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Demi Lovato Here We Go Again

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:02:45 +0000

Demi Lovato released her single called Here We Go Again. The album will be released on July 21, which doesn’t seem like a good move. If you had to choose between going to Harry Potter, which opens on July 14, and Demi’s new album, which would you choose?

Demi will also be on tour with David Archuleta this summer. Hopefully David’s dad, Jeff Archuleta, doesn’t get into any trouble while he travels with his son, like getting arrested for soliciting a prostitute, which Jeff was coincidentally just arrested for.

David Archuleta Got a Record Deal

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:52:31 +0000

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

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:23:58 +0000

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

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:17:49 +0000

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

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:47:02 +0000

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

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:50:35 +0000

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.

Nigel Lythgoe Speaks Out on Jeff Archuleta Ban

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:43:42 +0000

The American Idol producer, Nigel Lythgoe, who "banned" Jeff Archuleta from being backstage with his son David Archuleta is telling his side of the story. Nigel said:

"Banished is a terrible word, isn’t it? It sounds like we’re in some far-off kingdom. He has been asked not to participate in the choice of music with David or be in the room when David is working out his routines that he wants to sing. He’s fine to be in the studio, nothing wrong with that. We just want David to be able to be free like everybody else to get on and do what they want to do."

When asked about the lyric change Jeff made that allegedly cost Idol a lot of money in copyright fees Nigel said:

"There was a lyric change that happened that was a total misunderstanding. Just another, um, step along the way of us saying, "Okay, this is what we want to happen from now on."

Nigel also addressed concern that David was getting better guidance from his father Jeff than the rest of the contestants:

"No, no, no. It has nothing to do with fairness. We just want everyone to have an equal opportunity, and if that’s fairness, fine. But this is more of just the fact of let’s take some pressure away here, you know? It’s like anybody appearing in front of their mom and dad. Let’s just open up the pressure cooker, release the pressure, and you just get on and do what you gotta do."

Nigel also addressed rumors that Jeff was a pushy "stage dad," saying:

"What is a stage dad, or a stage mom? It’s someone who’s protective. That’s all."

David’s vocal coach, Dean Kaelin, also responded to the "stage dad" rumors defending Jeff by saying:

"David’s dad is just a caring, concerned parent that fortunately has some musical expertise, and some people fear that because of this David receives an unfair advantage."

Tonight Jeff was in the audience, and was very friendly with Randy and Paula. While some stage dads and moms in the past have pushed their kids until their success destroyed them, Jeff seems to just be trying to help David win, so he can have a chance in Hollywood. That’s something most parents would do for their kids if they had the same opportunity.

David Archuleta Dad Banned from American Idol

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:52:17 +0000

David Archuleta’s dad Jeff, pictured above left, was officially banned from American Idol Wednesday.

A source says Jeff changed a verse in David’s song Stand by Me to include a verse from Sean Kingston’s song Beautiful Girls. Producers sent an email to Jeff informing him the lyrics could not be changed, but David sang Stand by Me with Kingston’s lyrics included during the live show anyway.

The source says on Wednesday Jeff was forced to talk to American Idol lawyers on Wednesday who informed him that the changed lyrics cost American Idol a lot of money due to copyright issues, so he would be banned from the backstage of the show, although he could be in the audience.

Jeff was also banned from Star Search several years ago for the same behavior.

If David has any chance of winning his dad needs to keep his distance.

David Archuleta Will Be in the Top Two

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:52:06 +0000

David Archuleta gave another great performance tonight on both songs, and the American Idol judges agreed unanimously. Archuleta is looking like he could win Idol, but he’ll have to beat Syesha Mercado. David Cook, in my opinion, will be voted off after Jason Castro, but we’ll see.

Anyone else have a prediction?

Simon Cowell Goes After David Archuleta Dad

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:37:39 +0000

After David Archuleta performed the song You’re the Voice by John Farnham. Simon Cowell said:

"I don’t think that is you at all, and I’d be amazed if you chose the song yourself."

Sources say Simon’s comments were directed at David’s father Jeff Archuleta, who was banned from the Star Search lot because he was such a nightmare. Simon said the song sounded like something someone would perform at a theme park.

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