Comments on: David Archuleta’s mom is a sore loser; David Cook’s brother has benefactor

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:06 +0000

listen up every1, Lupe Archuleta is would NEVER ssay that. u just want 2 get all the dirt and make him look like an idiot bc of teh parents who raised him so if u dont have anything nice to say, dont say it at all.

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By: Annie Devlen

Annie Devlen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:44:43 +0000

I do have to correct one thing…

Now that I have seen and heard the performances from the AI tour, I have to recind my statement that DC was the better performer! Sheesh, Archie is SO INCREDIBLY TALENTED, there is no way I can believe that DC is the better performer anymore. Did you see Archie turn Josh Groban’s WYSYLM into the most gut-wrenching performance??? WOW!!!

Continued KUDOS to both David’s!! You are both amazing!!!!

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By: Renate

Renate — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:55:43 +0000

the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and what we have here is a wonderful unblemished apple.

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By: Annie Devlen

Annie Devlen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:48:16 +0000

One last thought…

IMHO, DC was the better musician and the better performer. But Archie was the better singer and a truly amazing artist. They were very different, but that is okay and ultimately gave them each a different audience. My David did not win, but that does not make DC the villain. I wish him the best and like him more for the way he has treated Archie since winning than for his singing. (And I send my prayers to him and his family in this difficult time!)

The competition is over…for them, and it seems to me that is should be for us, as well. I can definitely see DC’s finer points. Can you see Archie’s?

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By: Annie Devlen

Annie Devlen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:10:31 +0000

I must admit to being baffled that there is so much hate surrounding this year’s Battle of the Davids, so many predictions that one David or the other will crash and burn, so much vitriol aimed at the younger one’s parents. It is truly a shame.

What I saw in this year’s final were two very talented young men journeying together and bonding as brothers. How many times have we heard DC say that over the past month?

I struggle to understand why we cannot simply celebrate their successes and wish them both wonderful futures. And I hope they do not have the time read this nonsense. I think they would both be sad. I am sad.

Neither David is evil…or spoiled, and neither deserves the anger that has been directed to them by fans of the other David. They are both good people, role models we all claim to want for our young people.

Can we stop, please? Can we celebrate these two young men and the families that supported them? Please?

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By: sandy

sandy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:58:58 +0000

With National Enquirer as the source, the story must be true. More breaking National Enquirer news: Barack Obama was born a woman; had a sex change at age 12.

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By: Mj

Mj — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:29:44 +0000

It really does not matter what people say..what matters it what people will buy..Be happy for the David’s because they are foremost..American’s that represent America..and secondly..let the sales speak..it is the only truth in all the blasting..David A is immature and it is good because he is a kid and he has parents who care about him and his dreams and inspire him to go for his dreams..and David Cook is also a family person and the love for his brother..his family came through..I believe very talented competitors wer ekicked off due to the unfairness of constantly focusing on Archuleta and it could be that other contestants did not feel to put forth effort any longer..but David Cook did and it is as if he had a mission..the same as Archuleta..to follow a dream..Good luck to both as they are different genres and as far as the Cook Daugtry thing..both are different and do not sound the same as many of the artist seem to do…

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By: carol

carol — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:52:37 +0000

David Archuleta’s mom should be ashamed of all this things she said, David Cook deserved to win, he is the most talented, he has the perfect voice, he is grounded, he is kind, he is lovely, he is smart, he is funny, he is a perfect person and he likes Archuleta very much and consider him his friend, so Archuleta’s mom should respect David Cook and accept his sun was not ready and he is not so good as Cook.

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By: Gofar Sastrodiningat

Gofar Sastrodiningat — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:34:32 +0000

….. whenever there is a competition , there should be judges, so is American Idol should have… and of course professional judges should determine who will be the winner of American Idol not the 70 millions sms !

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By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:13:37 +0000

So people feel that the Simon Cowell story may be true but not the Archuleta story? Interesting….

The fact is that though people can succeed after American Idol without a win, it’s better to win. You get a lot more perks and TV appearances. Of course you still have to prove yourself but you’ll always be referred to as THE AMERICAN IDOL. This is something Archuleta can’t say–all he can say is that he was a runner-up. After all those years of preparing their son and virtually attending The American Idol University (per Simon Cowell), he did not take the crown and that must be a bitter pill to swallow even though coming in top 10 is quite an achievement when you had 103,000 people try out for the show. But everyone remembers the Gold Medalist from the Olympics. The Gold matters and opens doors for you.

Do I believe the National Enquirer? No, of course not, but I do believe where there’s smoke there’s fire. I also know that sometimes NE does grab onto information and it lands up being true.

We do know that Jeff Archuleta was banned from AI backstage and was only allowed to be in the audience and was not even allowed to accompany his son on the private jet. We do know that Jeff Archuleta approached and harassed the Ford sponsor/rep on a shoot so much so that the sponsor complained to the AI executive and AI had to take action. We do know that during Star Search, Jeff Archuleta caused trouble and harassed other contestants that he was banned there also.

There is also this rather interesting article–which came out and again, I’m not convinced this is true, but they claim they have court documents and if it’s not true they can be sued big time for putting this out.

http://www.starmagazine.com/david_archuleta_sex_abuse/news/14185

Frankly, I feel sorry for young David because he seems like a really nice kid but something about his parents (especially his dad) rubs me the wrong way and I certainly didn’t buy them applauding when David Cook’s name was announced. I saw Archie’s brother whistling and then he looked at his father. They clearly followed a script because they knew the world was going to be loooking at them and they had to be good sports about it.

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