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David Cook<\/a> is reflecting on his American Idol<\/em><\/a> victory in 2008 and its impact on his life<\/a>, sharing who from the show he keeps in touch with and a special request he made involving The Price is Right<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking with People<\/em><\/a> 17 years after winning the hit competition show\u2019s seventh season, Cook said his time on Idol<\/em> was \u201cworthwhile and fruitful,\u201d noting, \u201cI got a career out of it. It was extremely exciting, and all of it was very new.\u201d<\/p>\n Cook has released three studio albums since winning Idol<\/em> in 2008 and four EPs, with his latest, The Hero<\/em>, dropping last month. His self-titled debut album was released on November 18, 2008, and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA.<\/p>\n The singer-songwriter admitted he wasn\u2019t an avid watcher of Idol<\/em> when he appeared on the show, stating, \u201cMy knowledge of the show was remedial at best.\u2019 However, that lack of awareness \u201cmade everything pretty exciting and new.\u201d<\/p>\n There was another show Cook was a big fan of, though, and that was The Price Is Right<\/em>, which filmed on the same lot as Idol.<\/em><\/p>\n David Cook and Ryan Seacrest<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n David Cook, host Ryan Seacrest, \u2018The Final 2 Perform\u2019, photo: Michael Becker \/ TM and Copyright \u00a9 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cI remember [when I made] the top five, jokingly saying, \u2018Hey, if I somehow win, I want somebody to take me down to like the basement of the studios where I was taping, and I wanna spin\u00a0The Price Is Right<\/em>\u00a0wheel.\u2019 That\u2019s all I wanted to do,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n The producers delivered on Cook\u2019s wish, taking him down to the TPIR<\/em> studio to spin the wheel. \u201cI landed on a dollar, oddly enough. That was maybe the luckiest day of my life,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n Cook also shared which of his fellow contestants he keeps in contact with, noting that the experience made it \u201cimpossible not to develop relationships off that.\u201d<\/p>\n