7 years ago today...

The American Idol Season finale aired! 

Hard to believe it's been 7 years since the David vs. David finale! Go HERE to watch all the finale performances!

Another performance announced! + more close up UVU videos, Idol, trending topic & more!

Kari's Birthday was this past week! David tweeted her a lovely message:

Thanks to rhimmie for the screen caps.

New event announced!

Click the last image for more info on where to buy tickets! But hurry! They're ALREADY almost sold out! That is INCREDIBLE! 

Plus, go HERE to read more about the event and about David selling out. A record for the venue!

Trending topic!

Be sure to include 'Shine On David Archuleta' to your tweets!

More UVU videos!

 

Wow!

They showed the David's on the most recent Idol!

Idol also posted a video to their youtube:

Always love a chance to get to see David on TV!

Plus, a small mention of David in Billboards article 'When 'American Idol' Hits Home: A Tribute to Jax and East Brunswick, New Jersey'

Also, while we're still on the Idol subject, David made #9 in the '14 Awesomest American Idol Albums' on The Hollywood Gossip!

Click the image to head over!

And, lastly, thanks to FOD, these insanely cool water notes!

Season 7 finale memories from Sunny!

Update: Look who they showed on Idol tonight!!

Credit to Karin

Looking back at the American Idol Season 7 finale

Four years ago today was the American Idol Season 7 finale! Let's take a look back at all the amazing performances from that night...

Top 12 performing "Get Ready"

The Davids performing "Hero"

Top 6 guys performing a Bryan Adams medley

In tribute to the late Donna Summer, the Top 6 girls performing a Donna Summer medley

David performing "Apologize" with OneRepublic

Top 12 performing a George Michael medley

The winner is announced!

What the random?

Another random post on this lovely Friday!

First, found on FOD, apparently David was shown on Entertainment Tonight last night during a segment on the passing of Donna Summer, when ET interviewed her during the S7 finale:

Second, from Ana:

Aww! Not gonna lie Ana, we miss him too!

Next, found on Fanscene, a sweet tweet to Kari from @tatoropel, who is a member of the Symphonie Jeunesse (click the image below to make it larger):

Also, this may be a tad late, but there's lovely David "Imagine" mentions in the following articles, after Joshua Ledet performed the song on Idol this past week:

Access Atlanta:
It’s hard not to compare this with the low-key original or even David Archuleta’s subtle take.

Yahoo Music Canada:
Once again my hopes for unpredictability from Joshua were dashed when he went with this overdone "Idol" staple, one that is still associated in many viewers' minds with David Archuleta's landmark performance from Season 7.

NJ.com:
“Imagine” has been done before in more memorable fashion (David Archuleta comes to mind).

MARKSWORLD:
It wasn’t a great arrangement, and it took me back to when David Archuleta nailed this song in Season 7.

And lastly, one of my fave mentions...
Gossip & Gab:
Although honestly, I do have to question how we ended up with “Imagine” at this point in the competition when David Archuleta already went there and did that and who wants to be compared to one of the most iconic song of Idol history?

And last but not least, I thought I would share this with everyone. I posted this in the Artistic Fans of David Archuleta group on facebook yesterday. It's a page from my David scrapbook, full of tickets, wristbands, etc. from David concerts! It might be a good idea for anyone who doesn't know what to do with any concert tickets :)

Nandito Ako finale!

We Are here For David Archuleta, Thank You TV5 Manila and Nandito Ako Finale all trending worldwide!

The cast says thank you/finale promo!



Kari:

This was the last scene that @DavidArchie filmed. Very emotional night!

@JoAnnBanaga

A farewell's necessary b4 we can meet again. When u touched r hands u touched our hearts too. HastaLuego @DavidArchie.

@anagfeleo:

Took this in Calatagan, Batangas. Thank you, David.

Tweets from the cast and crew!

Bloopers!

Nandito Ako, episode 24! The finale begins!

According to David's facebook, tonight begins the Nandito Ako finale!



David Archuleta In Nandito Ako and Wherever You Are Josh Bradley are trending worldwide! How awesome si it seeing David's name trend?! Never gets old :)
Update: Alwyn Ana RS In TV5 Manila is also trending!

Kari:

Vote for David on The Dam Nation!

IDOL Tournament: FINALE - David Archuleta VS David Cook (Audition)

IDOL Tournament Finale kicks off today with the finalists audition pieces. I featured this already during Round 2 of the tournament, but it'll be interesting to see them head to head on this. Who do you love?

The poll is open for 24 hours. There will be 7 rounds in this Grand Finale and the winner of every round will get a point. Whoever gets 4 points will win the first ever DAM Nation IDOL Tournament. Please be reminded though that the winner of each round will NOT be revealed until we're done with ALL 7 rounds. I mean, we need some suspense of course.

Go HERE to vote!

Also vote for "Crush" in this "Crush" vs "Light On" poll!

AI7 Finale shown during the American Idols concert!

Before Scotty McCreery came on stage, this montage video was played of all the winning moments on American Idol from Season 1-Season 9 of American Idol. 

Credit to daviddailycom. Cool!

David on AI.com

Look who's on AmericanIdol.com's photo gallery banner:

Thanks luvdavidtender on ARX for the find!

David was mentioned on Jimmy Kimmel!

David is mentioned at 0:40!


Thanks Allthings Archie for the find and thanks JRforDA11 for the video!

Buzz and tidbits, tidbits and buzz

There are so many mentions and things, so first let me thank FOD and Fanscene for some of these finds!

David Archuleta and his mother attended the Duffy’s Hope Celebrity Basketball Game fundraiser recently. According to the organizations website, “Duffy’s Hope Inc. advances community hope by fostering academic achievement and social enrichment for youth.”


We think it’s great that David is involved in so many organizations! Do you participate in any fundraising events throughout the year?

Disney Dreaming

Tweet O' The Day from Access Hollywood!

Jordin Sparks was 17 when she won in 2007, but she was up against 25-year-old Blake Lewis. And 17-year-old David Archuleta competed against Season 7 champ David Cook, who was also 25.

TheStar.com

Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta: “What an awesome night it was!! Congrats to Scotty, and to Lauren as well for their amazing run and continued success.”

Idolator

I didn't even know how much I cared until I felt the grin cross my face.

Scotty: here's hoping you make a record that's authentically you.

Lauren: trust me, ask David Archuleta, losing is the best thing that has ever happened to you.

TV Overmind

That said, however, the "I saw so and so" chatter was nonstop before the show. There were reports of seeing Robert Downey Jr, Gordon Ramsay, Janice Dickinson and alums like Jason Castro, David Archuleta and Sanjaya Malakar strolling around LA Live.

She Knows Entertainment

The season 7 finale with David Cook and David Archuleta drew about 32.7 million.

Access Atlanta

After nail-biting finales like season seven’s, where David Archuleta and David Cook seemed to be running neck-and-neck until the last second, and the surprise Kris Allen win over Adam Lambert a year later, Santilli said it’s hard to remember a time when she was less anxious while waiting for Ryan Seacrest to make his announcement.

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Idol finale tidbits!

American Super Star:

Just Jared Jr:

 Click the link above to view more photos from Just Jared Jr!

And David's advice to the Idols from TR3S:

David Archuleta
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American Idol Finale!

And some red carpet pics!

 Credit to David Daily for the untagged version!

Getty Images

 Credit to Neon Limelight

Credit to Idol Chatter

EDIT: More pics from Getty Images!

From AmericanIdol.com:

EDIT: Video of David in the audience of Idol, click HERE. Video credit to DanWarp

EDIT: More pictures from Belga Pictures:

And Newcom Images:

Untagged pics thanks to David Daily!