According to the latest entertainment news, pop singer and “American Idol” runner-up DAVID ARCHULETA has decided to put his music career on hold to become… a Mormon missionary.

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Did you see it coming? Neither did we… but we do applaud David for his decision! The 20-year-old singer, who came second to David Cook on the seventh season of “American Idol,” revealed his plan during a concert in Utah. He said:

Singer David Archuleta’s father was arrested for soliciting a massage parlor prostitute. David‘s father, Jeff Archuleta, says he was seeking treatment for a back problem at a Midvale, Utah massage parlor when cops raided the building arrested him for prostitution.

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more David and Jeff after the hop…

According to the police report, Jeff “admitted to receiving sexual gratification from the masseuse” and pleaded “no contest” with a $582 fine.

As usmagazine.com reports, Jeff’s lawyer, Eric Bauer, is denying all this:

David Archuleta, former American Idol contestant’s music video: Crush. Something mellow and innocent is urgently needed after writing about Aubrey O’Day and her fetish.

Here’s David Archuleta’s Crush music video:

 

I hung up the phone tonight
Something happened for the first time deep inside
It was a rush, what a rush

‘Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way about me
It’s just too much, just too much

David Archuleta, 17 closed last night’s American Idol episode with John Lennon’sImagine“  and the judges loved him! Randy Jackson said that’s one of the best vocals he’s ever heard on the show. Paula Abdul said he’s destined to superstardom!Even Simon Cowell loved him. Cowell said he’s the one to beat and boy, you know how tough Simon gets! I bet on Archuleta. How about you?

Watch video of David Archuleta singing Imagine on American Idol: