FOX Confirms: Clay to Perform Together With Underwood on Idol Finale

Is that Clay on the right? This picture was captured hours ago by Q100 FM's Kodak Theatre webcamera. The LA radio station has been broadcasting from the Kodak all day.

After yesterday's drama on the infotainment shows on a rumor that Clay will be on the finale of American Idol, marking his first return to the show in over 2 years, FOX has finally ended the mayhem by telling AOL TV this: "Last year's 'Idol' winner Carrie Underwood and 2003's runner-up Clay Aiken are also scheduled to perform on Wednesday."

This was also confirmed by ET's website and Good Day LA today. ET says:

Then on Wednesday night, CARRIE UNDERWOOD will be on hand to sing and to crown the new "American Idol," as will season two runner-up CLAY AIKEN. Another special finale will be a duet between MEATLOAF and Katharine.

Even better, yesterday's drama made some of the best PR I have seen in years... PR that no amount of money can buy. ET, The Insider and WRAL reported that Clay would appear while E! said it was untrue. This gave way to CNN's 11:30 PM infotainment show Showbiz Tonight which featured Clay as its headline story.

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