Nigel Lythgoe producer of American Idol is speaking out about Jeff Archuleta’s ban from being backstage. Rumor has it that David’s dad was meddling with David’s acts. He apparently made David sing a verse of “Beautiful Girls” by Sean Kingston in the middle of David’s song “Stand By Me”.

Nigel speaks out about the ‘banishing’
“‘Banished’ is a terrible word, isn’t it? It sounds like we’re in some far-off kingdom. He has been asked not to participate in the choice of music with David or be in the room when David is working out his routines that he wants to sing. He’s fine to be in the studio, nothing wrong with that. We just want David to be able to be free like everybody else to get on and do what they want to do.”