Idol Headlines for 10/17/08

David Cook will be appearing on Vh1à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Top 20 Video Countdown show, November 22nd! You can see his name listed under à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Upcoming Guests,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  which is just underneath the large orange à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Vote!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  button.

Latest blog from David Archuleta…

Hey guys! Hope things are going well with everyone. This week has been really nice since I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with family! As you might already know, I sang at the 7th inning of the Rays vs. Red Sox game in Tampa where my brother was able to come down for. After that, we had band auditions! So the band is in process right now, and I’m stoked for that. Then, I did the last of the recording earlier this week for the album so I’m done with recording! I’ve been home for the past few days and it’s been great! Since we held some auditions and did the last of the recording here, I’ve been able to see them along with some friends. So I’ve really enjoyed my time here.

I also went to the dentist…. haha. It was ok though because I’m cavity free! So it’s been a nice relaxing week, and been so nice to spend time with everyone! Unfortunately I’m already leaving, but I’m sure I’ll be able to spend more time with them later on. It’s just exciting for the album to be finished after recording all these months. I better get going though! So I’ll talk to you guys later and let you know what’s going on!

Song for the day: Too Much Food – Jason Mraz. So I’ve been eating sooo much this week haha. I thought this song was really appropriate since I’ve been listening to it a lot lately, and eating a lot lately haha.

You can check out some cute pictures of him in the dentist’s chair at Snarky Archies.

I really enjoyed reading the great review for Blake on his last tour date at the Jewish Mother in Virginia.

Fans were in his corner, but skeptics had reason to think this was not going to go well. His opening band was just so-so, after all. But, boy were the skeptics wrong!

Lewis showed moxy right away, opening his set with a funk and ska-influenced groove constructed by his band, the ADD. As soon as he opened his mouth, Lewis à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ wearing a purple shirt, white tie and matching grey pants and vest à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ showed heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the real deal, wailing powerfully. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an energetic, joyous performer and has the kind of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“magicà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  necessary to transfix a standing room only club crowd.

So I never think of Archie as hot in any way, but he looks really good in that picture with Miranda in US Magazine. Is it the outfit? His stylist should ditch the grandpa jackets and go with this look more often.

Regarding the first article- I think AI needs to have a psychological evaluation of their contestants before they do the show, and they need to have them sign papers saying they realize they are going to be humiliated. This girl was a mess before she got on there.

Regarding the “Ryan Seacrest Locks Lips” article- IMO- It seems so high school to feel like you need to be seen making out in public. . . . or maybe he is trying to prove something. Not sure.

I can’t wait to see DA in icarly. Also, I think he is going to be on VH1 the week before Cook.

Primeminister- A lot of “hot” pictures have been coming out for David lately. I agree that the stylists need to keep dressing him in these ways, so his peers can relate to him more. You should check out the 3/4 length version of his album picture.

This girl was a mess before she got on there.

Exactly. It’s not Simon’s fault she went off the deep end. Hopefully, some day she’ll see that. Hopefully, she’ll keep working on her recovery… My heart goes out to her.

Those pictures of Archie at the dentist? ROTFL!

He has nice teeth!.

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t wait to see DA in icarly. Also, I think he is going to be on VH1 the week before Cook.

DA will be on the VH1 Countdown on November 5th.

“Blech” on blaming Simon for intensifying existing mental issues. I may not like the guy much, but even I understand that a lot of what he says is for show. My opinion is that if you can’t handle the criticism, you shouldn’t subject yourself to it in the first place. It’s called television, folks!

Re: Archie looking “hot.” I can understand teens and 20-somethings using that adjective but since I’m outside of those age brackets, he’s just still in the “cute” stage for me. However, I do recognize that he’s a good-looking kid who in another 4 or 5 years will inevitably be worthy of the “hot” title. Give it time. Right now, I’m just enjoying the cuteness overload–including the very adorkable dentist photos. Bwah!!!

DA will be on the VH1 Countdown on November 5th.

Actually, Archie willl be on the Vh1 Countdown show on November 15th, which is just 4 days after his album drops. That’ll be some good promotion. If you happen to miss either DA’s or DC’s appearance on the show, don’t fret. They always rebroadcast the countdown show the following Sunday and Tuesday.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Alum Nikki McKibbin Says Simon Cowell Drove Her To Drink, Drugs

No. No. No.

Thanks for the blog post, ozarka. My face hurts from smiling – happens every time I read an Archie blog. The dentist pictures are priceless. LOL at the peace sign and thumbs up – that’s just classic Archie. Agree, mj – nice teeth! :cheese1_ee:

Actually, Archie willl be on the Vh1 Countdown show on November 15th, which is just 4 days after his album drops. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be some good promotion.

Oops…sorry about that. Forgot the “1″ in front of the 5. Thanks ozarka! :redface_wp:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sparks were flying, as the two locked lips immediately and would not stop making out the entire afternoon,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  said an eyewitness.

I’m a big Ryan fan, but…..ick. Why is this necessary in public?

Only Archie would be smiling while being attacked by dentistry tools. LOL

Looks like I’ll be watching VH1 two weeks in a row.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sparks were flying, as the two locked lips immediately and would not stop making out the entire afternoon,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  said an eyewitness.

I hope that Mariana was well compensated.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a big Ryan fan, butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..ick. Why is this necessary in public?

Guess he’s showing Ellen that he can find his own woman.

awwwww love those pics of Archie at the dentist. Hee

He does have nice teeth.

The Archie peace sign dental picture is hilarious. He’s more fun to follow than your more cool teen idol type. I think people thought the dorkiness would work against him but maybe it’s the opposite.

Guess heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s showing Ellen that he can find his own woman.

Gwen – :lol_tb:

The thing that got me about the Nikki McKibbin comments was the “I had never been told I wasn’t good enough before” comment, and I lay that at the feet of the adults in her life (parents, teachers, etc.) growing up. We don’t really know if she was pampered and fawned over, but it certainly seems nobody ever bothered to have the big fish:little pond/little fish:big pond conversation with her, either. On the other hand, she finished top 3 first season, hardly something to cry over. And specifically naming Simon seems like gratuitous headline manufacture to me.

And now for something completely different… I read Secret Life of Bees and didn’t care too much about it one way or the other. Haven’t cared too much about the movie… until I finally saw some commercials on TV for it. With all the ballyhooing over the women in it, nobody bothered to mention either Tristan Wilds (a revelation on the The Wire) or Paul Bettany (cute and English, although unrecognizable in this movie). Now I’ll at least put it on my Netflix queue.

Glad you’re back MJ, it felt like some kind of rift in time and space to have no MJ to check in with before bed or after getting small people loaded onto the school bus.

I sincerely hope that Nikki is just admitting her problem in hopes that she might inspire someone else to seek help. Since she doesn’t blame Simon, then why mention him :ponder_tb:? I hope it isn’t just to promote herself and the American Christmas CD http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=274336460 which is coming out soon. hh_ee: Then again, I guess all (or most all) celeberties do some kind of hype to keep them in the public eye. :cheese1_ee:

Nikki McKibbin: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I had never been told I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t good enough beforeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  –I think everyone who’s been a teacher, sports coach, or manager of young adults groaned at that one.

Parents, high-school teachers, and other adults who work with teens: here’s how to really, really do wrong by talented teenagers. Keep celebrating how well they do in their little local world of kids’ sport, high school academics, pageants, etc.
Never point out to them that America has over a million high schools, and that America is only a piece of the world.

Let them think self-esteem means believing your talent is magical and innate, and that the best way to deal with criticism is not to have any. Act like others thinking badly of you is *the worst thing that could possibly happen.* Encourage them to talk big (that’s “confidence” and we love that), but don’t let them talk about their real fears. Buy them a cop of “The Secret,” and never plan realistically for the outcomes you don’t want (getting cut, failing a course, losing the race) because that’s *thinking negatively.*
:wallbash_tb: Repeated :wallbash_tb:

I agree with everyone else about Nikki, but to give her the benefit of the doubt here, she was on the first season. She had no idea what she signed up for or what kind of guy Simon was. Obviously she had a number of problems before she made the show, but anyone with a weak self-image would have a problem with the whole AI process – not just Simon. US magazine is, of course, going to sensationalize the headline. But, I certainly can see how she could have been affected by the entire thing.

Well, Nikki was certainly in for a rude awakening if she would have really made it big. Forget Simon’s criticism. What about…America’s? That’s what she really subjected herself to. A bunch of people who voted her through in a popularity contest but weren’t there to support her efforts to have a music career afterward. She faded into oblivion.

Oh, I also detest the idea of “celebrity rehab”. Television is no place to attempt to get sober. It’s complete bullshit. Playing out the process on TV just feeds the addiction–that need for attention and the sense of grandiosity many alcoholics feel.

Dr. Drew is full of crap.

I mean, check this out:

Alterbridge

Alterbridge is promoting their new single on one of the episodes. WTF?

I think I feel a blog coming on! LOL.

The only reason we are still reading about Nikki McKibbon is because she unfairly outlasted Tamyra Gray, and Simon continously lambasted her performances.

I never thought she was particularly as bad as he said she was, but it didn’t hurt her with the general public. Someone was voting for her butt. To blame Simon simply means look at me, remember me! Considering how hot Simon is with the press at the moment she gets some guaranteed ink. If anything comes of her career, I’d suggest she write Simon a little check.

I hate celebrity rehab stuff too. There is going to be a very bad outcome one of these days. The assholes are playing with people lives. The guys may be publicity whores, using their addictions and foibles to boost their image, fame, or whatever. But they didn’t take the oath to ‘first do no harm’. That sh** makes me angry. Really angry. I hope Gary Busey takes a giant chunk of ass out of Dr. Drew,lol.

Lovin all the stuff about DC. Was a little intrigued by this quote from TV Guide:

Beginning Oct. 21, fans who pre-order the album on iTunes will be able to instantly download “Light On” and will also get an exclusive bonus track once the album is released. Are you ready to rock with Cook?

Does this mean LO will be counted as a “single” sale? Is the bonus track they are referring to TOML or something different? If it’s a completely different song, this is so unfair to those of us who have to buy the physical record and cannot download from Itunes…damn!

Anyone with more info?

I totally agree with you, Bobbi.

I agree with everyone else about Nikki, but to give her the benefit of the doubt here, she was on the first season.

First, and possibly second seasons, were clueless about how Simon processes people. Also, weren’t they all living together in a house? All up in each other’s biz-ness and having to face each other all day and night for months?

I think Nikki was chosen because she was beautiful, talented, and already damaged.

Layla, you asked

Does this mean LO will be counted as a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“singleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  sale?

I’m not positive, but my understanding is that if you buy a single song and then later you decide you want the whole album and you use the iTunes “Complete My Album” feature, then the sales figures for the single are retroactively reduced by one and the album sales are increased by one. When you buy a whole album, it does not count toward sales of the singles on it, so they have to adjust the numbers if you bought one or more singles and then later complete the album purchase. Does that make sense?

Does this mean LO will be counted as a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“singleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  sale?

I don’t think so. Basically, you’re purchasing the album and getting two songs up front. Neither should count in the singles sales chart since when you buy a whole album, the individual songs don’t get credited for the sale, just the album.

What seattle is talking about is the “complete my album” feature on iTunes. That’s a little different. That’s when you buy the album after already purchasing a single from the album and iTunes charges you less for the album since you already bought one of the songs. When you “complete my album” the album gets credited for a sale but the single gets debited a sale. Historic charts for the single don’t change, but it does affect the single’s total number sold (they subtract off the total).

Oh, I also detest the idea of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“celebrity rehabà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Television is no place to attempt to get sober. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s complete bullshit. Playing out the process on TV just feeds the addictionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’that need for attention and the sense of grandiosity many alcoholics feel.

Gawd, how I agree with this. This is the worst. reality. show. ever. It may even be worse than Flavor of Love or I Love____ (fill in — New York, Money).

These are sick, damaged, people who do NOT need any more attention in the form of the auto-crash rubberneckers who watch them self-destruct on a music teevee channel for pity’s sake!

Kirsten finished updating the Grammy submission thread. It’s awesome!

David Archuleta’s latest text message…

David says: I just left an answer to a fan question. Call (801) 386-8196 to hear it now! Keep them coming! Thanks!
Sent from Salt Lake City, UT on October 8th, 2008 at 12:30 PM

He answers the question, “What ringtone do you have?” Click on the link below to listen to his answer…

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sxtjiv

Thanks to Archeyangel from Everything David Archuleta for sharing. Apparently, there’s a phone message from David Cook too, but so far she has been unable to successfully dial in to record it…

David Cook says: Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve left you a new voice message. Call me at 816-463-4003 to listen. Thanks!
Sent from Blue Springs, MO on October 17th, 2008 at 2:12 PM

He answers the question, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“What ringtone do you have?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Click on the link below to listen to his answerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Wasnt that question already answer about two weeks back???

Oh really? It’s the first time I’m hearing it. I’m sorry.

There’s a new spoof story titled “During debate John McCain grills Barack Obama about his ties to David Archuleta.” It’s very funny…

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i42238

I believe someone here at MJ’s said that the Obamas are Archies in real life.

…John McCain rose from his chair and got five inches away from Barack Obama’s face and said “It seems you left your ipod in the ready room when we were waiting”. McCain held up Obama’s ipod and said “Is it true you have David Archuleta’s Crush on your ipod’s most played list, Mr. Obama, and in front of millions of viewers do you deny it, do you”?

Suddenly in front of millions and millions of TV viewers Barack Obama’s eyes widen with uncertainty. He started to sweat, stutter, and shake and with lips quivering, Obama suddenly blurted out “Yes! Yes! It is true! I love Crush! I have no shame. Yes, my daughters turned me on to Crush and now I am hooked. Sure Archuleta came in second to David Cook on American Idol, but I-I-I just can’t stop listening to it! It’s like crack…I mean, I have it on repeat. You just have to listen to the lyrics…just listen to the words. The song just speaks to me. Have you seen the video…have you!?” Suddenly Obama got angry and pounded the debate desk and shouted “I don’t care, damn it…I just don’t care! Crush just touch me in spots I never knew I had!”

lol this is just awesome…

A very nice review of “LO” from Billboard:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i3d6467ccde29472084ef82ecf1b896fe

(once again, sorry about the long and ugly link)

Looks like there will be a chat tonight from the set of the Light On video with David as well as the actress who was cast in it. That girl is adorable!

Wow! That billboard review is made of all kinds of win!!! Thanks for posting EmmaJK!:)

Quite a few established super stars have said that their is no way they could handle having a live performance critiqued on national television. I’m sure that a whole host of talented people don’t even consider Idol because of the concept of having a marketing guy, which is what Cowell really is at heart, evaluating singing preformances.

Nikki, vocally, wasn’t very good on Idol and was more of a style/genre driven contestant to begin with. With that in mind, I’ve seen Cowell go on seek and destroy missions with critiques that had nothing to do with vocal performance. For example, toward the end of run on American Idol Trenyce did a wonderful vocal and Simon told her “good singing” but went on to say that she looked like a “bad drag act”. He, more or less, played that game with Carly on a few occasions this year.

Idol is first and foremost an entertainment enterprise. Therefore, it is designed to put eyeballs, asses and wallets in front of the advertisements of the sponsors pay untold millions to be shown. The fact that watching Cowell shred people is entertaining and draws a crowd and that hasn’t changed since season one.

Looks like there will be a chat tonight from the set of the Light On video with David as well as the actress who was cast in it. That girl is adorable!

This is pretty cool. It’s actual as-it-happens on the scene shooting of the video.

It’s all over the place that “Kyle the drummer” has been identified, but I couldn’t find an actual news source. So here’s a blog, anyway, with pictures and everything.

Kyle the drummer info

And in other news, somebody said that Bar-ba-sol (or Bar-bi-sol or whatever that song is supposed to be called) is a nickname for Andy Skib. So… However that helps.

The video stream is tons of fun to watch! They’re on the set, outdoors. David made an appearance just once in the time I finally got the stream to load. My connection keeps cutting out but there seems to be a love triangle plot of some kind from the little I can make out. David popped in quickly to wave at the camera.

I love the video stream..and I see Wayne Isham *squee* LOL

Did anyone understand what Mika said about what the story is about? Something about a jock and a nerdy kid or something like that…

Did anyone understand what Mika said about what the story is about? Something about a jock and a nerdy kid or something like thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

No, LOL.
Sound keeps breaking for me

ETA:
Mika said they did all the band recordings yesterday..
Try this link MJ:
http://www.stickam.com/viewMedia.do?mId=181348305
David is on 5:00mins
He says he loves us (the fans)

Btw, Mika’s onscreen bf is from Sydney, Aus.

It sounded something like there’s a nerdy guy who works in a diner and he lusts after this girl he’s known forever, but she is with another guy, and she is in a car with that guy (missed something there) and she jumps out and then the nerdy guy rides up on his bike and walks her home, and they connect (or re-connect). And she also said stuff about lights being on, but I don’t get how that relates to the part about the nerdy guy who lusts after the girl and then saving her from the bad guy and walking her home.

It froze up completely for me, so I backed out.

Sounds like the typical love triangle. Nerdy kid loves the hot chick who dates the jock who is a jerk. Hot chick dumps jock and ends up with nerdy guy. I think…. Sound is horrible right now.

She also said that the band had filmed all their (performance) scenes yesterday and that they sounded great. She’s saying there’s one more shot of her being mad about her boyfriend leaving her and then they’re going to the diner.

Later she said that they filmed like four hours of bike-riding yesterday, and she was on the guy’s handlebars, and that she was in heels the whole time.

Sound is all choppy now.

This video sucks. It’s like listening to a cell cert. I don’t have a lot of patience for this sort of thing. LOL.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like listening to a cell cert. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have a lot of patience for this sort of thing. LOL.

ahhhh yes brings back memories of some of the choppy cellcerts at Rickey’s. :laugh_tb:

I like the LO review from Billboard…thanks for posting!

I think late tween girls and 20s girls will LOOOOVE the look of DC and Band.

Hope they sound as good as they look.

SPOILER ALERT! If you have not yet watched todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Vh1 Top 20 Music Video Countdown, then do not read on if you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to know the resultsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

#6 Jennifer Hudson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Spotlight (lw 7)
#5 O.A.R. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Shattered (lw 13)
#4 Leona Lewis à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Better in Time (lw 3)
#3 Chris Daughtry à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ What About Now (lw 2)
#2 New Kids on the Block & NeYo à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Single (lw 4)
#1 David Archuleta – Crush (lw 1)

Attaboy, Archie!!! That’s 2 weeks in a row in the top spot!