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Hope I’m not spoiling the surprise for anyone, but David Archuleta earned best new artist honors at the ALMA awards Thursday night in Los Angeles.

David also performed on the show, which was taped last night but will be aired tonight on ABC at 8 p.m. Two photos of his performance appear below.

The ALMA awards showcase achievements of Latinos in music, television and sports. George Lopez and Eva Longoria Parker were hosts, and performances by Shakira, Nelly Furtado and Pitbull are also supposed to be featured on tonight’s show.

The Associated Press, which provided these photos, also moved pics of the Nelly Furtado and Pitbull performances. But nothing of Shakira, who was scheduled to sing her hit, “She Wolf.”

Congrats to David, Idol’s season seven runner-up.

And I’ll keep this much a secret: the song he performed.

Though you can guess this much from the pics: It wasn’t anything along the lines of “She Wolf.”