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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

David Archuleta Singing "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me"-American Idol Finale

David A. really brought an impressive performance to the finale with this one. It's interesting how he seems so in his element while singing, but then when he is receiving the judge's feedback he looks like he's extremely nervous (not that I wouldn't be in front of 7,000 people) and almost ready to pass out. DA seems like such a nice kid and is such a talented singer. His vocals are pretty hard to beat. Even though American Idol is a "singing competition" (as Simon keeps reiterating) I think it's a little more than that in the end.

For example, when Taylor Hicks won a couple of seasons ago, he obviously had a lot of fan support, but I've never heard one of his songs played on the radio. Elliot Yamin, who finished 3rd that season has had some pretty identifiable songs though, and is arguably a bigger star than Hicks.

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