Utah Loves Archie

David Archuleta had nothing to worry about when he said he wanted to “make Utah proud” during an interview with the Deseret News Monday afternoon. A few hours later, the screams were deafening when he appeared at American Idols Live concert at the E Center.

In fact, the screaming audience made it impossible to hear Murray’s “American Idol” runner-up sing his version of Robbie Williams’ “Angels.” It was obvious a lot of the 10,000-plus audience members were there to see the “American Idol” runner-up but not necessarily hear him.

In addition to “Angels,” Archuleta sang OneRepublic’s “Apologize” and the golden oldie “Stand By Me,” which featured an interlude of Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls.”

And while Archuleta smiled and told the audience he appreciated all the support, he broke down, crying as he sang his version of Josh Groban’s “When You Say You Love Me.”

David Archuleta performance in Utah- Angels

David Archuleta singing Stand By me in his hometown Salt Lake City, Utah on July 14,2008
with a warning to turn your speakers down.

The crowd was so loud! It’s a little hard to hear him sing with all the screaming girls, sorry. He really appreciated the crowd. (Not shown in the video) After he was done singing, the crowd continued yelling for almost 4 minutes, he got chocked up and was crying a little, he wiped his tears with his sleeve and said to the crowd “see what you made me do.” It was a beautiful moment.