David Hernandez

Despite the headlines, the big "Idol" news of the week wasn't the revelation that David Hernandez spent three years as a stripper — it was the evidence that David Archuleta doesn't do everything perfectly.Don't get me wrong. He sang the heck out of Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise" while managing to play the piano through the first half. And the piano somehow made him seem older than usual — or at least less like the cherubic wonder boy with the perma-grin.Nevertheless, he inspired Randy to trot out his standard favorite criticism — "pitch problems" — and Simon to deem his song choices "gloomy."Of course, the boy grinned throughout the comments as enthusiastically as if they were calling him the second wonder of the world, like they did last week.Then, as if he had any right to be revealing any more likable qualities, he gave a mini-speech about how much he liked the song because it brought attention to those less fortunate. And the most ridiculous part of it all is that he reall...

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