David Cook is back to serenade the Filipino fans in a two-night concert July 14 and July 15

David Cook, the American Idol Season 7 champion, returns to Manila where he will hold a concert on Saturday night, July 14, at the SMART Araneta Coliseum and on Sunday night, July 15, at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu.

Cook is glad to serenade his Filipino fans once more after three years after his first show in the Philippines with American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta

So really glad that to meet him the American Idol 7 champion in person. In a press conference at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City yesterday afternoon, July 13, Cook said that he finds the country beautiful.

“I still talk about the show and my experience of coming out here. This country is incredible, beautiful! I mean, having the chance to fly in this morning, the sun was coming out it’s beautiful!”

Cook was asked about what he thought of the last season of American Idol and Filipino-Mexican first runner-up, Jessica Sanchez.

“I get asked about Jessica a lot. I think she should come out here,” he initially joked.

He thought the last season of Idol was interesting. He said, “It’s one of the first seasons I’ve ever watched where I couldn’t really get a pulse on what the American public was thinking.”

He is in the country to promote and sing songs from his second album, This Loud Morning.