Michael Sarver
{{short description|American singer}}
{{Lead too short|date=July 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Michael Sarver
| image = Michael Sarver.jpg
| caption = Sarver performing during the American Idol Live Concert Tour in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|3|28}}
| birth_place = Sulphur, Louisiana
| origin = Jasper, Texas, United States
| genre = R&B, soul, rock, pop, country{{cite news |author1=Denise Martin |title=Still smiling, Michael Sarver says so long to 'American Idol' |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/03/still-smiling-m.html |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328222034/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/03/still-smiling-m.html |archive-date=28 March 2009}}
| instrument = Vocals, piano, guitar, drums
| occupation = Singer, oil rig roughneck worker
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Dream Records/Fontana Distribution{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/michaelsarverofficial |title=Michael Sarver on MySpace Music |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=2010-01-10}}
| website = http://michaelsarver.com
}}
Michael Sarver (born March 28, 1981){{cite web|last=Shaw |first=Jessica |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_%2020268652,00.html |title='Idol' exit Q&A: Michael Sarver |publisher=Ew.com |date=2009-03-27 |access-date=2010-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331093701/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20007164_20171835_%2020268652%2C00.html |archive-date=March 31, 2009 }} is an American singer who was the tenth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol.
Early life
Sarver was born in Sulphur, Louisiana, and graduated from Sulphur High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9983879&nav=menu66_2_8 |title=City of Sulphur rallies votes for Michael Sarver |publisher=Kplctv.com |access-date=2010-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601170018/http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9983879&nav=menu66_2_8 |archive-date=2009-06-01 |url-status=dead }} He has two children, McKenna and Grayson.{{cite web |url = http://www.poptower.com/tv/american-idol/michael-sarver.htm | title = Michael Sarver biography, news, and photos | publisher = PopTower.com | access-date = 2009-03-04 | date = 2009-02-20}} He has written over 1100 songs for himself and others since the age of 14, and has also been singing since he was an adolescent.{{cite news |url =http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/03/27/michael_sarver_isnt_ready_to_go_back_to_oil_rig/ | title = Michael Sarver isn't ready to go back to oil rig |publisher=The Boston Globe | agency = Associated Press | access-date = 2009-03-28 | author = Marjorie Szaroleta}} Prior to American Idol, Sarver worked as a roughneck on an oil rig.
''American Idol''
=Overview=
Sarver auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season_8/|title=Top 13 Contestants – Season 8 – American Idol|access-date=2009-03-08}} During the first semi-finals week, he was able to garner enough votes to allow him to continue, beating fellow contestant Anoop Desai for the third spot by just over 20,000 votes. He was eliminated on March 26, 2009, after the panel of judges were unable to unanimously agree to save him.{{cite episode |title= Hollywood Week 2 Wednesday |series=American Idol |series-link=American Idol |credits=Paula Abdul |network=Fox Broadcasting Company |location=Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |airdate=2009-02-17 |season=8}}{{cite web|last=Montgomery |first=James |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605369/20090219/story.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222074508/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605369/20090219/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2009 |title='American Idol' Recap: Alexis Grace, Danny Gokey And, Surprisingly, Michael Sarver Survive |publisher=Mtv.com |date=2009-02-19 |access-date=2010-01-10}} As Sarver was in the top 10, he was able to perform on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009.
=Performances/Results=
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| style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"
| colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Week # | colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Theme | colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Song choice | colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Original artist | colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Order # | colspan="100" style="background:#ccc; "|Result |
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Audition
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"Thank You" | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Boyz II Men | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced |
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Hollywood
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|First Solo | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"More Than Anyone" | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Gavin DeGraw | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced |
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Hollywood
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Group Performance | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"Some Kind of Wonderful" | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Soul Brothers Six | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced |
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Hollywood
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Second Solo | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"All or Nothing" | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|O-Town | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A | colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced |
| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Top 36/Semi-Final 1 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Billboard Hot 100 Hits to Date | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|"I Don't Want to Be" | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Gavin DeGraw | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|8 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced |
| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Top 13 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Michael Jackson | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|"You Are Not Alone" | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Michael Jackson | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|4 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Safe |
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| colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Top 11 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Grand Ole Opry | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Garth Brooks | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|1 | colspan="100" style="background:#FFFCCCC;"|Bottom 2{{ref|1|1}} |
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| colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Top 10 | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|Motown | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|The Temptations | colspan="100" style="background:#faf6f6;"|6 | colspan="100" style="background:#FFFCCCC;"|Eliminated |
- {{note|1|Note 1}} When Ryan Seacrest announced the results in the particular night, Sarver was in the bottom three, but declared safe second when Alexis Grace was eliminated.
Post-''Idol''
Sarver signed with Dream Records/Universal Music Group in December 2009. That same month, he joined "Idol" alums Gina Glocksen, David Hernandez and Alexis Grace on the American Stars In Concert Tour.{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/season-8-where-are-they-now-michael-sarver/1#.Uy0YAPldWkE|author=Brian Mansfield|title=Season 8 Where Are They Now? Michael Sarver|work=USA Today|date=March 12, 2010|access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317183809/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/season-8-where-are-they-now-michael-sarver/1 |archive-date=17 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ydtalk.com/idolchatteryd/michael-sarver-from-the-oil-rigs-to-itunes/|author=Mark Franklin|title=Michael Sarver: From the oil rigs to iTunes|work=The York Dispatch|date=December 8, 2009|access-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322051532/http://www.ydtalk.com/idolchatteryd/michael-sarver-from-the-oil-rigs-to-itunes/|archive-date=March 22, 2014}} He released a self-titled debut album in July 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.ydtalk.com/idolchatteryd/cd-spotlight-the-ferris-wheel-that-never-started-spinning/|author=Mark Franklin|title=CD Spotlight: The 'Ferris Wheel' that never started spinning|work=The York Dispatch|date=November 6, 2010|access-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322074137/http://www.ydtalk.com/idolchatteryd/cd-spotlight-the-ferris-wheel-that-never-started-spinning/|archive-date=March 22, 2014}} and three songs - "You Are", "Cinderella Girl", and "Ferris Wheel" - were released as singles.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} His Myspace page later revealed he signed to Dream Records/Fontana Distribution. He has also become the official spokesperson for Credit Power Educational Foundation, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.creditpower4all.org |title=Michael Sarver signs with Credit Power Educational Foundation, Inc|publisher=Credit Power, Michael Sarver, and TV Guide |date=2010-04-09 |access-date=2010-01-10}} In June 2010, Sarver launched a web site [http://michaelsarver.com http://michaelsarver.com]. In 2012, Sarver left Dream Records due to the inability of the label to fulfill their contractual obligations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:45px;"| US Country[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=michael sarver|chart=Country Albums C}} Michael Sarver Chart History] ! style="width:45px;"| US |
| scope="row"| Michael Sarver
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| 58 | 45 |
| scope="row"| Christmas
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| — | — |
| scope="row"| Begin Again
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| — | — |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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! style="width:65px;"| US Country |
| rowspan="2"|2009
! scope="row"| "You Are" | — | rowspan="3"| Michael Sarver |
| scope="row"| "Cinderella Girl"
| — |
| 2010
! scope="row"| "Ferris Wheel" | — |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Music videos=
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! Year ! style="width:16em;"| Video ! Director |
| 2010
! scope="row"| "Ferris Wheel" | Bender/Jarboe |
| 2014
! scope="row"| "Miss You Something Crazy"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/michael-sarver/1090164/miss-you-something-crazy.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018094229/http://www.cmt.com/videos/michael-sarver/1090164/miss-you-something-crazy.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Michael Sarver : Miss You Something Crazy|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=October 18, 2014}} | Jarboe |
Awards and nominations
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| Year | Presenter | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009
| Choice Summer Tour (shared with American Idol Top 10) | {{nom}} |
References
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