In a recent interview David mentions fellow American Idols Jordin Sparks and David Cook, saying how much he looks up to and relates to Jordin and how he found a friend in Cook.

" I really look up to her," he says in an interview with PopEater.com. "I think her journey's been the most similar to mine. She's an amazing singer, and her style ... she understood that she was young and didn't have to run with a certain type of music so quickly. She allowed herself to have some space, some growing. That's really cool of her. "

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