American Idol stage dad banned from rehearsals
May 10, 2008 by ElfNinosMom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Backstage meddling has caught up “American Idol” favorite David Archuleta’s dad, who’s been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said Friday.
Jeff Archuleta was told this week by producers that he can no longer join 17-year-old son as David as he prepares for the show, the person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person wasn’t authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The show’s action was first reported Friday by the online Web site TMZ.
David Archuleta of Murray, Utah, is one of three contestants left as the top-rated Fox show heads toward the Jan. 20-21 finale. The fresh-faced teenager with the big voice has consistently been deemed a front-runner by the judges and been a consistent fan favorite.
Jeff Archuleta’s intense backstage involvement had become a source of concern for the series, the person connected with “American Idol” said — but it was a lyric change on Tuesday’s show that pushed producers to act.
Despite a warning, Jeff Archuleta insisted on altering “Stand by Me,” one of two songs his son sang on the show Tuesday. By adding a verse from Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls,” the father incurred additional costs for “American Idol,” the person said.
Fox declined comment. Attempts to reach Jeff Archuleta for comment were unsuccessful. A phone number listed under his name in Murray, Utah, was no longer in service, and Fox did not immediately respond to a request Friday evening for help in contacting the family.
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If it’s true that Jeff Archuletta made the kid cry during rehearsals weeks ago, he should have been banned then. That’s ridiculous.
Did anybody even notice that he added a line from another song? I always kind of zone out when David Archuletta is singing, to be honest. The kid can sing, I don’t deny that, but I really don’t see this kid having a mainstream music career. He’s more of a Broadway type, in my opinion.
“Did anybody even notice that he added a line from another song?”
I most certainly noticed. And I almost upchucked dinner. There is something incredibly creepy about that kid. Like his overbearing stage dad puts bunny rabbits in his cage for him to molest each night while he listens to cotton candy songs. And the incessant lip licking is not helping. And neither is the gasping. I’d make a Darth Vader reference, but like 90% of the songs he slaughters, he’s probably never heard of him.
I should also note that Vote for the Worst is now supporting the boy.
Hiya, webhick! I’m glad you left a comment again, because I wanted to add your Illuminati blog to my blogroll, and couldn’t for the life of me remember the url.
Anyhoo, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks David Archuletta is creepy. I felt kind of bad for even thinking that, since he’s just a kid, but the truth of the matter is that there’s something not quite right about that kid. Hopefully he’s just a gay Mormon, and not a future serial killer.
If Vote For The Worst is supporting him, he should win. LOL
Thanks for the link! But I don’t know what I’ll do if I get more than two readers a day…
I wouldn’t feel too bad for getting the creepy vibe. His impersonation of the “you can trust your daughter with me” boy is coming across as really great example of bad acting. Of course, it could be because his eyes are empty, which only happened because Stage Dad sold his soul out from under him. Incidentally, that’s also the real cause of his vocal paralysis - seeing the Dark Lord made him scream until he lost his voice.
But it appears I’ve said to much.
Anyway, I’m on the fence about whether or not winning Idol would be good for him or not. Is Stage Dad better or worse than Idol Puppetmasters? I can’t decide! In the end, I think Archulator is going the way of the celebrity tragedy unless someone who genuinely cares for the kid gets him out of the spotlight and into therapy so he can learn to be normal.
I agree, someone needs to teach that kid how to be normal. There is some kind of very strange disconnect with him. I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but I feel like I’ve seen it before.
When someone who studies criminals for a living says “I feel like I’ve seen someone like him before”, it’s never, ever a good thing. Just thought I’d point that out.
“When someone who studies criminals for a living says “I feel like I’ve seen someone like him before”, it’s never, ever a good thing. Just thought I’d point that out. ;-)”
I bet you’re thinking of that guy you saw making out with a parking meter who ended up brutally slaughtering three change machines at the bowling alley before eloping with the shoe sanitizer. That guy was sick.
ROFLMAO, webhick!
I just had to come back to this one and laugh again at webhick’s comment.
Webhick, you are the funniest person I know. How on earth do you come up with this stuff? ROFL again!