seventh season, according to the poll.
Archuleta's rendering of John Lennon's "Imagine" in
February was rated best of the season by 35 percent of those
taking part, with Cook's rock version of the Michael Jackson
hit "Billie Jean" in March also getting 35 percent.
The AOL Television poll, conducted May 9-16, received more
than 1.3 million votes.
Underwood, the 2005 "American Idol" winner who went on to
win Grammy, American Music, Billboard and Country Music
Association awards, was voted the most popular "Idol" by 54
percent of those taking part.
Kelly Clarkson, who won the first season in 2002, was
second with 26 percent of votes.
Castro, the mellow guitar-playing Texan who made it to the
final four round of contestants this year, topped the list of
most overrated singers of the 2008 season with 28 percent of
votes. Some 35 percent rated his performance of the Bob Dylan
classic "Mr. Tambourine Man," in which Castro flubbed the
lyrics, the worst of the year.
Australian Michael Johns, 29, was considered the 2008
"Idol" loser most likely to make good, despite being eliminated
five weeks ago.
Archuleta and Cook will sing for the 2008 "American Idol"
title and a recording contract on Tuesday. The winner will be
announced in Hollywood on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Steve Gorman and
Eric Walsh)
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