David Archuleta Got a Record Deal

American Idol loser David Archuleta signed with the same record label that signed David Cook, Jive Records.

David’s father is in trouble again. Jeff Archuleta took it upon himself to organize a concert entitled Back Home With David Archuleta at the 12,000-seat E Center stadium in Salt Lake City, but he didn’t clear it through American Idol who still have a contract with David.

A source told the New York Post that Idol execs were concerned that the one-night-only show would damage ticket sales for the official American Idol Live summer tour, which is stopping for two dates at the E Center on July 14th and 15th. The source said:

"They were afraid people wouldn’t buy tickets for the Idol tour if they had already seen David on stage in Salt Lake City."

Jeff told the Salt Lake City Tribune:

"When all the minds met, everyone concluded this wouldn’t work out for this particular weekend, and they just want to reschedule it toward the middle or end of the tour."

Jeff reminds me a lot of Michael Lohan.

David Cook WINS American Idol

Not only did David Cook win American Idol, but Simon Cowell actually APOLOGIZED to Cook for his comments he described as verging on disrespectful.

I had picked David Archuleta to win American Idol, and I was wrong. Archuleta is going home.

Cook won by 12 million votes! A crushing victory.

Congratulations to DAVID COOK! Your Idol.

David Archuleta WINS American Idol

David Archuleta wins American Idol is the title I will be writing next week when the winner is announced.

David Cook gave a great performance, but Archuleta was so much better. Simon Cowell agrees calling Archuleta’s performance a "knock out."

This was an easy one to predict so many shows ago. Archuleta’s talent just shines through.

Above is a video of Archuleta singing In This Moment. He was driving the audience crazy with this performance. I got goose bumps. Did you? C’mon, be honest, did you?

David Archuleta Father Investigated for Child Sexual Abuse

American Idol contestant David Archuleta’s father has been put in the spotlight, and when that happens people start digging for dirt, and Star Magazine found some.

According to Star, Jeff Archuleta was accused of sexually abusing two children over the course of a three month period. Police did not arrest Jeff though, because a police source said "One of the alleged victims denied any abuse had taken place and said the in-law was lying." The source added that it came out the in-law who had made the child abuse allegations "had promised Barbie dolls to the two alleged victims if they backed up the false claim."

That’s cold.

Syesha Mercado Lip Synching Her Final Song

Tonight Syesha Mercado was voted off American Idol. So sad. I really thought she would make it to the top two, but I was wrong. She’s still going to have a career. I have to give her credit for not crying her eyes out. She did a beautiful job singing her farewell song.

There is a scandal however. At the 3:17 mark in the video you can see Syesha start smiling while you can clearly hear her still singing. Syesha’s song was PRERECORDED and Syesha was LIP SYNCHING. Is American Idol getting desperate to boost ratings by prerecording performances, rather than having contestants perform live?

David Archuleta and David Cook are now in the top two. Watch their performances closely, to see if they are lip synching too.