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The “American Idols Live!” tour hit town this weekend like the well-oiled machine that it is. The three-hour show moved at a brisk pace — and a few of the performers made a bigger impact than they did while on the show.

Chikezie (he’s since dropped his last name) may have been at the bottom of the top 10 on the spring season of Fox’s “American Idol,” but you would have never known it from his performance Saturday night. His energy and joy were infectious on Ray Charles/Donny Hathaway’s “I Believe to My Soul,” and he had the crowd on its feet dancing with him to John Legend’s “So High.”

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“Don’t fret, my dears, David is one of my favorite people on the planet!!!” she writes. “Rest assured, we all are all super-duper friends, like family, actually, enjoying this tour together.”

The 25-year-old fifth-place finalist on last season’s show says only a technical issue has kept 17-year-old runner-up “Archie” from showing up on her “top friends” box. Both are now on an American Idol tour of the U.S. with the other contestants.

“It’s been driving me crazy … and so after going on a search through hundreds of pages of friends … I still can’t find Archie’s official page … along with a few other Idol contestant friends of mine!” White writes. “In time, I will work it out, when I have few spare moments while on the road!”

White says she’s amazed it even became an issue among some fans.

“It’s kinda funny, and/or interesting how seriously people take this MySpace thing,” she writes. “I can’t believe I’m even writing a blog about this, LOL!!!”

Source: People.com

“I love animals and can’t wait to get more when I grow up,” he said. He also discussed the fact that Spanish was his first language, however he doesn’t speak it as much anymore. He said he loves the Spanish culture, the food, the music, everything. His mom is from Honduras.

The final question Archie answers is about whether or not he works out. Laughing, he points at his arm and says he has gotten flabby since he started his “Idol” adventure. He did say he used to run cross country and would like to start running again.

Whether single or double, David’s singing prowess will surely continue to hit the airwaves.

48.1% David Cook
18.7% David Archuleta
11.1% Michael Johns
9.2% Brooke White
6.1% Carly Smithson
4.2% Jason Castro
1.1% Kristy Lee Cook
0.8% Ramiele Malubay
0.6% Syesha Mercado

Responding to a question from the Deseret Morning News (he was on a conference call with various media outfits), Donny Osmond said he would advise David Archuleta to make sure he takes full advantage of the experience. He said, “It’s just the nature of the game of ‘Idol’ for that kind of enthusiasm and that kind of adulation to take place. But you’ve got to ride that wave as long as possible and then reinvent yourself — continually re-inventing yourself.” You hear that Archie?? =)

David Archuleta 11/10
David Cook 5/2
Brooke White 9/1
Michael Johns 11/1
Carly Smithson 12/1
Syesha Mercado 12/1
Jason Castro 15/1
Ramiele Malubay 25/1
Chikeze 35/1
Kristy Lee Cook 100/1

The source further added that Jeff has turned the day-to-day operations of his company over to staff while Archie will be competing in America Idol. The big question, has David Archuleta’s fame resulted in any residuals for Arch Consulting Group? “We have had some phone calls about it, but it hasn’t really changed the business,” one employee said. “Mostly customers already know what’s going on and call to wish David well.”