David Archuleta We Can Work It Out Conspiracy
On the March 11, 2008 Top 12 American Idols Sing the Beatles or John Lennon and Paul McCartney written songs, David Archuleta chose to sing “We Can Work It Out“. He was given the prime spot of going last, which is traditionally given to the Favorite or the one who has performed the best in dress rehearsals.
The Pimp Spot of Final Prime Spot is determined by the Judges and Producers of American Idol after the
dress rehearsals. They decide the order the Idol contestants will sing. The only consistency in Idol history is if you had the pimp spot the week before, you will go first this week. That Pimp Spot the Final Prime spot is usually the best performance of the evening based upon what the producers hear and see in the rehearsals.
So, David Archuleta got the prime pimp spot. He did well enough in rehearsals for American Idol producers to grant him the final song of the broadcast. He wouldn’t have gotten that spot if he forgot the lyrics, messed up and totally murdered a song with his rendition.
According to a Fan at the Dress Rehearsal :
12.) David Archuletta - “We Can Work it Out” - Said that this was a good performance, but sounded extraordinary after the last two. Second best of the night for guys.
So, on the Live show with all the world to see, David Archuleta took “The Dive”. He threw the performance. He forgot the lyrics 3 time, mumbled some of the words and basically had a “mess of a performance”.
So, Why did he Take a Dive? If you read the Why David A Will Not Win American Idol post you will see it’s the number one reason.
Factors For David Archuletta not to win Idol 7.
1) People will grow weary of the Week after Week pimping of a one horse show that is David Archuleta. If the next 2 months of Idol is all about David Archuleta, a resistance will grow. That “Aw Shucks” naivety well will run dry. His fan base will lose it’s muster to continue to vote for him. In a final two face off, the underdog just might get their bone and the Idol Title.
By Taking the Dive on the We can Work it Out song, David Archuleta just brought himself securely back into the competition. He shows his vulnerability. He shows that he is the 17 year old kid, and not the well trained musical robot that is perfect every time
(even though he is).
Idol Producers and the Powers that be picked the perfect spot to mess up. It’s the Top 12 on American Idol and there are plenty of pawns to knock off before anyone would even consider David A. If he messed up toward the end it could jeopardize his leisurely stroll into the Finals of American Idol. He needed to show his vulnerability and did the perfect job of messing up on cue.
Great Job Idol Producers, You got David A to Take the Dive, and made your Idol Chosen One almost a lock for the finals. All the “aw shucks” is back, the fan base is still there and grows even more as David Archuleta is a bit more Human today than yesterday.
Conspiracy Theorist’s Unite.
( Or am I just kidding and this is a parody?)
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21 responses so far ↓
1 ed // Mar 11, 2008 at 11:07 pm
He dove - and dove hard. A buddy of mine was at the rehearsal and he said he did a awesome job. Not a missed note or anything……
2 jo // Mar 12, 2008 at 1:53 am
The band purposefully played luke warm. Listen to the band. The arrangements are geared to either pump up a performer, or pull them down. Also, the back up singers either enhance, or fight the performer. Listen to how the back up singers fought his vocal lines. The mix, everything. This arrangement was rigged and a bit obvious about it.
3 abc // Mar 12, 2008 at 8:50 am
His sheg (Sh*t Eating Grin) and over done humility is truly annoying. I hope he gets the boot. If this was a “dive”, he didn’t have to work to hard to pull it off. Unfortunately, all the pre-teens and tweens are gaga for this fake.
4 RS // Mar 12, 2008 at 10:55 am
This is so agonizing to watch!(You can get so emotionally involved) I want to believe that David purposely did bad(I wouldn’t put it past Idol to be manipulative and deceptive),because thinking that he’s having a meltdown is a scarier thought. The haters are being so vicious I can’t imagine what its like to be on the receiving end. Who would voluntarily audition for this? To be under this microscope in front of millions,for that slim chance you’ll be another Underwood,Daughtry or Clarkson(Idol hasn’t produced many stars over six seasons and sixty finalists). I just hope David is getting the support and love he needs to get through whatever happens. The media is brutal.
5 MF // Mar 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I like David, but this painful to watch.
6 James // Mar 12, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Doubt he deliberately “took a dive”. More likely, he just choked when it really counted — it’s not unknown even among seasoned pros. I suspect he has a limited comfort zone of songs he knows inside and out. This wasn’t one of them.
7 American Idol Top 12 March 11 2008 Performance Recap Review // Mar 12, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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8 Venus // Mar 12, 2008 at 1:38 pm
The band purposefully played luke warm. Listen to the band. The arrangements are geared to either pump up a performer, or pull them down. Also, the back up singers either enhance, or fight the performer. Listen to how the back up singers fought his vocal lines. The mix, everything. This arrangement was rigged and a bit obvious about it.
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Yeah, I can’t wait to use this excuse when one of my favorites doesn’t have aWOW performance.
If you ask me, his fans are the ones that obviously hate him…building him to fail so miserably after Idol.
9 SH // Mar 12, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I have to agree that he “took a dive” for obvious reasons. David is too good (as evidenced by his previous performances). He has sung like a professional since he was a little kid and has a huge talent. Don’t let tonight fool you. I look forward to the outstanding future performances ahead - just wait. I sat there thinking the same thing…he’s trying too hard not to sing good tonight. I’m not a tween or young kid either - all I know is that was not the real David on Idol last night. I will be among the first in line to buy your CD.
10 MRK // Mar 13, 2008 at 11:41 am
I actually thought the arrangement was pretty good, and if David had been going 100% it would have been a real good performance.
And I can’t believe it was a “melt down” - come on, the guy is super-experienced, also with the bigger stages. A planned melt-down … maybe …
But instead, I think he was sick - try to take a look at his eyes and his facial expression. Also, if you listen to the top-12-interview from a few days ago, he sounds really sick.
What I like about him, is that he doesn’t come up with any excuses afterwards … nothing like “I’ve been sick all week …” as we have heard from some of the other contestants. He just stands there recognizing the judges opinions.
11 American Idol News Comments and Dirt from 3-13-08 // Mar 13, 2008 at 1:30 pm
[...] We still think he messed up on Purpose and wrote about it here [...]
12 Brett // Mar 13, 2008 at 4:58 pm
MRK…you’re right on. I know David very well. I talked with his Mom today and have often and he had strep throat and has been really sick! Of course it’s not like David to tell America that he was sick…it’s not his style…Thanks for your comments! Hopefully next week he’s right on!
13 CWC // Mar 13, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I am inclined to agree with the author on this one. Insert the convenient story about his father being a control freak in addition to claims of illness and nervousness, it all adds up to throw people off this possible conspiracy theory. Even if it wasn’t a staged dive, it was perfect timing to mess up. He wasn’t in any danger of going home, as mentioned, it solidified his fanbase (they voted more on his bad night than on a good night) and yes, made him even more likable as a comeback kid. Well done.
I just can’t believe he’d mess up that bad in a performance, does not compute.
14 Kathy // Mar 14, 2008 at 7:10 am
So many cynics. I don’t buy that this was planned at all. David has been sick. That much is obvious if you watch the Top 12 party footage. Also, I’d read about David’s dad’s, ehm, overenthusiasm, well before Tuesday night. Someone who was at dress-rehearsal he was good if not great, his father didn’t like his singing and yelled at him for it.
Raise your hand if you could be more composed after an argument, while sick, in front of a worldwide audience at seventeen? Or if you think you could be?
Sheesh.
15 America Idol Fan // Mar 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Maybe the Dad Argument, was about talking the Dive, while Little David didn’t want to..in the end Papa Jeff’s advice came true and David did mess up as it was intended to happen…..
Remember he did well enough in Rehearsal to earn the final spot, that is awarded by producers to the best a rehearsal…
The Dad Argument was after rehearsal prior to the show….He did great in the eyes of the producers, the audience that saw the rehearsal…but then Dad argues..WHY?
That argument could not have been about him singing badly, which he didn’t prior, but about him singing too good for his own good, and about muffing it on purpose…
Either way the end result was EXACTLY what David Archuleta needed at the time to help his quest for Idol Final winner…
16 Shannon // Mar 14, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Last year, Brandon Rogers was eliminated from the Top 12 the night he flubbed on the lyrics. I think that he lost more voters because of that mess-up.
But because of that lyric mess-up, David Archuleta has truly secured many, many more preteen and teenage hearts, my own teenage self included. (The “Aw Shucks” factor DOES get to me.)
I support David Archuleta, and whatever the reason for the mess-up was, I think he’ll do pretty well in this show.
But if he does flub on more nights, he might lose some supporters and his fanbase will chip away and glue themselves onto other fanbases.
17 bane // Mar 15, 2008 at 2:26 pm
i find it funny how this conspiracy theory is so ridiculous! - what with producers giving the prime last spot to the best performer - it’s BS! first, check out itunes - where David Archuleta re-recorded ‘we can work it out’ - it’s not even great, even with the polishing of the song in a recording studio. now jacuzzi’s performance was incredible, and he should have been last if your theory is true (which is certainly not!). or are the ‘judges and producers’ tone-deaf that night?
and please, enough with the pushing of the idea that ‘David Archuleta will not win AI’ because he will win it. some attention-seeking critics(?) still believe this - they don’t even realize that david is a special case, he is not Melinda Doolittle, he is not sanjaya, he is not Jordin Sparks, he is not clay aiken. when will you guys ever learn that there is always a first time (actually it’s not really the first time that a good performer has won AI! if you come to think about it with a clear head).
oh, yeah i forgot, these supposedly David Archuleta’s doomsayers (but are actually voting for him every tuesday), needed to make money, to eat, to pay for their alimony and cocaine-dependence, etc., thus, the easiest way to earn a living at present is to talk about David Archuleta - because everybody is at frenzy about this 17-yo kid. i wonder what they will talk about if he was voted-off?
i find it hilarious that these critics hate david a. when he was perfect and still hates him when he messes up. LMAO!!!
and i am not even a David Archuleta fan. LOL!
18 Samara // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I have to disagree with Bane … I LOVE David’s pre-recorded version of We Can Work It Out. I think it’s awesomely done, and he sounds great.
19 Hector // Mar 17, 2008 at 12:03 am
Leave it to the critics to make something more than what it really is. Your are right about one thing, David, is human and makes mistakes. To me he seemed really nervous that night, and sometimes that will have a negative effect on you. Give us all a break. Don’t bother writing something like “it’s a conspiracy”, if you’ve got nothing original to say. We’ve all heard it before.
20 rascal // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:37 pm
There may very well have been a conspiracy but this wasn’t it.
It’s extremely rare for the same performer to be given the pimp slot twice in two weeks when there are still so many contestants. Considering that the producers were obviously concerned that David had gotten to be too much of an inevitability and it was jeopardizing the chances of audiences sticking it out over the a long competition, it makes NO SENSE that they would give him the pimp spot.
Unless they strongly suspected he would crack under all the pressure–illness, over-hyped expectations, lack of rehearsal, new material, exhaustion from press junkets, argument with Dad…(??)
The producers had to know what kind of pressure he was under after a week of the press hovering over him almost to the exclusion of everyone else. The logical and most self-interested thing the producers could have done would have been to avoid the pimp spot like the plague. But they did something much more devious. They gave it to him–and probably fed him all kinds of messages about how much was expected of him. I can just imagine the closed-door meetings…
“The kid is losing it. He’ll crack.”
“I hope you’re right. That’ll bring everything back into balance.”
This was a low-risk proposition, because if he had not cracked, or even if he had knocked it outta the park, they would have been no worse off than they were before.
THAT’S a more likely conspiracy scenario, IMO.
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