David Archuleta Audition American Idol 7

In the summer of 2007, 16-year old David Archuleta from Murray, Utah auditioned for American Idol Season 7 in San Diego, California. Wearing audition number 11394, David said he recently suffered from partial vocal chord paralysis but that he had recovered. He sang John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change", with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song. After singing, Randy commented that David has a really good voice and that he was impressed. Paula said David has a nice tone, mature for David's age; she thinks David is a sweetheart and talented. Simon agreed with the two and added that David has a great choice of song and he liked it. All the three judges voted yes to send David to Hollywood.