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===Controversy===
===Controversy===
After the performance of "We Can Work It Out," which judge [[Simon Cowell]] called "a mess," ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" David after a recording session the previous night.<ref name="Stage Dad">{{cite web | title=David Archuleta's So-Called 'Stage Dad'? | url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59501/index.html | date=2008-3-12 | access date=2008-4-17}}</ref> [[Naomi Judd]], who was a judge while David was on ''[[Star Search]]'', called Jeff the "worst [[:wiktionary:stage mom|stage dad]]" on ''[[The Today Show]]'', and confirmed he had to be sectioned away as a security measure.<ref name="Naomi Confirms"/> Judd also announced to the audience that Jeff should "leave [David] alone."<ref name="Naomi Confirms">{{cite web | title=Naomi Judd searches for a star |rl=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24183041#24183041 | date=2008-4-17 | access date=2008-4-18}} Fast forward to 3:35 for actual reference.</ref> In the same interview, however, the hosts stated that ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant [[Chikezie]], who was David's roommate, did not see David's father interfering with him much at all.<ref name="Naomi Confirms"/><ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=eccdb853-f187-4dec-9a0c-61a91e3a3b9e]</ref> Jeff Archuleta did an interview with ''[[Us Magazine]]'' to clear up the rumors-denying he ever yelled at David.<ref>http://omg.yahoo.com/david-archuletas-father:-im-no-stage-dad/news/8470</ref><ref>[http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:NF1fUOfph44J:www.usmagazine.com/node/17060+%22jeff+archuleta%22+site:usmagazine.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca]</ref> On [[May 9]]th TMZ reported that David's father has been banned from the show due to interference with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. American Idol lawyers o told him he was "banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs" but was allowed to sit in the audience for his performances.<
After the performance of "We Can Work It Out," which judge [[Simon Cowell]] called "a mess," ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" David after a recording session the previous night.<ref name="Stage Dad">{{cite web | title=David Archuleta's So-Called 'Stage Dad'? | url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59501/index.html | date=2008-3-12 | access date=2008-4-17}}</ref> [[Naomi Judd]], who was a judge while David was on ''[[Star Search]]'', called Jeff the "worst [[:wiktionary:stage mom|stage dad]]" on ''[[The Today Show]]'', and confirmed he had to be sectioned away as a security measure.<ref name="Naomi Confirms"/> Judd also announced to the audience that Jeff should "leave [David] alone."<ref name="Naomi Confirms">{{cite web | title=Naomi Judd searches for a star |rl=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24183041#24183041 | date=2008-4-17 | access date=2008-4-18}} Fast forward to 3:35 for actual reference.</ref> In the same interview, however, the hosts stated that ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant [[Chikezie]], who was David's roommate, did not see David's father interfering with him much at all.<ref name="Naomi Confirms"/><ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=eccdb853-f187-4dec-9a0c-61a91e3a3b9e]</ref> Jeff Archuleta did an interview with ''[[Us Magazine]]'' to clear up the rumors-denying he ever yelled at David.<ref>http://omg.yahoo.com/david-archuletas-father:-im-no-stage-dad/news/8470</ref><ref>[http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:NF1fUOfph44J:www.usmagazine.com/node/17060+%22jeff+archuleta%22+site:usmagazine.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca]</ref> On [[May 9]]th TMZ reported that David's father has been banned from the show due to interference with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. American Idol lawyers told him he was "banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs" but was allowed to sit in the audience for his performances.


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For the kickboxer of the same name, see David Archuleta (kickboxer).
David Archuleta

David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990)[2] is an American pop singer and a finalist on FOX's seventh season of American Idol as of May 2008. At the age of twelve, Archuleta won the Junior Singers competition on Star Search. [2][3]

Early life

David Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida to James Jeffrey Archuleta and Lupe Marie Archuleta. His father, Jeff, is of Basque descent, and his mother, Lupe, is Honduran.[4] [5][6][7] He has three younger siblings, Amber, Daniel and Jazzy, and an older sister, Claudia. David's family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when David was thirteen and currently lives in Murray, Utah, where Archuleta is a student at Murray High School.[8] The only regular job he has had was over the summer of 2007 as a sound "techie" at a park amphitheater.[9] He once suffered partial vocal paralysis but refrained from risky surgery and feels he is almost fully recovered.[9]

Archuleta started singing when he was six because he was inspired by a Les Misérables 10th-anniversary video (starring Colm Wilkinson, Lea Salonga and others) he was watching, "That musical is what started all of this."[2][9] He started performing as an entertainer at ten years old when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation, and won the kid division.[10][2]

Musical influences

Archuleta's mother is from Honduras[11], and much of the music he listened to as a child, according to an interview aired on American Idol, was Latin-influenced. She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister.[12] He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music."[9] In a later interview he also revealed that his dad was a jazz musician. Archuleta also enjoys Broadway musicals.[13]

On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, David cites his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams.[10] When asked to list his top pop artists, he cites Natasha Bedingfield, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Robbie Williams.[10] He also cites Tamyra Gray and Elliott Yamin as his favorite former American Idol contestants.[citation needed] Like Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta aspires to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.[9]

In 2003, at the age of 12, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[2] On one episode, he sang against then 13-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who also became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta.[17] Archuleta's competing on Star Search led to appearances on The Jenny Jones Show and CBS' The Early Show, and meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls.[2][21]

American Idol

Overview

Archuleta won his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions (with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change") at the San Diego tryouts held at Qualcomm Stadium - July 30 and July 31 2007.[22][10] He was still 16 during the Hollywood auditions (where he sang Bryan Adams' "Heaven" to unanimous praise) and, along with other contestants not yet 18, will have to go to school ("doing schoolwork in the morning and then come onto the stage and then go back to the schoolwork") while a part of American Idol's seventh season.[23] His parents have been on hand, because he's a minor.[23] Archuleta has also taken advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments; he has accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Another Day in Paradise" and "Angels."[24]

The Los Angeles Times noted that Archuleta likely avoided singing the first verse of "Imagine" because, "as a Mormon (member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal . . . with the line about 'no religion too.'"[25] Archuleta did, however, sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was 13.[26]

Along with David Cook, Archuleta is one of just two contestants to have never been in the bottom three or in danger of elimination on American Idol's season seven.

Performances and results (during voting weeks)

Week # Theme Song choice Original artist Order # Result
Top 24 (12 Men) 1960s "Shop Around" The Miracles 6 Safe
Top 20 (10 Men) 1970s "Imagine" John Lennon 10 Safe
Top 16 (8 Men) 1980s "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins 2 Safe
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles 12 Safe
Top 11 The Beatles "The Long and Winding Road" The Beatles 3 Safe
Top 10 Year They Were Born "You're the Voice" John Farnham 8 Safe
Top 9 Dolly Parton "Smoky Mountain Memories" Dolly Parton 6 Safe
Top 8 Inspirational Music "Angels" Robbie Williams 7 Safe
Top 7 Mariah Carey "When You Believe" Mariah Carey &
Whitney Houston 		1 Safe
Top 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber "Think of Me" The Phantom of the Opera 4 Safe
Top 5 Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline"
"America" 		Neil Diamond 4
9 		Safe
Top 4 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "Stand by Me"
"Love Me Tender" 		Ben E. King
Elvis Presley 		4
8 		Safe
Top 3 Contestant's Choice
Judge's Choice (Chosen by Paula Abdul)
Producer's Choice 		TBA
"And So It Goes"
TBA 		TBA
Billy Joel
TBA 		TBA TBA


iTunes singles

Archuleta's singles "Imagine" and "Shop Around" were in the top of the iTunes' Idol (season 7) releases.[27][28] Billboard noted that Archuleta's "stunning performance" of "Imagine" boosted the original by John Lennon back onto the "Hot Digital Songs" top 100 (at No. 47).

Fans

Archuleta's fans have been dubbed "the Archies" and the "Arch Angels" with his "cultlike appeal" nurtured by his work on American Idol attracting a wide demographic including "grandmothers and teenage girls."[29] [30][31] Archuleta was labeled the front-runner by both the judges and the media because of his good looks and his "pure, pop voice," which have helped him build a huge fan base during the competition.[32] Billboard magazine's Fred Bronson notes “David fills a spot where there’s a void. . . . [H]e has innocence and humility.”[31] Los Angeles Times' Richard Rushfield noted that the "tween/teen girl hysteria" has only increased despite some less than amazing performances.[33] Archuleta seems to be sympathetic with his audience, as since his performance of "Angels" he has been responding to requests of his fans on the American Idol Forums to signal them by putting his hand over his heart. Rushfield commented on some of the girls who were standing in the front of the audience: "An hour after the show, they were still shaking, sobbing and screeching about their encounter with the Chosen One [Archuleta]."[33] Teen-based entertainment is "surging" and the teenage voters may have accounted for the teenaged Jordin Sparks who beat out front-runners Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle last season.[34] Referring to American Idol's system of popular voting for the remainder of the competition, Rushfield said, "No demographic can match the voting power of hysterically excited teen girls."[33]

Controversy

After the performance of "We Can Work It Out," which judge Simon Cowell called "a mess," Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" David after a recording session the previous night.[35] Naomi Judd, who was a judge while David was on Star Search, called Jeff the "worst stage dad" on The Today Show, and confirmed he had to be sectioned away as a security measure.[36] Judd also announced to the audience that Jeff should "leave [David] alone."[36] In the same interview, however, the hosts stated that American Idol contestant Chikezie, who was David's roommate, did not see David's father interfering with him much at all.[36][37] Jeff Archuleta did an interview with Us Magazine to clear up the rumors-denying he ever yelled at David.[38][39] On May 9th TMZ reported that David's father has been banned from the show due to interference with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. American Idol lawyers told him he was "banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs" but was allowed to sit in the audience for his performances.


  1. ^ David Archuleta Is American Idol Teen Sensation; Jeanette’s Celebrity Corner, 16 February 2008
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Archuleta, David (2003–2005). "The Official Website of David Archuleta". KidActors. Retrieved 2008-02-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. ^ Westmark, Jan (2008-02-20). "American Idol" "Contestant David Archuleta Has YouTube Trail". Celebrity News Service. AHN Media Corp. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ David Archuleta is Hispanic/Latino
  5. ^ [ http://www.tv.com/david-archuleta/person/325960/summary.html David Archuleta is Honduran-American]
  6. ^ David Archuleta says that he is Honduran-American
  7. ^ David Archuleta says that he is Honduran-American
  8. ^ "Murray High teen moving up on 'Idol'". Associated Press. Deseret News. 2008-02-15.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Introducing David Archuleta". American Idol. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ a b c d "American Idol Fast Facts: David Archuleta: Weekly Q & A". American Idol, Fox.com, FremantleMedia North America, Inc. February 19–26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  11. ^ "American Idol Fast Facts: David Archuleta: Weekly Q & A". American Idol, Fox.com, FremantleMedia North America, Inc. February 27-March 4, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Top 10, Archuleta interview". American Idol. Season 7. Episode 25 March, 2008. 25 March 2008. {{cite episode}}: Check date values in: |airdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |episodelink= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Archuleta, David (2003–2005). "The Official Website of David Archuleta: Journal September 2002". KidActors. Retrieved 2008-02-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  14. ^ "Star Search: Episode 03, 01/31/2004, Story". CBS.
  15. ^ "Star Search: Episode 04, 02/07/2004, Story". CBS.
  16. ^ "Star Search: Episode 05, 02/14/2004, Story". CBS.
  17. ^ a b "Star Search: Episode 06, 02/21/2004, Story". CBS.
  18. ^ "Star Search: Episode 07, 02/28/2004, Story". CBS.
  19. ^ "Star Search: Junior Singer Video". CBS.
  20. ^ Delaveris, Lea (2008-02-19). "Ringer Singers: Some 'Idol' Contestants Aren't Novices". Columbus Dispatch.
  21. ^ Archuleta, David (18 February 2008). "David Archuleta sings to Kelly Clarkson". Retrieved 2008-03-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  22. ^ Wilkens, John (2007-0730). "Thousands audition in S.D. for 'American Idol'". Union-Tribune. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ a b Barnes, Ken. "Idol Chatter: A conference call with Nigel". USA Today.
  24. ^ "David Archuleta's performance of "Another Day in Paradise"". American Idol. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ Powers, Ann (February 28, 2008). "David Archuleta's 'Imagine' wasn't just imagined up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-04-30. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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  27. ^ Bronson, Fred (6 March 2008). "Chart Beat: Living For Today". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 2008-03-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ Yaneza, Rickey (5 March 2008). "David Archuleta — "Imagine" — Most Popular on iTunes". Rickey.org. Retrieved 2008-03-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Screenshot of iTunes rankings can be seen on this pop culture blogger's site.
  29. ^ Horiuchi, Vince (13 March 2008). "Utah's 'American Idol' stumbles over Beatles' lyrics, but it all works out". The Salt Lake Tribune. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  30. ^ Breihan, Tom (26 March 2008). "American Idol Week Six: The Archuleta Problem". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2008-03-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  31. ^ a b Jones, Brenda (7 March 2008). "American Idol Battle: David Archuleta vs. David Hernandez". National Ledger. Retrieved 2008-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  32. ^ Davenport, Misha (23 March 2008). "The Curse of The Front-runner: David Archuleta's 'the one to beat,' but history prefers the underdog". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2008-03-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  33. ^ a b c Rushfield, Richard (26 March 2008). "'Idol' Tracker: To the death!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-03-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  34. ^ DeBolt, Doug (23 March 2008). "A Dose of Reality: American Idol 7: Top 10 Power Rankings". The Trades. Retrieved 2008-03-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  35. ^ "David Archuleta's So-Called 'Stage Dad'?". 2008-3-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  36. ^ a b c "Naomi Judd searches for a star". 2008-4-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |rl= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help) Fast forward to 3:35 for actual reference.
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  38. ^ http://omg.yahoo.com/david-archuletas-father:-im-no-stage-dad/news/8470
  39. ^ [3]
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