David Archuleta
2007–2008: American Idol and David Archuleta
Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song.

David Archuleta

Section Title: 2007–2008: American Idol and David Archuleta
Table Section Text: Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song.

Week	Theme	Song(s)	Original artist

Auditions	N/A	"Waiting on the World to Change"	John Mayer

Hollywood	N/A	"Crazy"	Gnarls Barkley

Top 50	N/A	"Heaven"	Bryan Adams

Top 24	1960s	"Shop Around"	The Miracles

Top 20	1970s	"Imagine"	John Lennon

Top 16	1980s	"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins

Top 12	Lennon–McCartney	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles

Top 11	The Beatles	"The Long and Winding Road"	The Beatles

Top 10	Songs from birth year of contestants (1990)	"You're the Voice"	John Farnham

Top 9	Songs of Dolly Parton (mentor: Dolly Parton)	"Smoky Mountain Memories"	Dolly Parton

Top 8	Inspirational Songs	"Angels"	Robbie Williams

Top 7	Songs of Mariah Carey (mentor: Mariah Carey)	"When You Believe"	Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

Top 6	Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (mentor: Andrew Lloyd Webber)	"Think of Me"	The Phantom of the Opera

Top 5	Songs of Neil Diamond (mentor: Neil Diamond)	"Sweet Caroline" "America"	Neil Diamond

Top 4	Music of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	"Stand by Me" "Love Me Tender"	Ben E. King Elvis Presley

Top 3	Judge's Choice (Paula Abdul) Contestant's Choice Producers' Choice	"And So It Goes" "With You" "Longer"	Billy Joel Chris Brown Dan Fogelberg

Finale	Clive Davis's Choice New Song Contestant's Choice	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" "In This Moment" "Imagine"	Elton John Ryan Gillmor John Lennon

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Archuleta appeared on American Idol and performed John Lennon's "Imagine" during the Top 20 Week.

final_sentence: Archuleta appeared on American Idol and performed John Lennon's "Imagine" during the Top 20 Week.