Runner-Up 'Idol' Snags Music Deal

David Archuleta inks deal with Jive
By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 11, 2008 11:39 AM CDT
Runner-Up 'Idol' Snags Music Deal
David Archuleta, left, and David Cook, wait to hear Ryan Seacrest announce the winner of American Idol during the season finale last month.   (AP Photo)

“American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta has inked a deal with “Idol” creator Simon Fuller’s 19 Recordings/Jive Records, the AP reports. The 17-year-old lost to David Cook, 25, a former Missouri bartender, in an upset in last month's finale. Cook signed with the same label, MTV reports; the two albums should both drop in time for the holiday season, with the first official singles out in the fall. (More American Idol stories.)

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