Just saw a new AI commercial that stars all of the Idol winners from all seven seasons. It was good to see them all. It starts and ends with Cook, and then shows them in the order of their season. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure there is a video of it somewhere.

JOJOSIE, is THIS the AI commercial you saw?

Rolling Stone obviously didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see the Sacramento Jingle Ball vids.

:laugh_tb:
I won ´t complain, is the first kind of love that Archie gets from Rolling Stone, so I ´ll take it…

And I will like to hear Archie singing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Battle of Evermore.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  :thumbup_tb:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ turns viewers into loons
Music show inspires fan wars, stupid signs, and endless hours of texting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28425662/

The kid is magic. I read he sang à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Immigrant Songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to a crippled man and he walked again. Upside: can easily handle à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Battle of Evermore.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Downside: wears mom jeans.

ROFL!

Zep’s PLan

Deep sources in the Zeppelin camp provided us with this shocking document à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ from an agent hired to find a replacement for Robert Plant…

William Morris Agency
Talent and Literary Agency

December 20th, 2008

Mr. Page, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Bonham,

If youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re insisting upon replacing Mr. Plant on the Led Zeppelin tour, I want you to have all options. I know you like this fellow from Alter Bridge, Myles Kennedy, but please consider these alternativesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

* Axl Rose. Sure, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gone a little crazy and his album just tanked. But after Robert, he has the best scream in rock. Upside: guaranteed sellouts. Downside: canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t leave house.

* Conor Oberst. Work with me here. Yes, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sensitive but huge with the iPod kids. Drives own van, wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t cost a lot to feed. Upside: learns songs quickly. Downside: might cry.

* T-Pain. Again, unusual choice. But a master of contemporary pop, has tons of Top 10 singles, and top hats will be a good look for you. Upside: will use Auto-Tune on vocals. Downside: will use Auto-Tune on vocals.

* Amy Winehouse. Sure, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a little frightened of her too. But maybe you want a Brit. Upside: superb at converting classics. Downside: makes Bonzo look like Pat Boone.

* David Archuleta. Don’t laugh. The kid is magic. I read he sang “Immigrant Song” to a crippled man and he walked again. Upside: can easily handle “The Battle of Evermore.” Downside: wears mom jeans.

Hit me back,
Herschel Chang

Scan of this magazine article. :laugh_tb:

http://www.musictoears.com/eli.html

For the record, I know it was a reputable site, I just am having a complete brain fart and can’t remember where I read about it.

Eli Mattson from America’s Got Talent has a new agent *Brian Celler*. Bookings will be managed through Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Here is Eli in Las Vegas from October:
Walking in Memphis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLWVXSoDf8U
Piano Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaOy2ijl7ZQ&feature=related

Muisc execs out there, please pick up Eli! I need a cd like yesterday. Thank you.

American Idol Heartthrob David Archuleta Turns Eighteen

Women around the world are rejoicing as David Archuleta reaches his eighteenth birthday and officially enters adulthood – at least from a legal standpoint. David Archuleta, last year’s American Idol runner-up, captured the hearts and imaginations of women of all ages from around the world. His pleasant demeanor and strong singing voice were more than enough to make him the most “attractive” contestant for most of the show’s viewership.

And now, David Archuleta is eighteen. And while that is big news for big-dreaming twenty-somethings and mildly disturbed thirty-somethings, it’s actually bad news for the tweens and teens under eighteen who pine for young David. Now that he’s eighteen, his handlers will likely prefer him to only have relationships with women older than eighteen. No sense risking any legal issues by dating minors, now that Archuleta is legally an adult.

David is staying relevant and in the public eye with various holiday appearances and working the talk-show circuit. He is likely going to be back for the upcoming season of American Idol, appearing as a celebrity singer to coach or perform with the new contestants. Cruz ´s Note: I don ´t think so….

Archuleta signed with Jive records in June 2008 and his first single, Crush was released in August on a New York radio station. After hitting iTunes, it rose to #1 within 18 hours and debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

By Buzzle Staff and Agencies

lol at this article…

Top Stories of 2008, #8: Archuleta on ‘American Idol’

A teenager from Murray High School won Americans over as a finalist of American Idol. Seventeen-year-old David Archuleta was picked as one of the 24 finalists on seventh season of American Idol. Week after week his solid voice made him a crowd favorite, and Utahns couldn’t get enough of him.

During the show, Archuleta made a trip back home to Utah. One excited fan said, “Well he has a great voice, he’s very funny and shy, and he’s really cute.”

Another fan said, “He’s fantastic. She wants me to say that he’s hot, she wants me to say that he’s cute. I love the pure singing talent.”

While here, Archuleta said, “I can’t believe it. I cannot believe this many people came. I didn’t think this many people would show. Oh my gosh.”

After a stop at The Gateway, Archuleta performed at his stomping grounds, Murray High School. The mayor of Murray gave him a day in his honor, a street was named after him, and he sang the national anthem at a Jazz-Lakers game.

Then it was back to business, back on stage for the season finale. Thousands of fans gathered at the Energy Solutions Arena to watch the finale live. Family members were also there. His grandfather James Archuleta said, “David probably has achieved the goal he set when he was a young boy – to be able to reach many people with his music.”

There were 97.5 million votes cast that night across the country — an American Idol record — but it wasn’t enough for the hometown hero. He lost.

One fan told us, “I’m kind of disappointed because I was going to marry David Archuleta.

Another fan, Cheyenne Marquez, said, “I really don’t think that David Cook deserved it. I think David Archuleta deserved it so much more! He’s come so far!”

Fans who invested time and energy into Archuleta were crushed. “His voice and his smile, it just brightens up my day and it makes every bad day turn good,” Marquez said.

A professor at BYU calls it a para-social relationship. Professor Steve Thomas said, “They’ve seen them in a variety of different situation, circumstances, they’ve learned about them, they’ve come to know them. It’s much like developing a normal relationship. The primary difference, however, is that the relationship is only one way.”

Thomas adds most fans have probably already moved on and now will anxiously await season eight, to see who their next American Idol will be.

Since the competition, David Archuleta has released a self-titled album, with the lead single “Crush.”

My hip hop loving son did once comment that he thought Crush was “sick”… I only recently figured out that was good!