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No he didn't but he has offered to help performers with material for songs.. from:

http://idolator.com/397731/hinder-to-david-cook-itll-be-really-good-to-hear-your-voice-singing-our-songs

There was a point during American Idol's final stretch that a friend of mine turned to me and said, "Hang on, why am I rooting for David Cook again? I hate this post-grunge stuff." A good question, and one that will no doubt be asked again now that the confetti has stopped flying and Austin Winkler, lead singer of nu-mooks Hinder, has extended the offer to help write material for his fellow Oklahoman's forthcoming solo album. Is the world ready for "Lips Of An Angel II: After The Hang-Up"?

"I dig David Cook," says singer Austin Winkler, a native of Oklahoma, where Cook has lived for the past few years. "He shows that the world is starving for a little bit of rock-n-roll. Hopefully we can write some tunes for him."

According to Hinder, who were in the audience for this year's Idol finale and met the winner briefly that night, the admiration is mutual. "I heard he's a fan," Winkler tells EW.com. "I'm sure we'll cross paths."


This site: http://top40.about.com/od/americanidol/ss/aidolcharts.htm has lots (10) pages about american idol over the years it has been running as well as lots of links to performers and chart successes resulting.