Clay Mentions 12/26

AI4 Runner-up Bo Bice following Clay's footsteps to success - AP wire story.. will begin popping up everywhere.

Bice out with debut album "The Real Thing"

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Bo Bice broke the rules. But under the circumstances, he believed that he had no choice.

Advance orders of "The Real Thing" have reached more than 700,000 copies already, Bice says during a phone interview. That would mean he's already got a gold record (500,000 in sales) and is well on his way to platinum.

"American Idol" has made Bice, 30, a hot property this year, both for his music talent and for his long-haired sex appeal. Although he finished the TV show's fourth season as the runner-up, this Alabama native seems poised to follow Clay Aiken as the also-ran who actually runs away with it.

Article about the 2005 Celebrity Naughty or Nice list - Clay's on the 'nice' list. Polls are still open, you can vote for Clay by clicking here. Clay currently has around 2100 votes, but is still trailing Barry Manilow.

Santa is letting the people vote for the top 10 Naughtiest and Nicest Celebrities of the year
/UCWE/ - This year, for the first time in history, instead of checking his List, Santa Claus is checking his Blog to see which celebs were naughty and nice -- as he prepares to go public with his 2nd Annual Top 10 Celebrity Naughty & Nice List on Christmas Eve.

The votes have been rolling in by the thousands since the North Polls opened just two days ago. The celebrity with the most votes by far is Barry Manilow -- whose fanilows are gung-ho-ho-ho about making sure he's at the tippy top of Santa's Nice List. At last count the Mani-lovers had cast more than 1100 votes for their favorite Mani-man.

Clay Aiken's fans have also been makin' a whole lotta noise in support of their favorite fella! This Clay-Crazy community has cast more than 540 votes to make sure he gets a prime spot on the Nice List!

And, the poll's website had this note today:

SPECIAL BULLETIN: SANTA SPEAKS!
Thank you to everyone for voting... and congratulations to all the Nice kids on the Good List this year -- especially to Barry Manilow and Clay Aiken - two "especially Elfish" elves! To those of you on the Naughty List... I suppose congratulations are not in order... But it's not such a bad thing... afterall... being on the Naughty List means there's lots of room for improvement over the year - and I know in my heart you'll all do your very best! Ummm... George... we'll talk offline about this!