Jeff Archuleta Banned From "American Idol" Rehearsals; David Archuleta Fans Give World Another Reason To Believe That Journalism Is In A Bad Place Right Now [Idolator's American Idolatry]

American Idol found this 5/11/2008 on idolator.com [flag]

TMZ first reported it yesterday and now the Associated Press has confirmed it: The American Idol braintrust has banned David Archuleta's father/musical arranger/puppet-string-puller, Jeff, from the show's rehearsals, after months of speculation about his stage-dad tendencies and overbearing presence. The final straw? The cheesy "Beautiful Girls" interpolation into David's performance of ... [link]

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Published 5/11/2008 by mj at American Idol
... (Will the news, and the apparent fact that Jeff is the first person to be banned from the Idol backstage ever, garner a lot of sympathy votes? Will this be his chance to show the haters that he can, in fact, interpret and arrange music without Daddy pulling the strings, or will he wilt under the pressure on Tuesday night? Is this abortion of a season over yet?) But leave it to the Archie-crazed commenters at rickey.org to ask the important questions regardnig this whole story. Idolator ...

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Archuleta's Dad Banished from "Idol"

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TMZ.com : TMZ has learned David Archuleta's dad, Jeff, has been officially banned from "American Idol."Here's how it went down. "Idol" sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He has badgered ...

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OH NO!! found this 5/12/2008 on www.tmz.com

TMZ.com : TMZ told you first about the ban on David Archuleta's dad backstage at "Idol," and now Team David is trying to circle the wagons, but unlike David's voice, it rings a little hollow.People talked to David's voice coach and a guy from Utah ...

Archuleta's Dad Banished from "Idol"

Posted 5/10/2008 on OH NO!!

TMZ has learned David Archuleta's dad, Jeff, has been officially banned from "American Idol." Here's how it went down. "Idol" sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to change the lyrics to David's first ...

Stage-Dad Archuleta: "People Don't Like That"

Posted 5/12/2008 on OH NO!!

Stage-Dad Archuleta: "People Don't Like That" Posted May 12th 2008 5:13AM by TMZ Staff TMZ told you first about the ban on David Archuleta's dad backstage at "Idol," and now Team David is trying to circle the wagons, but unlike David's voice, it rings a little hollow. People talked to David's voice coach and a guy from Utah who's been working with the "AI" wunderkind on ...

David Archuleta's Dad Banned From Idol Rehearsals

Posted 5/11/2008 on TVgasm Blog

I've been sitting on my butt all day and not opening my computer until I get this thanks to cattyfan! ;-) David Archuleta's dad has been banned from rehearsals on Idol ! Jeff Archuleta, David's Dad, was told by the producers of the show that "he can no longer join his 17-year-old son David as he prepares for the show." Good!!! He's only 17 and does not need any more pressure from his dumb ...

David Archuleta’s dad banned from American Idol

Posted 5/11/2008 on Seriously? OMG! WTF?

David Archuleta's long-rumored stage dad has finally banned from everything but sitting in the audience at American Idol according to TMZ . Here's how it went down. "Idol" sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. The final straw came this ...

Joe Simpson 2.0 Gets The Shaft

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David Archuleta 's overbearing stage father has been banned from American Idol . The dad from hell will still be allowed to sit in the audiences during taping days, but that's it. He won't be allowed backstage or at rehearsals. Producers are said to be fed up with Jeff Archuleta's shady ways, and other contestants were reportedly creeped out by him. Let's hope David's dad is just ...

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Jeff Archuleta , the father of 17-year-old American Idol contestant, David Archuleta , has reportedly been banned from the show’s set according to TMZ ... Inside sources say, David's dad has been attempting to interfere with the entire production for weeks now, even nagging the producers, band, vocal coaches and other contestants... "The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to ...

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American Idol finalist David Archuleta has to say sayonara to his dad because Jeff Archuleta was been banned from going backstage. David's dad was annoying a lot of people back stage because he was taking his role as a ...

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All season reports have been surfacing about " American Idol " cutebot David Archuleta's father, Jeff, who's apparently the stage dad from hell despite his cheerful grinning mug in the aud ience on telecast nights. Now TMZ reports that the show has banned from pretty much everywhere but the audience, because he was annoying the hell out of people, including the other ...

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Last week, Entertainment Weekly went behind the scenes during American Idol 7 's song selection and rehearsal process. Besides letting us know about Jason Castro's apathy , it had some revelatory information about David Archuleta. David's infamous stage dad Jeff Archuleta wasn't shy in front of the magazine's reporter, "pacing around the room" while barking comments to people ("There's too ...