Clay Talks About UNICEF and "Idol" on GMA

Clay spoke with Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer this morning about his work with UNICEF. Before the appearance, Clay met kids and fans who had come to see him.

The extremely short interview was primarily focused on Clay promoting the recently announced UNICEF/Yahoo! promotion which features UNICEF ambassadors such Clay posing provocative questions. Clay says he currently has no planned UNICEF missions, but is looking at "options".

Diane also brought up the topic of American Idol. To Clay's surprise, she played Clay's 2002 American Idol Atlanta audition and was asked whether producers prepared auditioners for the rath of the judges. Clay says producers told contestants to fight back to "produce that TV moment".

When questioned about the success of AI3 contestant Jennifer Hudson who recently won a Golden Globe and received an Oscar nod for her role in the wildly popular movie Dreamgirls, Clay jokingly said: "I'm jealous. There was a point I was considered the most successful 'Idol' loser, but now I'm not anymore. I saw the movie and she deserves the Academy Award. Now I'm going to be in second place again."

Video is now available at ClackUnlimited.com.


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Update: GMA added a very small mention of this to ABCNews.com... it reads: "Feb. 2, 2007 -- Singing sensation and "American Idol" alum Clay Aiken is helping children all over the world through UNICEF. Visit Aiken's page at unicefusa.org to learn more about his efforts. "

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Update 2: the Clayboard's HopelesslyDevoted has uploaded some videos and photos from the GMA studio to her Photobucket account. She was one of the lucky few who got to see Clay this morning.

• Video 1 - inside the studio
• Video 2 - talking with the GMA crew
• Video 3 - Leaving the studios - outside