David A.'s dad banned from backstage

The Associated Press yesterday reported that David Archuleta's father, Jeff, has been told by producers that he can no longer join his son backstage before he performs on Idol.

The story, which was originally broke on TMZ.com, has been building since the beginning of the competition, as Jeff Archuleta has been called a "stage dad" multiple times and rumors of bad blood between him and David have surfaced. Things finally came to a head when Jeff insisted David include a verse of Sean Kingston's song "Beautiful Girls" during his performance of "Stand By Me" on Top 4 night, which ended up costing Idol more money due to rights needed to include the verse.

There has been no comment from either FOX nor Jeff.