 After his performance of " We Can Work It Out " , which judge Simon Cowell called " a mess " , Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father , Jeff Archuleta , who " reportedly yelled at " his son after a recording session the previous night . Jeff Archuleta , in an interview with Us Weekly , denied the claim . A May 2008 Associated Press article reported that Jeff Archuleta had his son add a lyric from the Sean Kingston song " Beautiful Girls " into an interpretation of " Stand by Me " ( from which " Beautiful Girls " samples its bass line ) , increasing the costs for licensing , and that this had resulted in Jeff Archuleta being banned from American Idol backstage rehearsals . Archuleta defended his father , calling him " a great guy " who keeps him grounded . 
