Donny Osmond to David Archuleta: "Enjoy the ride!"
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Donny tells David to enjoy the 'American Idol' ride (Deseret Morning News)
Donny Osmond knows something about what David Archuleta is going through right now.After all, Osmond was a nice, clean-cut Mormon boy from Utah who suddenly found himself a teen idol with a big singing career and thousands of girls screaming his name.
And Archuleta, the 17-year-old "American Idol" finalist from Murray, appears to be in the first stages of the same trajectory.
"I just talked to David a couple of days ago," Osmond said in a conference call with TV critics to promote his upcoming stint as co-host, with his sister, Marie, of the Miss USA Pageant. "I think that he can have an amazing career. It's an exciting ride that he's going on."
Responding to a question from the Deseret Morning News, Osmond said he would advise Archuleta to make sure he takes full advantage of the experience.
"It's just the nature of the game of 'Idol' for that kind of enthusiasm and that kind of adulation to take place," he said. "But you've got to ride that wave as long as possible and then reinvent yourself — continually re-inventing yourself."
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