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David Archuleta
David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is a singer and a finalist of American Idol's seventh season as of April 2008. At the age of twelve, Archuleta won the Junior Singers competition on Star Search.
David was born in Miami, Florida. He is the second oldest of five children. His father, Jeff Archuleta, is American of Basque descent, and his mother Lupe Archuleta is from Honduras. He has three younger siblings Amber, Daniel and Jazzy and an older sister Claudia. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when he was six and currently lives in Murray, Utah where Archuleta is a student at Murray High School. If his bid to become the next American Idol fails he plans to continue school and keep singing. He once suffered partial vocal paralysis but refrained from risky surgery and feels he has fully recovered.
In 2003, at the age of 12, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. On one episode, he sang against then 13-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who also became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta.
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