There have been some pictures that has been sent to us but I didn’t post it up here because there were quite a number of them..So i’ve compiled all the pictures that has been sent to me from various people, including those from Alex and Kitty and uploaded it to flickr and facebook. The flickr one is a more complete set except there is no pictures from the post-showcase there because i’ve used up my space limit hahaha. So if you want them, you can get it from AAM’s facebook too. The pictures at facebook are credited, but those at flickr aren’t cos there are waaay too many and i got them all mixed up and.. Ok, i just rambled aimlessly for nothing but..nevermind..
Flickr– Main Page (very messy here so i’ve arranged the pics into sets for each day
On Thursday’s elimination show, Lambert was left standing in center stage after the other four finalists were divided in pairs. Host Ryan Seacrest told Lambert to decide whether he belonged with Giraud and Kris Allen or Danny Gokey and Allison Iraheta.
Lambert, who has been lavished with praise and survived weekly audience votes, picked the latter two — but turned out to be a surprise bottom-dweller.
“I would have pulled an Archuleta and just sat down,” Giraud said, referring to last season runner-up David Archuleta’s response to a similar challenge.
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Angels
Tweeting Spreeeeee
baaa baaa black sheeep.
oh and i love how he and jordin twitters each other. sweetness.
Tweet tweet.
And…..he twittersings too…who would have known….
psst Jive, D wants to work with The Script *winks*.
David Archuleta popped in from the UK — he’s on tour with McFly — to say hi to his fans and verified his official Twitter page.
The 18-year-old “Crush” crooner confirmed that he is indeed on Twitter. You can follow him @DavidArchie.
David shared, “I think it’s a great way to communicate with people and I get to respond to people sometimes. Just to let you know the random thoughts in my head…it’s fun that way. I know it doesn’t make sense a lot of times (laughs).”
David Archuleta sees an exponential sales increase (like 2,000 percent) for Touch My Hand after performing it on Idol this week, going from well under a thousand units to nearly 13,000 (46,000 total), enough to put him on the chart at #98. Crush had almost 9,000 digital scans (a 5 percent dip) for 1.70 million total. Sales of David’s album jumped 59 percent to nearly 5,000 units (690,000 total); though he sold not quite a thousand copies of the album digitally, those sales represented a 161 percent increases over the previous week (61,000 total), and David’s AOL Sessions set also sold nearly a thousand units in its first week
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This is my very first actual tribute video haha. and i was compelled to make one after re-watching David performing this song on AI7.
A few days ago, I was channel surfing and came across the repeat of AI7 on 8tv. It was the Top 8 (Idol Gives Back) Week, the week many of us heard David sang Angels for the very first time. As I watched him sing Angels, it was such an overwhelming feeling. What a long, long way he has come since then. We have watched him grow as a singer, as a performer, as a person. Hard to believe it has already been one year. One year since we saw him pour out his heart on this song on that stage for the first time. We have heard him sing this song, which has become our anthem, countless times since then. And each time, whether in front of 10 people or thousands, or in a small room or arenas, whether in his own country or at the other side of the world, he sang it with the same passion and emotion as he first did on that Idol stage. The first time he explained why he chose to sing “Angels”, we could clearly see how much that song meant to him. And now, we can understand too.
This tribute video is a summary of his journey since American Idol to where he is today. I hope you’ll be blessed.
Thank you David, for staying true to yourself and the love you share with us through your music.
David is in the middle of a writing session in London with a bigtime songwriter and up-and-coming producers. The writer is extremely successful, with numerous #1 songs for many different artists worldwide. David is also going to be writing with other top London writers.
We are allowed to give ONE hint and it has to be vague and sleuth-resistant.
HINT: This songwriter has collaborated with James Morrison.
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LOLLL yvette, you crack me up. seriously. im like..giggling and laughing like a fool reading this. HAHAHA.
New Fact #5: David likes chicken, but not ham.
New fact #6: Ray, David’s manager, likes Japan… and everything Japanese.
New fact #7: David doesn’t like the crispy outer layer that comes with fried food
“Too spicy?” she asked.
“No,” David shook his head, and then put his chopsticks down. “I don’t really like the skin… sorry,”
“Oh, you mean the batter? Well, fried food is always cooked like that…”
David smiled sadly, “Yeah, I know…”
New fact #8: David really doesn’t like it when people badmouth others (so please don’t criticize anybody in front of him, EVER)
New fact #9: David doesn’t like ice.
His face fell, and then he said in a really timid voice, “Oh… but I don’t like ice.”
AAWW..
And here are some excerpts worth mentioning (actually i wish i can just paste the whole story here hahaha)
The very first thing I saw was a pair of wide and extremely gorgeous, hazel-green eyes.
And they were staring right back at me.
I completely froze in my seat.
I could feel my heart starting to pound in my chest, my jaw going slack, my knees going weak…
Oh my gosh, those eyes.
Let me just say that those eyes were the most unique, most mysterious pair of eyes I’d ever seen; there was just… just something about those eyes that immediately had you TRAPPED in their gaze, that you could NOT look away even if you wanted to…
SO TRUE.
He turned his attention to Yuen-See’s drink. “And… what’s that?”
Yuen-See was drinking lo han kou.
“What’s that white, round stuff at the bottom?” David asked.
I giggled before I could stop myself. Oh, gosh. White, round stuff…
“It’s longan,” Yuen-See replied.
longan tastes like caramel and popcorn LOLLLL
“Yes!” the pretty woman in yellow finally started talking. “The barley you’re drinking? It’s good for you when you’re heaty. Oh, wait, do you know what heaty means?”
Only in Malaysia and Singapore is the word ‘heaty’ recognized in the English dictionary.
I didn’t know ‘heaty’ only existed in our English dictionary here. Honestly.
and LOLL longan tastes like caramel and popcorn? I never realised that hahaha!Hmm.i feel like drinking longan now. its been some time since i had it..
“Oh, well, tonight, I’m actually gonna be trying… um… wait, what was it again?” David asked, turning to Yuen-See with this adorable, sheepish expression on his face that made me want to smile like a huge dork again. “What am I eating tonight…?”
“Nasi lemak,” Yuen-See replied.
“Yeah!” David said, and then that enthusiastic grin of his was back, and Heaven knows why but the whole place just seemed to light up around me each time he smiled like that.
Then he suddenly asked, “What is, uh… nasi… lemak… again? Is it healthy for you?”
Oh my gosh, the way he’d pronounced nasi lemak… like, “naaah-see… (pause)… luh-muckkkhh…”
IT… WAS… SO… CUTE!!!!
I was going to explain to him that the rice and sauce was cooked in a lot of oil, and it was really delicious but really bad for you at the same time – but then David suddenly spoke, “Wait, so it’s… ‘fat rice’…?” and he just had the most baffled look ever on his face.
I couldn’t fight it any longer – I burst out laughing.
LOLLL.
Can’t wait for part 3!
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So, I went to the recording of this today and ooooooh my goooooosh, it was amazing!! I’m literally going to post a step by step account of what went down so if you don’t want to know and you want to wait until it airs on Thursday, then don’t read ahead, otherwise please do ’cause I’m on such a high right now.
So, in the days leading up to the show I had butterflies really bad, but I didn’t actually know 100% whether he was going to be there and still didn’t know when I was queuing up today! But theeeen, with it obviously being a TV studio all of these celebrities were pulling up outside and at one point I saw a blue van drive past and pull into the back. Now the only reason I took any notice of this is because of what a member of David’s band said about them travelling in a van, not a bus and there was a man in the front seat looking out of the window who looked a LOT like Eli. So I was like AAHH, but then Nah, it can’t be. Haha. Then, I saw a girl in the line next to me with a sign saying ‘Welcome David’ and then it hit me. He was here. Then, oh my gosh all these feelings started to kick in. Butterflies, I felt reaaaally ridiculously nervous and sick. I’ve never felt anything like it and I have no idea what came over me!
The interviewer (Paul) always has pictures of his guests on his desk and someone that sort of relates to the guest, so when I saw a picture of David and Jeff I almost died! We were on the fourth row and REALLY close to the actual stage thing – with it being a small studio, I almost fell over with excitement.
Theeen, the moment came. DAVID CAME ON STAGE!!!!! I.could.not.breathe. He’s so little and adorable and he was smiling a lot and it was completely swoonworthy. When he saw the other girls sign he was like “Aww, how did you know I was here?” Ohh, we know David. It took me a while to catch my breath and he was all like “Oooh, it’s chilly in here” and then later said that he could feel something blowing on him that was making him cold. It’s weird ’cause I did as well but no one else seemed to. Hmm. Anyway, he sang Crush and of course it was amazing!! It was so great hearing him live as this is like the first time I’ve ever seen him in person. It was perfect and adorable. The band was there but he sang to a backing track. Still amazing all the same! And then he was interviewed which was really adorable! He was so comfortable up there and even Paul said he was confident for his age, and he was all like shaking his head and going ‘Noo, noo’ Lol. The interview was fun, nothing we don’t really know already but he did his cute babbling and I loved it!! The way he was talking about singing Angels at Newcastle and that the song is so huge over here, but it was very well received with the crowd, and which song he likes most on the album (Don’t Let Go, obviously!) he was really into it and Paul commented on how enthusiastic he is! He also said he was loving his time in the UK and talked about all the different accents he had stumbled upon. He was very complimentary of the McFly boys and said that he had heard about their past of getting naked on stage and luckily they hadn’t done it this time.
I just have to point out that I’m really not exaggerating when I say I was completely starstruck. I know all of you fellow Archies understand. I couldn’t breathe half the time and he’s so incredibly stunning in real life. Jeff was there, standing on the sidelines and I’ve never actually seen his reaction to when David is performing or is on stage or whatever, but it was really nice to see. He was so proud. So was I. They were talking about his time on AI and then they showed a clip of when his sang DLTSGDOM and obviously he couldn’t watch. Haha, he was just sitting there and then he talked to Paul during the tape. I couldn’t take my eyes off David and when this clip was playing, I was completely tearing up. I thought at one point I was going to break down because I couldn’t actually believe I was in the same room as he and with DLTS.. being the song that actually made me become a fan in the first place I was just staring at him and listening to the song and it was AMAZING!
He was also sat on the couch during the other guests interview, which was pretty funny. I can’t say I looked at her once, I was too mesmorised by David. He was really laughing at what she was saying and everytime he smiled, I died a little inside. It made me melt when he smiled and laughed. Also, at one point HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME! (that deserves capitals). It was when Paul said ‘give it up for David’ and everyone clapped and cheered. I screamed really loud and held my hands fairly high and clapped, and he looked right at me and did his sort of mixture of ‘Awoh, haha’ I swear I was completely flustered after that. INCREDIBLE!
Everyone sort of went Awww when he said he was 18 and I remember hearing quite a lot of people (mainly non fans) saying ‘he’s cute isn’t he’ during his interview. LOL! Yes, yes he is. So, anyway after the interview he was literally on the stage non-stop. They did a little thing at the end with some animals (can’t really say I was paying attention to anything other than our David) and he was practising his lines but couldn’t see them on the autocue and you could tell he was sort of worrying about it ’cause he kept going ‘I can’t see the lines’ and was really squinting at the thing. I really wanted to get up there and help him! In the end, David introduced the animals and Paul said the lines. Then it was over. I desperately wanted to meet him but they were trying to clear the place out so I was a little gutted, but he did speak to a couple of girls (jealous!) and he was really apologetic when he was told that he couldn’t sign or take pictures or anything. All in all, it was lovely and I’m on such a high! I love him more if that’s possible!!
Oh I also forgot one part. There was a warm up man during the intervals and before the show and he swore at one point. I was all like
(oh and I know that makes no sense and I really babbled, but I can’t help it..) ‘Don’t swear, David’s here!!!!’ but I don’t really think he noticed and the man was making jokes about the animals and they were quite bad. Really funny, but I was sort of like ‘oh my gosh, please don’t say anything too bad ’cause David’s over there” Lol, I don’t think he noticed though.
More HM screencaps!
"...so you'll do it?!"
"....oh no, when I called you..."
awwww........cute couple 😛
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CRUSH #7 : DROP 2 SPOTS FROM LAST WEEK
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FF30 – ALTNOY #12 : DROP 3 SPOT *RED ALERT!!!*
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MIXED UP 20 – ALTNOY #7 : UP 1 SPOT
Archuduties
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Chalk up another triumph for Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta.
Anybody who’s followed the nascent career of the 18-year-old from Salt Lake City knows that one of his favorite songs to perform is Robbie William’s‘ “Angels.” It has the kind of message that Archuleta likes and along the way it gives him the opportunity to really belt out some soaring vocals.
The song was HUGELY popular in just about every country in the world besides the United States. There are Youtube videos of stadium shows in which Williams just stands there and allows the crowd to sing every word. And in his home country of Britain, the song is almost a second national anthem, resonating most powerfully around the time of Princess Diana’s death.
So jump to Newcastle, England, on Sunday night, where Archuleta opened for the band McFly before a crowd of about 2,000. Despite concerns in the “Arch Angels” community about whether singing such a hallowed song on its home turf would be a wise move, Archie did it — and the crowd loved it. In fact, some of the commenters on Youtube talked about being moved to tears by his performance.
David Archuleta makes a special guest appearance on an upcoming episode of Hannah Montana and, boy, is it the most groundbreaking thing to happen on television since Bea Arthur (R.I.P.) had an abortion as Maude!
Sadly, the pop sensations’ duet is torn asunder by Hannah Montana (who, spoiler!, is secretly Miley Cyrus), who had apparently promised to touch a nerd on prom night or somesuch.
David, you are inexplicably liked by thousands of teen girls. Why you making guest appearances, kid? Get your own show already.
We are sure David Archuleta and Miley Cyrus fans are prepared to endure everything possible to get a sneak peek at their new duet, “I Wanna Know You.” We guess the “Crush” singer has a thing for cameos since he also played himself in last year’s iCarly episode, or perhaps he just has a thing for Little Miss Hannah Montana. The duet will officially air on May 3rd, but get your first listen of Miley and David’s duet right here.
Let’s face it – you are just as hooked as we are, but we might as well ask…are you feelin’ the new track?
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CRUSH #7 : DROP 2 SPOTS FROM LAST WEEK
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FF30 – ALTNOY #12 : DROP 3 SPOT *RED ALERT!!!*
MIX FM
MIXED UP 20 – ALTNOY #7 : UP 1 SPOT
Archuduties
It’s time to hit those charts again!Intensify your voting onMixFm-Mixed20, FlyFm-MWC, FlyFm-MustHaveMusic, FlyFm-FF30, FlyFm-Nightflight, HitzFm-HitzTop20 etc. today!Start requesting and listen out for TOUCH MY HAND on Hitz (esp.) and Fly Fm. It iz 3rd single…..You can request for TMH the way you have been doing for ALTNOY. Hit up on the TMH buzzzzzz. And max it!And sound out here when you hear TMH on the radio – we want to keep track of the spins.
A fan who met and talked with David in Glasgow got some interesting titbits..
Thanks Sheba for finding this!
– He wants to release ZG on the UK album, but the label doesn’t want to. He said that the recorded version wasn’t as good as the live version, and he wasn’t too familiar with the song at the time when he was recording it.
– We asked if he had drank irn-bru, one of the girls there had a bottle and he looked at it. It had caffeine in it so he said he couldn’t drink it, but he had heard of it.
– He went to Marks and Spensers and bought a salad for £3.50 . He said it was good, and cheap.
– He talked about his interest in the cows here … I had no idea what he was talking about, so he tried to explain it to me (got that on video … might put it on you tube in a bit) … he looked directly at me for a long time !
– He wanted to go see the Loch Ness Monster, but didn’t have time
– I begged him to come back to Scotland, and he said he wanted to, but it all depended on the album sales, since Crush hadn’t even entered the charts.
– His fav McFly songs is 5 Colours In Her Hair, and he likes Lies and Falling In Love
– He talked about how he was going to Manila with Cook. He’s excited.
– Ray (I think) came out and told us we weren’t allowed to make eye contact haha, oh and this guy came out with a “f”!you” t-shirt on … funny reaction, but David laughed.
– He recognised me nd my friend from the night before, and talked about the gifts we gave him
– He said he liked being able to talk to fans in small groups cos usually theres lots of people in the US and he can’t talk to everyone.
– He waited for someone to come open the van so he could put some things in, but no one came till 20mins later. That was fine with me though
– He said McFly were really nice people, and were really talented
– He asked me how long it took to get home after the Edinburgh concert, and then realised he had taken the exact same trip as us.
Lee and her team has just concluded a successful showcase event on April 11 featuring American Idol runner-up David Archuleta that was attended by about 6,000 people.
“Archuleta resonates with our brand very well. He’s accessible, approachable and grounded – similar to the DiGi brand. For a showcase event, it’s quite an exceptional turnout,” she said.
She added that DiGi stayed relevant to the younger generation by providing “unique experiences and content”.
“For example, Yvette Chan, our 19-year-old winner of Archuleta’s Entourage competition, will remember the experience for a long time,” she said.
I love the bolded parts. This writer knows the potential archumania thats gonna happen the next time he’s here.
Who knew David Archuleta had such a huge Malaysian fanbase?! The squees could be heard the moment we blogged that the ex-American Idol contestant would be in Kuala Lumpur for a showcase. The David Archuleta Malaysian madness escalated from there. The teenager was mobbed at KLIA, and during his showcase at Sunway Lagoon Amphiteatre, organizers had to close off the venue at exactly 3pm because it was TOO packed. Can you imagine … 3,000 (The Star reported twice that figure) showed up to see him sing only SIX SONGS?! We shudder to think of the hysteria a full-blown concert would cause. Never underestimate the power of a cute kid!
Highlights: David Archuleta being David Archuleta – young, awkward and talented. And the venue being packed out – kudos to Malaysian fans for their show of support. We really are the best audience sometimes.
Lowlights: The venue being packed out that we couldn’t get in. That blows.
When I saw you over there
I didn’t mean to stare
But my mind was everywhere
I wanna know you
Girl, I guess that you’re the kind
To say what’s on your mind
But you listen when I have something to show you
You smile and never shout
You stand out in a crowd
You make the best of every situation
Correct me if I’m wrong
You’re fragile and you’re strong
A beautiful and perfect combination
Ooooh yeah
Oh oh oh
Oh oh
I wanna know you
Oh oh oh
Oh oh
I wanna go there, where you go
I wanna find out what you know
Maybe someday down the road
Sit back and say to myself
Yeah, I thought so (Then the whole onion bagel/David Cook conversation takes place.)
I wanna tell you (something, something) our future history
Maybe someday down the road
Sit back and say to myself
Yeah, I thought so.
Archuduties
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