Newsweek Roundtable Discussion with Idol Winners

Four former Idol winners and two popular finalists talk about what happens backstage, who will win this year and the singers who influenced them the most.

By Ramin Setoodeh | NEWSWEEK
Published May 16, 2009
From the magazine issue dated May 25, 2009

David Archuleta phones in from London to talk to Ramin Setoodeh along with Idol winners Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Taylor Hicks, and Jordin Sparks and another “popular finalist” Kellie Pickler.

David is pure Archuleta in this interview — it is long, LONG, really, really LONG - so I will take you to the article.

Here is a sampling:

Archuleta: I’m in England. I’m a supporting act for a group called McFly.
Fantasia: Oh, that’s big. Congratulations, Dave.
Hicks: What time is it [there]?
Archuleta: It’s, like, 8.
Hicks: Is that morning or night?
Studdard: Is your room small, man?
Archuleta: Yeah. Pretty much. What’s funny is that when I went to the other people’s rooms the other band’s members and their rooms are all bigger than mine.
Sparks: What?!
Archuleta: That’s OK, though. It’s not like that much bigger. And it’s not like I’m here anyway. I just sleep here. And Twitter
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