There had been some vague rumblings that David Archuleta's dad, Jeff, had a little bit of a stage dad thing going on. But late last week, news broke that Jeff Archuleta had been banned from rehearsals and backstage goings-on. He'll still get to sit in the audience and wave frantically during the show, though.

The story, reported by TMZ.com and the Associated Press, says that Jeff Archuleta interfered with David's performance last week, suggesting he supplement his performance of "Stand by Me" with a verse from Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls," which samples "Stand by Me." Producers said no, David did it anyway, Jeff's now banned. The unapproved change probably has some royalty implications, among other problems.

Read the original TMZ report, the AP story and today's People.com report, which has family friends saying that Jeff can't help with arrangements anymore because it's "a fairness issue." And in case you can't get enough, USA Today has an interesting analysis of the whole situation here.