Idol Headlines for 1/27/09

Carrie has such a beautiful heart (or, at least, is really good at presenting herself that way). Anyways, I’m glad the little girl could have this experience!

Carrie has a rat terrier? And DC has a scotty terrier. I lurve it. Dogs rule. She seems like a very sweet girl. Good for her.

From DCO, snippet of David and his band performing in the Middle East.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3uAGB7YDQ

Carly Smithson recently performed at the wedding of Juliet from the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. Here is Juliet’s blog about the wedding and Carly’s performances-it includes a picture of her on stage.

http://www.mandjshow.com/blog/juliet-got-hitched/

Terriers rule! Thanks for the video, SashaB! It looks like it was cold there.

A hip hop routine that looked like it wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make the cut on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Randy Jackson Presents Americaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Top Dance Crewà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was enough to win what host Michael Flatley called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“the greatest international dance competition on Earthà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for the home team.

I tried to watch “Superstars of Dance,” considering Michael Flatley had been such a polite fill-in judge on one episode of DWTS last season. But, gosh almighty, what a lame-ass show “Superstars of Dance” turned out to be. The judges were boring, the scoring was confusing, the production value was nil, the format had no logic…and quite frankly, the dancing was pretty horrible. Steve Guttenberg and Cloris Leachman could have wiped the floor with the “dancers” that were featured.

Are there any soldiers blogging about these USO shows with Cook?

Sasha, thanks for bringing that video over! Wow, David sure sounded great!

Yes, MJ, there are. Some are on DCO, I’ll see what I can find and bring it back.

ETA:
This is from myspace photo album of DC in Iraq Courtesy of DCO and the solder’s email has the permission to post along with a short note as to their meeting.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=23618967&albumId=2192642

http://www.davidcookofficial.com/content/new-pictures-iraq

http://i40.tinypic.com/25qyt6f.png

Amy123, Carly looked sensational in that picture. That was one wedding I would have love to have attended. Sounded like a blast.

The Superstars of Dance show was a bad idea. Randy’s dance show is so much better.

Paula is sweet, to help those kids like that.

Sasha, thanks!

I’ll admit to snerking at my desk when I heard the intro song before Declaration :innocent1_tb:

Are there any soldiers blogging about these USO shows with Cook?

Along with the links provided by SashaB, there are also some wonderful comments from David’s Myspace page, from both soldiers who saw him, and their families, which are scattered in various threads at DCO. He seems to have gone over very well. When I have more time after work (hee, work), I’ll try and find some of them (if they haven’t already found their way here).

From DCO, snippet of David and his band performing in the Middle East.

Thank you SashaB! You’re my hero! I’ve been waiting for something like this and that just put a huge smile on my face! Now I want more, LOL.

Thanks to ALL for bringing us Cook from the Middle East! Good to see~

I have seen comments on his MySpace, but the only real lengthy report I saw was from a DCO member whose husband met Cook and the guys before the show and chatted to them. It’s posted on a DCO Blog and I’m not sure if she would want it linked outside of DCO, though. Should I mail you the address, MJ?

AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets to Present Sneak Preview of Kelly Clarkson’s New Video During ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ Commercial Break on Jan. 28 on FOX

The Company Will Offer Exclusive Access to the Full-Length Video for 24 Hours

Fans Can Watch Full-Length Video Via TV, Mobile Phone and Online

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-27-2009/0004961344&EDATE=

Another new Idol single on iTunes today:

Mandisa “My Deliverer” (album also pushed up to March 24!)

The Superstars of Dance show was a bad idea.

It was. I think one of the big problems (among so many, lol) was that vastly different dance styles were being performed and judged side by side, which was jarring and just didn’t make sense (apples to oranges).

If they had wanted to showcase dances from around the world, a much more entertaining format would have been something like the show Fight Quest on the Discovery Channel. Each episode could feature the professional dancer/host training and performing with a different dance troupe from anywhere on the globe.

Tons of USO pictures here.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s posted on a DCO Blog and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure if she would want it linked outside of DCO, though.

Ugh, I can NEVER find anything on DCO. I *hate* how that site is set up. Everything seems so dang (tm Archie) disorganized.

Oops, MJ, can you delete it my links. Didn’t realize that from the poster. I can’t edit my earlier post.

Another new Idol single on iTunes today:

There’s an entire post I put together on that last night. You might want to scan the front page.

I have seen comments on his MySpace, but the only real lengthy report I saw was from a DCO member whose husband met Cook and the guys before the show and chatted to them. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s posted on a DCO Blog and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure if she would want it linked outside of DCO, though. Should I mail you the address, MJ?

I’d like to do something on the front page, but all these links lead to private stuff.

I’ll have to try and contact some of these people privately before I do anything.

MyFox Utah Auction à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dinner With Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Winner Announced!

Larissa Cheong from Singapore won with a bid of $4300. Proceeds from the auction will go toward The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (South Valley Utah division).

BTW, Archie is again today’s top most searched celebrity and top most searched musician according to xRank.
Congratulations, David! :thumbup_tb:

How does xRank work? I’m asking because the search hierarchy looks weird. I looked for Kelly Clarkson, the Idol getting the most buzz right now, and she’s 78. Seriously? :ponder_tb:

ETA: 17 Kathy Ireland?! LOL

I thought this was an interesting article. It touches on something new that Apple is introducing: music lessons given by actual artists. Cookie already did something like that with his video teaching people how to play LO. I think it is a really interesting concept that could give artists really good exposure. More out of the box thinking that this industry seems to need right now. Maybe Cookie will do this? Maybe they were trying out the concept with LO. (BTW…I would love for some hot rocker guy to teach me how to play a song on his guitar….hmm…Cookie, Jon Bon Jovi….oh the possibilities!)

How does xRank work? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m asking because the search hierarchy looks weird.

I never hear about it other than when Archie is #1, but I’m also curious how their methodology works, assuming there is one.

Here is the definition of xRank from Wikipedia:

“Live Search xRank is a part of the Microsoft’s Live Search group of services. It keeps track of notable celebrities, musicians, politicians and bloggers and ranks them in order of popularity from Live Search query results.

This service is currently under beta testing.”

It seems like a user would have to perform a search using Microsoft’s Live Search tool, otherwise, it does not count. I’m not sure how many people actually use that tool. I never have. I use Google all the time, which I think most users do?

From the NY Post Live: The TV Blog:

Archie Makes Acting Debut on ‘iCarly’

Last season runner-up David Archuleta wants you to know he can do more than just sing.

The 18-year-old “Idol” wannabe, who sung the socks off last year’s competition, will try his hand at acting on an upcoming episode of the hit tween show, “iCarly,” which will air Feb 7 on Nickelodeon. The Salt Lake City native was so excited about his tryst with Tinseltown, that he took to his blog, saying this:
“So yesterday, we flew back down to LA, and I did some things for Nickelodeon with Miranda Cosgrove. It was something that involved more lines to say, haha. So I was really nervous before we started, but once we got going I had so much fun! It felt like Miranda and I just hung out all day long, and she’s such a nice girl. But yeah, the lines were for Crush Night that’s coming up on February 7th! The day of my acting debut.. when the episode of iCarly I’m on airs. It really is so much fun working with all of them on that show. I wasn’t sure if I’d get to work with them anytime soon, so when I heard I was going to be working with Miranda Sunday, I was pumped!”

http://blogs.nypost.com/tv/archives/2009/01/archie_makes_ac.html

Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford, along with David Archuleta, Shailene Woodley and a slew of other celebs are taking part in this years Teens For Jeans with AÃ ©ropostale and DoSomething.org. The campaign aims to raise awareness on the growing number of homeless teens in the United States and Canada by empowering teens nationwide to collect jeans for homeless youth. “This year, we want to collect over 200,000 pairs of jeans,” Chace says. So what are you waiting for? Head to your local AÃ ©ropostale store and donate your jeans anytime between today and February 22! And don’t forget to check out Chase’s PSA at TeensforJeans.com.

http://www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans/home?cm_re=HP-_-090126_T1-_-Teens4Jeans

Microsoft has been promoting LiveSearch as a search tool but I don’t know how many people use it daily. Over Christmas, there were promotions that LiveSearch/Microsoft ran such that if you found an item (say a blu-ray player) using their LiveSearch Tool on ebay and you registered with LiveSearch/MS, they’d give cash back on your purchase JUST because you used LiveSearch. So, clearly it’s just getting established — nothing like Yahoo or Google.

Concerning x-rank.

I would think that many people who use windows out of the box would end up using Live Search as their default search engine.

Considering the fact that there are a lot of searches going on for DA concerning his tour I’m not surprised his ranking are high. A lot of Archie’s fans are very computer savy and probably search for information on a daily basis. Also, if you use MSN.com as a home page your search engine goes through Live Search.

edit: dial it back, please.

^^Actually, I’m not reading anyone to be saying any of that, Tess, as opposed to simply being curious about the search method — which probably is good promo for LiveSearch and Microsoft. LOL FWIW, Google came bundled with Windows in recent years. I know because the Google toolbar features prominently on my display (which is fine with me, since that’s what I prefer.) So it’s sort of surprising that now Microsoft is trying to intro a competitive search engine. From what I’m hearing, it doesn’t seem like it’s all that successful competing right now. ‘is alright. Ya never know what the future holds!

Well, Taylor will have a job at least til the end of the year…LOL..More dates to the Grease Tour through the end of the year have been added ….and shadow dates will be added to each city.. http://news.lalate.com/2009/01/27/taylor-hicks-tour/

**Headlining Show in tour market

Jan. 20-Feb. 1 Proctor & Gamble Hall Cincinnati, OH

**Jan. 24 20th Century Cincinnati OH

Feb. 3-8 Hippodrome Theatre Baltimore, MD

**Feb. 7 Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD

Feb. 24-March 1 Music Hall Tucson, AZ

March 3-8 Civic Theatre San Diego, CA

**Mar. 5 Belly Up San Diego, CA

March 10-22 Pantages Theatre Los Angeles, CA

**Mar. 18 Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, CA

March 24-April 19 Golden Gate Theatre San Francisco, CA

April 21-26 Keller Auditorium Portland, OR

April 28-May 10 Orange County PAC Costa Mesa, CA

May 12-30 5th Avenue Theatre Seattle, WA

June 2-7 Fox Cities PAC Appleton, WI

June 9-28 Fisher Theatre Detroit, MI

July 7-19 Kimmel Academy Music Philadelphia, PA

July 21-26 National Arts Centre Ottawa, CANADA

July 29-Aug. 2 Broward Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Aug. 11-16 The Fox Atlanta, GA

Aug. 18-23 Tampa PAC Tampa, FL

Aug. 25-30 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, TN

Sept. 1-6 Bass Hall Ft. Worth, TX

Sept. 8-20 Hobby Center Houston, TX

Sept. 22-27 BJCC Birmingham, AL

Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Durham PAC Durham, NC

Oct. 12-18 The Long Center Austin, TX

Oct. 20-25 Bob Carr PAC Orlando, FL

Oct. 27-Nov. 1 Times Union Jacksonville, FL

Nov. 3-8 Barbara Mann PAC Ft. Myers, FL

Nov. 10-15 Kravis Center West Palm Beach, FL

Nov. 17-22 Landmark Richmond, VA

Dec. 1-6 Ovens Charlotte, NC

Dec. 8-13 King Center Melbourn, FL

Dec. 15-20 Chevrolet Theatre Wallingford, CT

Dec. 22-23, 26-27 Civic Center Des Moines, IA

heck I use google..because I use firefox LOL
I used to have msn, and actually IE uses live search as the default search engine.

Just as an FYI:

Please remember to be polite. Dial back the snitty, bitchy tone, please.

If you haven’t, please read my guidelines.

http://mjsbigblog.com/?page_id=1172

^^That may be true for those running IE 7, frogcooke, but for the cave people among us (ahem) Google is the default. ;-P (Which, come to think of it, may have been part of Tess’ original point! LOL)

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lol cave people. xD yeah IE 7 has google too, but they default it to live search. :/

Article about the market share for search engines. This is probably off topic, but since there was some discussion above (sorry to be totally geeky here). Google holds about 71% market share, MSN about 5% (and declining).

Heh, so Taylor is coming to town…maybe I’ll check him out. He’d be playing stuff from his debut album, right?

Looks like david is performing ALTNOY on crush night? Wodner if they’ll air crush or altnoy or both?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKoaoBsoqUo

from tiger beat, on the set of icarly

DA on talking about the american idol experience:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BsWqYE1bI
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Lesley Roy Goes On Tour With David Archuleta

Lesley is coming to a town near you! She’ll be opening up for American Idol favorite David Archuleta on his upcoming headlining tour. Don’t miss Lesley’s rockin’ show with her full band.

http://www.lesleyroymusic.com/

^Who is she???????

and I love Buzzworthy….

OMG Lesley Roy?! She’s amazing!!! She is a younger “Kelly Clarkson” for me (or maybe more Avril Lavigne-sh pre marriage)- except she’s very underrated. She’s also with Jive and her most popular song is “Unbeautiful”.

Frog -

Looks like david is performing ALTNOY on crush night? Wodner if theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll air crush or altnoy or both?

I think it will be both. I remember that Miranda and Jeanette both said when he first filmed the episode that he sang Crush. But I think the ALTNOY performance is for the “hosting” of Crush Night gig. Just guessin’.

OMG Lesley Roy?! Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s amazing!!! She is a younger à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Kelly Clarksonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for me (or maybe more Avril Lavigne-sh pre marriage)- except sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s very underrated. Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s also with Jive and her most popular song is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Unbeautifulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Thank you for the info… not Kelly to me… not Avril neither… not bad… her voice is good, but not the best…

MyFox Utah Auction à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dinner With Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Winner Announced!

Larissa Cheong from Singapore won with a bid of $4300. Proceeds from the auction will go toward The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (South Valley Utah division).

Wow, this woman is an amazing David A fan. I remember she flew all the way from Singapore during the American Idol tour to see David live and she also met him back stage and gifted hm a beautiful book filled with pictures and letters from David fans all around the world. He was really inspired by it. I loved reading her recap. I hope she recaps about the dinner and how David reacts to seeing her again.

^Oh, I rememb er that recap and the videos too, they were really cute… so she is the one, she sure is a fan, IÂ ´m not sure I will be able to give $4k to dinner with David, not that I have that ammount of money…

Here is the blog of the mon of one of the girls that when in the group day with David for the Senior Ball, is really cute blog:

STILL JUST DAVID…

When my daughter, Huh, was in the 7th grade I remember her occasionally coming home from school and talking about a David that sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d met. It was exciting for her to be meeting kids who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t go to the same elementary school that she had. She, of course, met lots of kids and settled into Jr. High life quite comfortably.

I kept hearing about the David who could sing. Whenever there was a school talent show David was the favorite act. Huh would come home from school and tell me what a great singer she thought he was and how the whole school cheered whenever he walked onto the stage. I tried to keep all of her friends straight in my mind, but it was difficult because, at that time, she wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the type to bring her friends home with her. I just had to hear about them when I asked about her day after she got home from school.

There were a few Davids and I kept getting them mixed up. She would have to correct me, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“No, Mom, David Z. is the one who we played basketball with after school, David M. is the one who always asks me to do the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Running Manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and David Archuleta is the one who can sing.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oh.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Silly me for never being able to keep them all straight. When American Idol became a big hit Huh and a few other girls told David Archuleta that he should go on the show. He always said no. He was so shy. At 9th grade graduation Huh pointed out her friends to me so that I could finally put a face to the names. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Austin. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Whitney. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’the David who can sing.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Huh didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t realize at 9th grade graduation that that would be the last time she would be with her group of friends in a school setting. I had remarried during the summer break before Huhà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 9th grade year and we had moved. Both Huh and Mack had chosen to stay with their old school, but after one year of a twenty-five minute commute they both decided at the last minute to switch to the schools closer to us.

Huh kept in touch with most of her friends from her former school, though that contact became less and less as she got involved at her new school and made new friends. One day she came to me and said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Mom, remember David Archuleta? The David who can sing? Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s on American Idol!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  We had watched the show a few times, but it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t something we tried to watch regularlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’until David Archuleta was on it. Suddenly it became our new interest. It makes it more interesting when you know one of the contestants.

Huh watched it in the beginning with us. She even sent David a text that said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I thought you said you would never go on that show.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

The answer back: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Wellà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ya knowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

As time went on Huh became more and more disturbed by all of the attention David was receiving. She even stopped watching the show with the rest of us, but would still ask us the results after each evening. She kept worrying that David would change, that all of the attention would go to his head. She remembered the shy kid who was nice. She didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want him to become some stuck-up teen star.

We followed the show to the end and got caught up in the voting frenzy. Everyone in our family called in votes. I even phoned in one vote just so I could say that I had voted. Then it was over. David took second. Our lives got back to normal, but Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s life was forever changed. He was a star now with a huge contract and a very busy life. He no longer attended the high school. There was no more contact with David.

Fast forward to last Saturday night. Huh was asked to her former High Schoolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Senior Ball by one of the kids she knew there. Dances here are big deals. The kids do a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“dayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  activity as part of their date before getting ready for dinner and the dance in the evening. The à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“dayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  activity for Huhà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s group consisted of meeting at a church (to use the gym inside) for various games. It turns out that David Archuleta was in town and had asked a date to Senior Ball and was a part of the group.

David arrived a little later than everyone else and was greeting those in the group that he knew. Huh stood quietly waiting for him to notice her so that she could greet him too. She wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sure he would recognize her because she has changed her hair style since switching schools. He glanced at her and then continued greeting others without saying anything to her. She waited until he was finished then punched him in the arm and said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Fine, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t talk to me, jerk!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

David looked at her, then his eyes got big and he said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oh. My. Gosh. Huh! Cà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢mere!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  And he pulled her into a big hug.

After the hug Huh decided to be accusatory, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thanks for disappearing on me!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Me disappearing? Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re the one who disappeared! All of a sudden you moved and everybody was sad.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

The group had a good time playing the games togetherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’basketball, dodge ball, Apples to Apples, and musical chairs. David was, of course, in charge of the music for musical chairs. And when they played dodge ball, if David got someone out he would sing, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I got you out,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  instead of just saying it. David was unable to attend the dinner with the group but he joined them again at the dance. Because of his contract he couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be in the group picture with them. Huh is unsure if he was even able to have a picture taken with his date.

When Huh was recounting her date to me later I asked her if David had changed.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Well, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s trendier now. He dresses trendier.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“But, I mean, how is his personality? Has he changed in that area?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“No. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s still nice.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  She reported that he is still pretty shy too. When the DJ at the dance played his song à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Crushà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  everyone turned to look at David but couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t find him because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d disappeared. He was uncomfortable having people stare at him.

Huh is pretty certain there will continue to be no contact from David, he is living his dream right now. But she is content that, at least for now, he hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t changed. He hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t let all of the attention go to his head. He is still just David.

The Superstars of Dance show was a bad idea.

There were several outstanding performances, but as a whole concept it feel short of its goal. However, it was worth seeing Pasha dance again even thought he wasn’t in contention.

Serenade – I remember that recap (wish I could find it now to reread it), you felt like you were there with her. She’s an amazing writer. Her and her husband saw him on the AI tour and again at the busses a couple of days later before heading back to Singapore. Her recap was very moving (and I think she did another post with video her husband took). And it seemed DA really connected with her. It’s amazing she’s going to get to see him again and I can’t wait to hear about it.

Huh is pretty certain there will continue to be no contact from David, he is living his dream right now. But she is content that, at least for now, he hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t changed. He hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t let all of the attention go to his head. He is still just David.

Bittersweet, sniff, sniff.

The blog from David’s old friend’s Mom is lovely. She perfectly described what everyone else who meets David says about him.

My favorite part:

Huh stood quietly waiting for him to notice her so that she could greet him too. She wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sure he would recognize her because she has changed her hair style since switching schools. He glanced at her and then continued greeting others without saying anything to her. She waited until he was finished then punched him in the arm and said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Fine, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t talk to me, jerk!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

David looked at her, then his eyes got big and he said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oh. My. Gosh. Huh! Cà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢mere!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  And he pulled her into a big hug.

After the hug Huh decided to be accusatory, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thanks for disappearing on me!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Me disappearing? Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re the one who disappeared! All of a sudden you moved and everybody was sad.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

David didn’t recognize her at first but the way he made up for it was pretty awesome.

Is Huh this girl’s real name or her mom is using that to hide her daughter’s real name? Haha, if it’s her real name, it’s very peculiar and cute.

^^ I’m guessing Huh must be of oriental heritage. Huh is a common name among Koreans. That was an awesome story. Thanks for sharing it, Cruz.

I watched E! News tonight just before American Idol. They played a clip of Archie’s ALTNOY video right at the end of the show. Ryan Seacrest himself introduced it. He even made a little joke, saying that it rained when they shot his video. But we all know it wasn’t real rain. That’s great promotional exposure for ALTNOY!!

Celeste: thanks for posting huh’s mom’s blog. I’ve been away the last month and now just catching up on all the news, in fact just watched David’s acapellla performance of “I’ll be” at the HRC, that heart tugging performance and reading how he made up for not recognising Huh … *tears*

I pray that this young man will have an even bigger success this year, he deserves it so much.

It’s official! Lesley Roy will be the opening act for all of the venues where David Archuleta will be headlining. It’s on her official website…

Lesley Goes On Tour With David Archuleta

Lesley is coming to a town near you! She’ll be opening up for American Idol favorite David Archuleta on his upcoming headlining tour. Don’t miss Lesley’s rockin’ show with her full band – get your tickets NOW on Ticketmaster!

I think this is awesome news. Lesley is a cross between Avril Lavigne and Melissa Etheridge. She has an edgier sound than David. So I think this will help to draw in a mixed audience, of which some would not normally go to a concert just to see David. So this is a great opportunity to win over some new fans for him. Like David, Lesley Roy is under the Jive label. Nice pairing, Jive.

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She has an edgier sound than David. So I think this will help to draw in a mixed audience, of which some would not normally go to a concert just to see David.

I didn ´t like very much the songs that I listened fron her, and she doesn ´t seem to has a lot of fans… :/

Digital sales:

– 1 CLARKSON*KELLY MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU 279605 999 0 279605
17 25 COOK*DAVID LIGHT ON 49488 -27 67995 641844
37 46 ARCHULETA*DAVID CRUSH 33258 -17 39909 1482347

airplay:
No. 38 – Kelly Clarkson ( 9.5 million)
No. 48 – David Cook (-0.2 million)

streaming:
No. 27 Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You

I didn ´t like very much the songs that I listened fron her, and she doesn ´t seem to has a lot of fansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ :/

Really?! I think a lot of her songs are amazing! I especially love “Unbelievable.” That’s a big hit. “Dead but Breathing,” “Thinking Out Loud,” and “Comeback” are pretty awesome too, imo. She may not have as many fans. But that’s why she’s the opener and David is the headliner. I’m mostly just excited at the idea of someone opening for David, because just a few weeks ago we were trying to figure out who David could open for.

37 46 ARCHULETA*DAVID CRUSH 33258 -17 39909 1482347

Yay for Crush!! Should easily be 1.5x platinum by next week!

^I know Ozarka, but the first song , I think it was Unbelievable or Unbeautiful, or whatever, I liked… for the other ones I was like “this is just Avril Lavigne wanna be” with all the respect that the artist deserve. I didn ´t get any emotion, none of the songs made me want to go buy the album, and none of them made me want to listen to them again… as MJ ´s always said YMMV.

I ´m guessing this is Jive work and is a way to reduce the cost for David ´s tour… I don ´t think she will made a lot of new people go to the venues…

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m mostly just excited at the idea of someone opening for David, because just a few weeks ago we were trying to figure out who David could open for.

In this I agree. Butit will be hard, most of the venues are stand up, so the longer she take, it will made harder for people waiting on David…

^^ But look at this way, Celeste. Jive is probably going for perception. David doing his own solo tour with someone else opening for him tells the general public that, hey, David is a SUPERSTAH! On the other hand, if you make David the opener for someone like P!nk or Beyonce… what does it tell the average viewer? It tells them that David is just another lesser star trying to work his way up the ladder. Perception is key in this entertainment business.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ 1 CLARKSON*KELLY MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU 279605 999 0 279605

She rules.

^^ But look at this way, Celeste. Jive is probably going for perception. David doing his own solo tour with someone else opening for him tells the general public that, hey, David is a SUPERSTAH!

No, and take this as the way I generally see marketing and promotion as calculated as it could be no mather if I ´m a fan or not, David is not a Superstar… he is still a kid trying to make it and it will need a lot of promotion and time before being able to do what Kelly Clarkson is doing now… Put in it simple David right now is what right now I will call a “Medium star” or “star in growing” and they are putting this girl with him to promote her, I ´m guessing she is not getting lots of play and most of people don ´t know her, her myspace is at 15k friends which is not great…

Personally I will prefear David opening for Pink, Kelly Clarkson, heck even Chris Brown, why? because I will love to see David with new fans, this is the strategy that I will have used for promoting David, and that they used for Jordin… but JIVE decided to go the other way around a small tour in small venues, why? maybe they couldnt find a big star that will tour around this time for David to go on tour with… so in a way to keep David on the news, he needs to keep appearing in the news specially during this new season to ensure that he doesn ´t loss his following, they decide to go on a small tour… not that this is bad, his fans will be happy but I don ´t spect a lot of new ones to be gain with this, is more about the noise and the experience that David will obtain in htis tour… and to made the cost less, I think somebody said that on tour the record label goes and the artis goes 50% -50% with the expense, they put Leslie Roy in it…

That ´s all… And don ´t get me wrong I ´m happy that he is touring but I also like to be a little cold when I do analize the way things are being made by the records and management…