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• The CB's claysladylove says Tyra Banks mentioned Clay on her show today:

  Hi Everyone! I was just watching The Tyra Banks Show and she mentioned Clay and showed 2 pictures of him. One with Ruben and another one from American Idol 5.:confstars :wheee :wheee I thought I would let all of you know that. Also Carmen Rasmussen from American Idol 2 is also a judge on Tyra's show today. Have a Great day!
  

• Freep.com - In the article, "'Idol' Contestants Change Their Looks to Fit The Image of a Star", by Julie Hinds, she says about Clay, "Other contenders require more help from products and flat irons. During Season 2, Clay Aiken's hair was transformed from messy-geeky to artfully tufted. Nowadays, he's evolved post-post-show into a much lengthier, lankier 'do."
• TV Guide - TVGuide.com spoke with Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat, Idol Tonight and Reality Chat, about the Top 12 Idols. When discussing the forgetting of words, Kimberly said:

  "It isn't about, "Oh, my god, I forgot a couple of the words," it's about how you recover and if the audience can't tell you forgot the words. I remember Clay Aiken forgot the words during my season [of Idol], and that was during the top four or five. It's not like, "You're a bad singer and can't be the next American Idol," it's just that Haley and Brandon, both of their faces just went blank. You could tell they were hunting for the words. Do a crazy dance or start doing runs, but don't let the audience know that you forgot.

  It was actually during the Top 3 that Clay forgot the words to "Vincent" because a verse was added at the last minute. But Kim is right...Clay acted like a pro and picked right back up as though nothing had happened. That is because, in my opinion, he is a pro!
• Lycos 50 - Clay has dropped 3 spots to #19 on the Lycos Top 50. He was at #19 two weeks ago, #16 last week, and back to #19 this week. We need to get him back up again! Under his name this week, the caption reads, "March 31st Raleigh concert sold out". This would be the Gala!
• TV Guide via The Clayboard - Clayaikenisthegreatest at The Clayboard tells us this:

  From ObLaDi at the CH: "Just got the new TV Guide (3/26-4/1), and there's a small AI piece (Page 83) called "Loss Leaders." "Here's our favorite half dozen who have proven that winning isn't everything." There's a picture of Clay (from the AMA's) with the caption: Quote: Say what you will about Season 2's runner-up, but the kid's voice is crazy good. And his CD sales totally lap the guy who beat him." ObLaDi said: "It's a small mention, but "crazy good" works for me."

• Newsday - who would give Rosie O'Donnell "dead flowers" for her birthday ... "Kelly Ripa, lambasted for secretly wishing Clay Aiken had worn sanitized gloves when muzzling her."
• The State - review of Jamie Foxx concert ... Foxx jokes about Clay:

  Foxx cracked on Britney Spears, Beyonce and Michael Richards, the “Seinfeld” star who shouted racial epithets onstage and then insisted he wasn’t a racist.
  
  “That’s like me wearing a Tevin Campbell T-shirt to a Clay Aiken concert and sayin’ I’m not gay,” Foxx said. He later explained to the audience how (proper) usage of the N-word can describe such mundane things as the club and girls.

• FastCompany.com - not so good mention ... "The American public doesn't always know what a talented individual looks like. I mean -- Clay Aiken -- need I say more."
  

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