David Archuleta

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Birthday: December 28, 1990
Age: 21
Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hometown: Murray, Utah
Big Break: American Idol
Biography
David Archuleta was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 28, 1990. He started singing at age six, and started performing by age ten.

At age 12, he sang on many of the episodes of Star Search. With the performance of John Mayer’s “Waiting for the World to Change,” Archuleta impressed the judges and won himself a ticket to the Hollywood final auditions.

As he continued to impress the judges and America, Archuleta went onto the finals. He received 44 percent of 97 million votes and lost to David Cook.

Did You Know...
  • The governor of Utah declared May 9th, 2008 as "David Archuleta Day."
  • He is left-handed.
  • He was in a Guitar Hero commercial, which premiered during the American Idol Season 7 finale.
  • He is currently the only student standing at "American Idol school," which is daily tutoring for contestants under 18. Alexandrea Lushington and Alaina Whitaker were his classmates, but they were already eliminated.
  • David has been nicknamed "Archie" by the American Idol (Season 7) crew, a take-off on his last name and a reference to the comic book character, Archibald "Archie" Andrews.
  • He likes all of the judges on American Idol because of their personalities and their different opinions.
  • He once performed for surviving 9/11 firefighters. He sang "I Will Always Love You."
  • His musical influences are Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams
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While David Arquette is off being a douche talking up a storm about his split and sleeping with other women, Courteney Cox has been relatively quiet about the whole thing...until now that is.

Court admits she's pretty confused about the split, and I don't blame her, I can hardly keep up! And reality has been sinking in lately.

Courteney Cox Puts Divorce on Hold

She tells Britain's Hello! magazine, "I've been lying really low since David and I got separated. To tell you the truth, it's only just starting to sink in. I've been working so hard that I feel like I've been in a whirlwind.

"I did wake up the other day when I had a quiet morning and think, 'Wow, this is... interesting. I'm separated - now what do I do?"

Under normal circumstances I'd say leave his douchey @ss because you can do better, but home girl never got a prenup and she's worth a $100 mil. One mistake after another...
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Poor lil’ David Archuleta! He’s so innocent and now his reputation has been tarnished by his dad who has a penchant for prostitutes.

But rather than ignore the situation, David has issued an official thank you to his fans for supporting him during his tough time.

His rep issued a statement saying, "David is busy preparing for his upcoming tour with Demi Lovato. He thanks his fans for their continued support."

What’s sad is that David’s father is totally playing dumb, and pretending he wasn’t there for sex.

His lawyer told NY Daily News, "Oh, I don't know what those police officers say, I mean, who knows what they say. He did not go there for sex and that was it and pure, plain and simple that's the way it was."

David needs to kick that dad-ager to the curb!
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Remember David Archuleta's dad? He was like super dadager while David was on American Idol.

All that managing must have stressed him out so much that he needed a happy ending. Unfortunately for him that happy ending cost him $582, and a lot of bad press.

Jeff Archuleta was charged with soliciting a massage parlor prostitute after cops raided a massage parlor back in January.

"Two of our detectives went back to that room to stop the activity," Midvale Police Sgt. John Salazar told news outlets.

"Inside they found a female masseuse and male client. At that time an interview ensued and the male client admitted to receiving sexual gratification from the masseuse."

He pleaded no contest to the charges and paid the $582 fine after being busted in Midvale, Utah. His attorney however insists that Archuleta was just getting a massage for his back. Tell that to the judge!
David Archuleta sure does have some pain in the a** parents. Everyone by now has heard that David's father Jeff was a controlling stage dad throughout the show, but now it's his mother Lupe that's causing problems.

Lupe flipped out right at the Idol finale show after David Cook was crowned Idol winner, saying the show was fixed. She was very resentful of her son not winning, and wasn't afraid of letting people know. She said her David was the clear favorite, so voting must have been fixed since the other David won.

And Lupe's wrath didn't stop there! She even complained about the free car Archuleta was given as a runner-up gift, a green Ford Escape Hybrid SUV. Lupe complained that he would be recognized everywhere in their hometown Salt Lake City if he drove that car.

We're confused. Isn't that what they want?! For their son to be recognized? That poor kid better pack up and move away from them before they ruin his career before it even starts!
David Archuleta says he plans on staying single because he wants to focus on other aspects of life….like schoolwork!

That's gotta be tough to go from being uber famous to going to back to high school. David says after the Idol tour this summer, he's anxious to get back to school. Looks like someone is going to be a little more popular than he was pre-Idol!
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American Idol finalist David Archuleta has to say sayonara to his dad because Jeff Archuleta was been banned from going backstage.

David's dad was annoying a lot of people back stage because he was taking his role as a hands-on dad a little too far. He was taking it so far that he was disrupting production.

Don't feel too bad for Jeff though, even though he's not allowed back stage, he is still allowed to sit in the audience during the show which is more than what any of us get.

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