David Cook not rooting for White Guy With Guitar

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Recording artist David Cook performs during Tiger Jam 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center April 28, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)He might have started the White Guy With Guitar (WGWG) trend on "American Idol," being the first of the last five AI winners who are male, Caucasian and strummed his way to the top.

But that doesn't mean David Cook is rooting for future hopefuls who fall in the same category.
And he can't be blamed for the ongoing trend that has denied the Idol crown from females and competitors of other ethnicities.
'The power to vote for someone else'
"I don't know. Its comes down to the voters and they have the power to vote someone else," said David when asked if he thinks the trend will continue into the next editions of the show.
The Season 7 winner of "American Idol" took time to talk to Filipino reporters via phone to promote his upcoming solo concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on July 14.  Cook was in Manila a few years ago with the other David (Archuleta, of course), who lost to Cook.
Queried if he ever thought of rooting for the latest WGWG Phillip Phillips during the recently concluded