Tidbits 5/19

• MonstersAndCritics: 'The Wheelchair Project' applied for BAF grant to purchase new wheelchairs.
• Another fantastic Associated Press Idol article: "On the it-doesn't-hurt-to-lose side of the AI ledger, Clay Aiken, 27, who lost out to Studdard, sold nearly 4 million copies, combined, of his records Measure of a Man and Merry Christmas with Love."
• Baxter Bulletin... another AI article. Mentions Clay and Bo Bice's success even though they were runner-ups.
• Detroit News: Josh Gracin article... mentions him being from the Clay/Ruben season of Idol.
• 2 articles from the Boston Herald: this first one says next week's AI show down will be like "Clay Aiken vs. Kathy Griffin." And this second one asks whether anyone this season will be "the next Clay Aiken."
• Not news... but News 14 NC has a nice photo of Clay in this AP Idol article from yesterday.
• Richmond.com: Kimberley Locke will be known as the one who lost to "Clay/Ruben"
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Nick Lachey "came across like Clay Aiken with machismo."
• MediaFiends Idol article: My favourite in the top 2 never wins!
• MediaFiends: Nice little "where are they now article"... very complimentary to Clay: "The transformation from nerd to chic will go down as the ultimate American Idol makeover. That, in addition to his voice, continues to drive many a Claymate crazy even 3 years later."