and you just thought it was a singing contest . . .

(from MainStreet.com)

David Archuleta will be on his own as he prepares for this week’s American Idol competition now that his father has been banned from the Fox show’s rehearsals and backstage area.

Jeff Archuleta has been rumored to be an overbearing stage-dad for some time, and now the American Idol producers have had enough: An unnamed source told the AP that the senior Archuleta’s micromanaging his son’s song arrangements crossed the line.

You can read the rest of the piece here.

And check out the Positive Coaching Alliance. What caught my attention was the comparison between American Idol & sports. The article quotes a shocking statistic that most kids leave sports because—guess what—it stops being fun. Good food for thought!