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David Archuleta – The Next Romantic Heartthrob?
Posted by fenfan123 on Saturday, October 5, 2013
We all love that voice. David Archuleta can sing anything. When he comes back from his mission he is going to conquer the world, one song at a time. We know he will have a phenomenal singing career. But when he has been there, done that and has a little time on his schedule, what else should he do? He could go look for his kind of perfect, you say? Maybe.
Well, I am a demanding fan. I want to put him to work – in the movies. I have always thought David would make a wonderful comedic actor, what with his “dry wit” and “oh gosh” demeanor. Or he could be a romantic lead. Just look at that face. HEARTTHROB! – if ever there was one!
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David himself has said he enjoys acting and would love to do it again.
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He has some ideas about the people he wants to act with (6:40) and has managed to overcome his fear of acting (9:20).
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And he is open to acting in a movie or series in the US.
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He didn’t say what roles he would like to play. But I think starring as the heartthrob in a romantic comedy would be perfect. I know what you are thinking. Kissing is de rigueur in romantic comedies. That might prove a bit difficult for a guy who claims he has yet to lock lips with anyone. But look at You’ve Got Mail – no kissing till the very end. With some judicious camera work and editing he could even get away with a fake kiss.
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What I wouldn’t give to see David on the big screen loping through Central Park with his dog by his side on his way to meeting the girl of his dreams. A movie soundtrack album with David singing Over the Rainbow would be icing on the cake.
For the longest time I had thought that I would be content if I could just see David in a romantic comedy. I wasn’t sure about his potential for serious drama until I saw him emote and spill those tears in Nandito Ako.
As I was writing this and casting around for an example of a dramatic role for him, I came across this announcement by 20th Century Fox that got me really excited. They are looking for someone between the ages of 18 and 22 to play a young Elvis in The Last Train to Memphis.
Elvis hopefuls are required to submit an audition tape of themselves reading some lines from the movie script and another of their singing 6 to 8 bars of a pre-1957 Elvis song. Well, we all know someone has already got the singing tape done.
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But would he ace the audition? I think 20th Century Fox should wait another 6 months to find out.
What do you think? Have your say in this poll.
Fenfan is a Staff Writer for The Voice.
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bluesky said
Fenfan… I am just on my way out the door… thought I would glance at the new page. You had me laughing and I have barely read any of it yet!!
I look forward to reading, enjoying, and taking in all the good stuff… a little later. Gosh… Good Job!
bluesky
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djafan said
Fenfan, I love this! Those interviews are epic. That first one David is so calm and relaxed. His answers are so mature and telling of the why’s of his decision to go on a mission, my heart swells with pride and admiration. The next interviews he looks so tired but so excited. The singing, his voice continues to blow me away. Love his laugh when he reads the question about using a double for the two armed hug and the answer, it was him on the romantic parts lol
Which takes me to your polls. David will blow us away in any role he plays. He may play them all before we know it. He has the makings of not only a great singer but also that of an accomplished actor. The future is in his hands and I’m not getting off this ride!
David would be great playing Elvis, he even wore an Elvis Tshirt on a few occasions and said he wasn’t Elvis after singing and sounding just Elvis. Awwww Love Me Tender, David was the winner by a mile, sorry had to say it 🙂 He’s also got that natural lip curl and I think David is much more handsome than Elvis.
“I’m not Elvis” comment at the end of this.
Mrs. Presley obviously has given her seal of approval from what I see here.
It’s meant to be.
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djafan said
Oh and Angelica, that heartthrob gif…perfect.
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djafan said
Gladys…Feliz Compleanos!!!!!
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collegemom said
I was just looking at the “countdown” at the end of the post (173 days left) and I realized that right before Christmas it will start what I think of as the “100 day countdown”! When I think that it started with 730 days….this is exciting! I bet David is really surprised at how it is really starting to fly by too. If we are lucky, we will get more Chile-Christmas music and then……….concerts! (hopefuly)
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Abrra said
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skydancer1x said
Fenfan!
Great post, From the lead heartthrob gif,to your article to all the videos to watch,
I love this subject,and every time I even think about David Archuleta on a movie screen someday…just …gahh!
“What I wouldn’t give to see David on the big screen loping through Central Park with his dog by his side on his way to meeting the girl of his dreams”
Certainly agree Fen.♥and the the idea of a romantic comedy makes me smile ear to ear!! :)) I am convinced if he acts again,he can do just about anything. It is so much fun to contemplate all that David is capable of, isn’t it?
The Vangie commercials David did…he has the best faces.He could definitely do comedy.”Everytime I see his face saying “all of this is rice cake??” I crackup laughing
DJA,
“thankyou.., thankyouverymuch,” for the added attractions♥.Sure do love all the video evidence, haha
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bebereader said
Fen,
I just loved your article!
In NA chat we talk incessantly about the possibility of David on the big screen. So glad you decided to write about it. I hope it happens as I think he’s a natural!
The next romantic heartthrob? For sure! It would be refreshing to see his face on the big screen, and his smile lighting up the entire theater! Not sure I agree with the Elvis comparisons as I see David as more talented than Elvis was. But do I think he could pull it off? Absolutely!
I almost fell off my computer chair when I heard David sing an impromptu “A Whole New World” in one of the videos you posted!
Angelica…lovely lead in picture/gif. 🙂
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jans11 said
Fenfan, the heart throb monitor is so cute! I also would love to see David act…in anything! He would be a good Elvis, but at the age he would play Elvis, he is so much better looking and sings so much better! But, it would pass because everyone remembers Elvis as great. Elvis actually had acne as a teen and his early songs are not near as good as what David sings at the same age. I’m still hoping that he might play Paul Anka! Wowza on playing either one of them!! 🙂
Had fun in chat tonight, especially talking about everyone going to his come back concert! So exciting to think about it! 🙂
#DA2014….can’t wait to see the guy that he becomes! ♥
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fenfan said
Thanks so much Angelica for the heartthrob pic/gif. It.’s perfect! And that Hollywood video – lol – he’s so Hollywood!
#2 DJA Yay for the lip curl. I forgot about that; how could I? I keep thinking about that pose he did in the Elle photoshoot – he looked so Elvis or even James Dean! And Mrs Presley makes me LOLOL. She certainly approves.
#7 Skydancer/#8 Bebe I will camp in the cinema and never come out when they show David in the lead in a rom com. Can you imagine a close up of his eyes 30ft big? And I think the Vangie ads and NA have shown us he has the potential to be an accomplished actor.
#9 Jans I agree. David is so much better looking. I am convinced that with a bit of styling he could look like a young Elvis, only much better looking and without acne. LOL
Don’t forget to vote in the poll everyone!
OMG that gangsta pic in #6! Maybe he could also be a gangster boss in the movies. Haha
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TOfan said
Fenfan, great article! The camera certainly loves David! The movie I’d most like to see him make though is a live concert extravaganza… with state-of-the-art surround-sound … on IMAX!!!!
Happy Birthday, Gladys! And big hugs to one and all!!!! <33333
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MT said
Fen,
Love this! David’s first try at acting has shown a lot of potential. As we watched, we could see how much he grew as an actor in just a few weeks. He mentions that he’d love to take more acting classes and would like to try more acting roles. While I see him first and foremost as a singer, I’d love to see him on the Big Screen. I think a romantic comedy with some singing in it would be perfect.
Do I think of him as another Elvis? Yes, and no. No, because I think he’s a lot different in his persona. But yes because of the type of films; romance, comedy (he did so good in all the funny parts and in the Vangie vids), and lots of singing.
Would I like to see him in and Elvis type film, with lots of romance and stuff? Yes. 😉 But mostly, whatever he chooses to do, I want it to be shown in theaters here where I could go see it, and eventually get the DVD. 🙂 🙂
PS Angelica, LOVE that gif up top. 😀
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MT said
Oh, one more thing. I would LOVE for him to do some choreographed dancing in a movie. 🙂
Just sayin’.
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emmegirl14 said
fenfan, I just love your article and I couldn’t agree more, “For the longest time I had thought that I would be content if I could just see David in a romantic comedy. I wasn’t sure about his potential for serious drama until I saw him emote and spill those tears in Nandito Ako.” He really has the chops and I think he could do anything, really. I truly hope he pursues it! I guess I wouldn’t mind seeing that face on a 30 ft screen. 😉
And I think he would be an amazing Elvis! No lip syncing required, he plays the guitar, has the heartthrob looks, the charm, and yes, even the patented lip curl!
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jans11 said
It pays to talk about David all the time. Everyone in my church knows how much I love him. I’ve won over a few fans including the pastor’s wife and at the end of service she was telling me they were talking about David in Sunday School class. I wasn’t there and I thought maybe she was going to say David and Goliath and laugh. But she didn’t she was talking about how good a person our David is and how he includes God in everything he does, with him feeling blessed with his voice and yet is so modest about it, and that is why Jan loves him! I couldn’t agree more! 🙂 So David was part of the Sunday School lesson!
And my daughter’s boyfriend asked her the other day, “is this David as good as your mom says he is?” My daughter answered him, “yes, he’s just like Elvis, he can sing anything!” She played all his cds for him and he loves Forevermore! 🙂
#DA2014
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djafan said
Fenfan,
Isn’t it interesting that David has a lip curl??
Emmegirl!!! So nice to see you!!! “patented lip curl” 🙂
Jan, I think it’s great to hear that David is discussed in church, he is a great example. When my grandkids told me that their service (not a Mormon church) included a discussion of David Archuleta and his example really showed that there are no boundaries with being a good role model for today’s youth.
I had seen the tweet for David mail but not the Facebook mention. I don’t know why but the facebook one makes me think we need to get mail to him more so now that his return is getting closer. Kari is sending another one in November so please commentor’s and lurkers get your mail sent!!!
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David Archuleta @DavidArchie 2 Oct
Last pickup before package going out tomorrow! Don’t worry if u were 2 late another one going out next month! (KS) pic.twitter.com/sEpNY27szJ
facebook
David Archuleta October 3
David is still getting mail while on his mission. Please use the following address if you’d like to write:
David Archuleta
PO Box 4297
Apopka, FL 32704
USA
And these tweets. Sounds like plans are in motion!
CanadianArchie @CanadianArchie 5 Oct
Hola @kariontour! 🙂 Does @DavidArchie have some dates booked?! Please share ASAP! We’d like to plan ahead 🙂 GAHHH
Kari Sellards @kariontour 5 Oct
@CanadianArchie @DavidArchie we will make sure you have time to plan once things get confirmed.
“ONCE THINGS GET CONFIRMED” !!!!!!!!!!!
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emmegirl14 said
I hadn’t listened to BEGIN. for awhile, so I put it in this morning on my way into town. I had other things on my mind so I was listening, but not like I usually do, I wasn’t even thinking about David – it was more like they were on the radio and I was hearing them for the first time… and I was listening, really listening to the beautiful music, the melodies, to the voice, to the words, their meaning, and how they were presented in song, and it hit me once again how incredibly gifted he is. It’s the subtleties that stand out to me. He is an artist in every sense of the word.
So, later in the day I was putting my 3 mo old grandson and 2 1/2 yr old granddaughter into their carseats and amidst the chaos Pride began playing. Well, the beginning is pretty jazzy and my granddaughter put her hands to ears and said, “it’s too loud!” (Yes, I play him loud!), to which I responded, “just a second and grandma will turn it down.” In a few seconds he started singing. As soon as she heard his voice she says, “oh wow grandma, that’s a good one!”
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jans11 said
Sky, in the Vangie commercials, I love the part where he says “you do have burgers too, tho”! 🙂
Love his lip curl!! Cuter than Elvis’ any day!
DJA, my church is not LDS either and that is what’s so wonderful about it all. He can “convert” anyone, just being David!!! He is such a great human being.
OMG!!! “once things get confirmed” oh, that is ♫♪ music♫♪ to our ears!!! 🙂
#DA2014 YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kaycee said
Fenfan, loved your article. The video clips made me smile…and miss him. Like we’ve said many times, David is a chameleon–he can morph in a moment’s notice–and he’s not afraid to try things outside his comfort zone. I think he’s capable of just about anything he puts his mind to. Now what that is going to be, will be interesting to see.
Anyone know what Kari is referring to in her recent tweet? I know it was in response to a question about Christmas ornaments for charity
Kari Sellards @kariontour
@Jana_OR_ @DavidArchie looking into some things right now but maybe there is something that could be “turned into” an ornament! #Standby 🙂
Hmmm…what could be “turned into ” an ornament?
Djafan, I second your 10 exclamation points: “ONCE THINGS GET CONFIRMED” !!!!!!!!!!!
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skydancer1x said
Jan,”I love the part where he says “you do have burgers too, tho”! 🙂 haha me too:)
Just keep shaking my head, over how good he was in those commercials!.(like the guy listening to David singing Stevie Wonder in the restaurant, haha) Great church story too.thats awesome! David is THE perfect role model for everyone♥
Hi Kaycee!♥ I sure do miss our lovable chameleon!
Hi Emme! love your story”“oh wow grandma, that’s a good one!” haha .
As for loud,is there any other way to listen to D in the car, but ‘volume cranked up to the max’? lol
Have a wonderful day everyone!
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MT said
Missing that boy today .. (ha AND his hair. Wonder if he’s missing it too?)
♥
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djafan said
Jans, David embraces us all, and we feeeeeeel it ♥
This is good. Butterflies in the stomach good lol
Nitya @asweetdownfall 16h
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djafan said
MT, the missing never goes away but I think right now it’s intensifying due to the proximity of his return!!!!
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MT said
23 Dja,
You would think we’d be getting used to it by now, that it would be getting better instead of worse. But I think you’re right.
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jans11 said
17, I listen to David’s music cranked up too! More than once, my kids have walked in unnoticed to me because I’m singing and bopping to the loud music! 🙂 He makes me feel the music so much! 🙂
22, “what if I told you that I have tour dates planned for 2014”!!!!!! EEK, I feel like I’m being teased!! That makes me excited, but missing him all at the same time!!! ♥ Including that gorgeous hair! 🙂
#DA2014
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Angelica said
Fenfan,
I guess I’m with TOfan, “The movie I’d most like to see him make though is a live concert extravaganza… with state-of-the-art surround-sound … on IMAX!!!!”
I really just want him to sing since it’s what he does better than anyone else. That said, if he wants to pursue acting I would like to see him do a dramatic role. He showed he could portray deep sorrow and anger in the role of Josh Bradley and that’s the kind of role that would get people to take him seriously as an actor. Romantic comedies come too close to the trap I think Elvis fell into with acting: besides the problem with the Colonel’s micro-managing him for maximum percentage, he got trapped into roles where he was essentially just a pretty face. Personally, I would love to see him do one dramatic role where he blazes across the screen with such furious passion and intensity that he gets nominated for best actor. Then just walk away and leave them wanting more. Let them buy his music and go to his concerts if they want more. He emotes so much on stage. It’s almost like watching a play, all the subtle and not-so-subtle feelings that cross his face when he is singing, the way he makes you feel everything he’s feeling. But focus all that richness and beauty like a laser into his singing because that is what he does best.
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Kaycee said
Oh. My. Goodness. I just watched that Happy Birthday video clip! Where does all that amazing soul come from?! I would love to hear a little more of that soulful R&B from David when he returns. It just flows so effortlessly from him.
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djafan said
Dang Angelica!
“Personally, I would love to see him do one dramatic role where he blazes across the screen with such furious passion and intensity that he gets nominated for best actor. Then just walk away and leave them wanting more. Let them buy his music and go to his concerts if they want more. He emotes so much on stage. It’s almost like watching a play, all the subtle and not-so-subtle feelings that cross his face when he is singing, the way he makes you feel everything he’s feeling. But focus all that richness and beauty like a laser into his singing because that is what he does best.”
Then I’d like him go back to the big screen at least once every 4 or 5 years only for a great role 🙂
Kaycee, The hazel eyed soul singer! I want more more!!!
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bebereader said
Yes, I was just saying the other night it would be really cool if David blew the socks off of everyone in the movie theater with a good role in a feature film. Later, as they see his name scroll across the credits while he sings the movie’s theme song….”Theme sung by David Archuleta”, they realize that “He can sing too???” Of course I want him to concentrate on his singing career but a little sideways leap can open his popularity up to a new level!!! Hope he has some movie offers waiting for him.
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Dayzee said
Haha. Bebe, you write a nice screenplay. 🙂
Fen, I loved this article. So upbeat. Made me laugh when David said “so much good food out there”. Interesting that he spoke of wanting to understand people. Such serious thinking going on. And throughout the interviews he is constantly expressing his gratitude.
Gave me goosebumps to hear him talk about returning to music after his mission. “Can’t wait to give you guys more music, more performing.” Weren’t there fans who thought he was finished with music? How could they possibly believe that? And now we are talking seriously about tour dates.
I have a difficult time seeing David as Elvis. He does have all of the good Elvis qualities, but for me David has already surpassed him. Not in monetary or popularity measure, but in so many other ways.
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Abrra said
I have been giving this topic considerable thought. For the short term, I am not in favor of David mixing acting in to his singing/songwriting career. One thing at a time please! He has hardly scratched the surface of his professional career and he has the extra burden of restarting when he returns from Chile. Consider the career of Frank Sinatra. He started as a young singer who had fans swooning at his concerts, but waited to begin acting when he was more mature. Frank had the qualities of confidence and an intensity that comes with more life experience. Everything in its own time. David has an uphill climb ahead. I think the distraction of acting takes his focus of the prize.
I wouldn’t object to him doing some fun cameos though!
Abrra
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MT said
Abrra,
“He started as a young singer who had fans swooning at his concerts, but waited to begin acting when he was more mature.” I see him first as a singer, too. While I wouldn’t mind seeing him up on the big screen eventually, I agree that his singing career needs to get back on track first. Plus, the bigger the star, the better the role they are offered. If David ever does do a movie here, I’d like it to be a quality film.
haha That pic …… not so sure about superman.
Maybe … Supersinger? (black outfit, leather jacket/no cape, double S emblem)
The outfit would come with a microphone. 🙂
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Angelica said
MT, can the outfit come with a silver belt?
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MT said
Angelica,
Absolutely! 😀
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Abrra said
My sister sent me a bunch of .gif’s of Baby’s Firsts. These made me laugh out loud!
Baby’s first time picking out a recipe in a magazine.
Baby’s first time forgetting how to use a spoon.
First time trying to get a drink from a hose.
/giggle
Abrra
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Angelica said
Abrra, lol! All 3 of those gifs could be labeled, “Omgosh! It’s RIGHT THERE! Why can’t I get it?”
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jans11 said
35, My girlfriend sent me an email with the bunch of babies too. They are so cute! ♥
#DA2014 Starting on the bottom part of the last tower of the Temple! Whoo hoo!!!
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Dayzee said
Awww. Such cute babes.
Wanted to express my thanks for Sky’s quote in the upper left corner
“…..counting the days till David and his musical, wonderfully talented, handsome self returns”. She reminded me why we are getting soooo excited!
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djafan said
I hear you Abrra. David’s voice is number one. But as seen in NA, the guy has acting skills and with a gooood project it will only bring attention to him and then he can slay them with his voice.
Miley doesn’t have the voice yet she brought attention to herself and her music is number one all over the world and it’s a pretty good album. Not that I’m saying David should ever do the antics she’s done for attention but the key word here is attention. He brings attention to himself and then releases his music and it gets the attention it deserves.
Those babies are adorable!!!!!
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djafan said
#throwbackthursday!!!!!
David Archuleta @DavidArchie
On top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel overlooking Singapore. #throwbackthursday from 2010! (KS) pic.twitter.com/VWlhlzxS55
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Abrra said
Oh! Just last night I found this on twitter, posted by Mackenzie Harris. Must be the same time?
Abrra
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bebereader said
Djafan#39,
We speak the same language! Exposure, exposure, exposure is the name of the game in showbiz. Bring attention to him in a good movie and that attention will spill over to his primary career.
This video has gone viral on the web.
credit AmazingVine
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djafan said
Bebe, that so cute.
Loca’s indeed lol
Latina Magazine @Latina 2h
@DavidArchie: Maybe it’s your swoon-worthy voice, but girls everywhere are going completely loca for you!
David Archuleta
The 22-year-old singer’s loyal fans can all agree that Archuleta is one adorable piece of talent!
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poof said
Latina Magazine knows what it is talking about!!
Since seeing David on AI, which was Before I had ODD, I have longed to see David play “Tony” in West Side Story,preferably on a “maxi screen”. I would die and go to heaven.
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emmegirl14 said
Good point dja – it is so tough to get noticed in the entertainment industry, (may partly explain why some go to the extremes they do) maybe an acting gig, like a small dramatic part, would pique interest and get people checking him out. His talents are too many and too great to not be mined and shared.
#40 HI David!
Babies 🙂
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fenfan said
I had been unable to get on the internet for the longest time because fire at my internet service provider knocked out a bunch of cables that left many people without access. Anyway things are back to normal and I can see that you guys have been having a great conversation going on while I’d been gone.
It looks like we are all agreed our guy can act and should do it but we are not quite of one mind about when he should start dazzling the world with his acting!
I want that live concert movie with surround sound on Imax too…right now. I want him to tour the world, slaying everyone with his voice. I want him to turn in an award-winning performance in a blockbuster movie. I want him to win grammys, emmys, oscars, tonys and every accolade there is to win. Most of all I want him to sing and be happy being just David.
#40 my beautiful hometown looking even more dazzling with that handsome fella in the foreground.
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Dayzee said
Fen, isn’t it great how David improves any landscape? My hometown also dazzles when handsome David is here. So excited to think this may happen again soon. Well, kinda soon.
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gladys1961 said
Today I have the certainty that dreams come true. Part of my dream was done on July 15, 2012, when I saw David for the first time. Then I Started to dream again. Would have any chance of being in the first concert of David, when he left his mission in Chile. And that idea began to dance in my head.
Today I have in my hands my passport with the visa, that dream will come true in 2014.
When I see David always think the same, “the best of David’s coming.”
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djafan said
Congratulations Gladys! There will be many archangels ready and willing to welcome you to the states! God willing we will meet 🙂
#throwbackthursday picture tweeted by Kari has thousands of likes!
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jans11 said
Glad for you Gladys! You gotta have a dream to make a dream come true! And it looks like yours is gonna happen! Hoping to be able to meet you some time next year! 🙂
#DA2014
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Angelica said
Congratulations Gladys! Hope to meet you at that first concert when he returns!
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emmegirl14 said
Gladys, I love your spirit, you have made your dream come true! Will see you in 2014!
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emmegirl14 said
fenfan, “my beautiful hometown looking even more dazzling with that handsome fella in the foreground”….nodding in agreement 🙂
I didn’t realize you had videoed that Crazy – it’s been the one I listen to in my car since the first time I heard it, thanks!
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Abrra said
http://www.livestream.com/thevoiceunplugged
Abrra
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Dayzee said
How could I resist such a striking invitation! David overshadows even a jungle leopard.
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bebereader said
Gladys,
Couldn’t let the day go by without wishing you
on obtaining your passport and Visa! I’m so proud of you.
Looking forward to seeing you in the US of A!
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