Tidbits 3/28

AOL Television says Clay is the 9th most sexy American Idol. Of course, in our books he's #1.

• Foxes On Idol on why Melinda Doolittle has it to win AI6 -

  Ever since Season 2 of American Idol, I have always picked a favorite whom I vote for repeatedly. In Season 2, that favorite was Clay Aiken; in Season 3 my favorite was LaToya London; in Season 4 I first was interested in Nadia Turner and then in Vonzell Solomon; and in Season 5 I rooted for Paris Bennett. With the exception of Nadia, my previous favorites have always managed to come close to winning but never won. Now, I have a new favorite for Season 6. Her name is Melinda Doolittle.

• Esquire - random Clay mention...

  Mom's in the kitchen serving up homemade peanut-butter pies. And in the dining room, there's talk about the best site to score purebred Pomeranians online. This fish fry in Lebanon, Tennessee, could well be the only party tonight within a thousand miles where there's more Bordeaux to be had than Budweiser. And this is what one of the allegedly rowdiest bands of drug-addled, tight-panted egomaniacs in rock 'n' roll calls a party? Clay Aiken probably throws better dinner parties.

• Mrs. Jones On Idol - nice write up for the TBAF Internet Auction which is happening right now:

  LISTEN UP, CLAY FANS!
  
  This is a great cause - click here and check it all out! Clay's raising money for a great charity! Click Here!
  
  The Bubel Aiken Foundation has a live Internet auction going on!! Check out the stuff, people - signed items from Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Katharine McPhee and the rest of the gang!
  
  This is the Internet Auction instructions: Click Here!
  
  This is Clay and Friends Items - Click Here!
  
  There are lots of really hot autographed items from various Idols, all to benefit The Bubel/Aiken Foundation - Go win this stuff!!!!!!!!!

• The Art of Getting By - AI6 has no real standouts... not as exciting as AI2 when they "rejoiced in rooting for the underdog that was Clay Aiken."
• DVD Verdict - a review of a new DVD set for FOX's TV show "The Loop". During one of the episodes earlier this season, an "I Love Clay Aiken" shirt was spotted -

  Add to that drunken egg-eating contests, a burro race in Mexico, humans made out of cold cuts, Nair-induced crotch burns, 'I Love Clay Aiken' T-shirts, lewd references to hard drives, beer-drinking canines and diaper-clad chimpanzees.

• Raleigh News & Observer - mentions Clay's Aug. 10 concert in Cary, NC:

  Meanwhile, if you couldn't get tickets for Clay Aiken's ultra-exclusive Saturday charity gala at Raleigh's Capitol Club, he'll be singing out at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park on Aug. 10.

• 11 Eyewitness News-Raleigh/Durham/Fayettville - Article entitled "Judge Hears Aiken Lawsuit"

  The Clay Aiken lawsuit is expected to go before a Wake County judge. An author is suing Raleigh's favorite American Idol.
  
  Jeannie Holleman, the author of "Clay It Forward: The Unauthorized Biography" is suing Clay Aiken for emotional and punitive damages.
  She says Aiken, his family and associates ruined the sales of her book by denying the truth of the book and saying she is not a family friend.
  
  Aiken's attorneys have filed motions to dismiss the case.

• Clay Aiken, The Ideal Idol - A new poll is up at The Ideal Idol which asks, "What states would you like Clay to appear in concert that haven't been listed in the upcoming tour?" Scroll down a little and look for "POLL 3/28/07 NEW".
• Daily Gamecock... whatever this is. I wonder who on Earth keeps 20 Clay Aiken CDs at an athletic department...
  

  Instead of getting ornery with their girlfriends or crying after sex, they allegedly chose to break into the athletics department facilities and steal computers, money and 20 Clay Aiken CDs.

• Carolina On My Mind - Clay nation heating up this week with BAF gala on Saturday.