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Monday, October 27, 2008
10/27: David Archuleta on Q100
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I checked out David Archuleta and his appearance at Q100, where they created a rather convoluted plan to surprise three big fans of his. They gave the impression to the fans that Archuleta was on the phone and the one who had the best Archuleta fan story was going to Houston to see him at a concert there.
But he was actually in an office down the hall. The trio were kept in the dark (yes, even their cels were temporarily confiscated in case friends clued them in on the ruse.). Once they were done with their pleas, the Bert Show came up with a cockamamie “the video camera didn’t work, we need to re-do your pleas” excuse.
So one by one, each woman was placed at the mike to repeat their spiel. Archie, now hidden behind a green curtain, would sneak out and catch them from behind and shock them. The best was Karin Carlson’s reaction. Watch her voice go up an octave!
The other two fans were Lynn Slocum, a substitute teacher, and Kathleen Horgan (below in video), a Georgia State student who is friends with Rebecca Terry, who is buds with Michael Johns.
“I’m freaking gullible,” Horgan said afterwards. “It was a really fun. I’m really glad I did it. The embarrassment will pay off!”
The fans all said they are fans because of his music and his always nice persona but since he’s only 17, it has nothing to do with anything more, so to speak.
Archuleta’s album comes out November 11. He is also appearing December 17 at rival Star 94’s Jingle Jam. (This Q100 in studio was a way to make sure the label keeps both stations happy.)
The smile that has melted many an Archie’s Angel.
Although Jeff Archuleta tries to stay out of the limelight, Bert Weiss convinced him to go on mike and refute his reputation as an overbearing stage dad. “When David had that one week he forgot the lyrics, the tabloids wanted to make a reason why that happened. I became the scapegoat. It just kind of mushroomed from there. We weren’t allowed to defend ourselves.” Archuleta said he wasn’t even aware of the issue until near the end of the competition when reporters began asking him about it. “That’s all they wanted to talk about,” he said.
Here’s a cake given to one of the fans, Karin Carlson of Mableton.
Archuleta was listening to a song while Jeff Dauler snapped this photo. I just have my dorky headphones around my neck.
Archuleta, during the Q100 interview, noted how he had been a lighting guy at the local amphitheatre before he decided to try out for “Idol.” “It was a good choice in the end definitely,” he said. He hates seeing himself on TV, refuses to do so, never watched a full episode of “Idol.” He doesn’t read the Web so he’ll never see this blog. He’d go into medicine if the music thang doesn’t work out.
