Tidbits 6/3

• South Florida Sun-Sentinel on AI6 top 3 contestant Melinda Doolittle -

  She'll do fine, just as other also-rans such as Clay Aiken, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry have. I would rather have any of their careers than those of Idols Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino or Taylor Hicks.
  

• A few mentions of the summer tour:
• WFAA-TV:

  If you've been thinking it's time to take your many talents out of the closet and trot them onstage, you could have that opportunity at Frisco Freedom Fest on July 4. Of course, you'll have to be willing to do this for free, but you could say you (sorta) shared a stage with Clay Aiken, who'll perform as part of the evening's festivities.

• Fosters.com
• Grand Rapids Press - "American Idol star Clay Aiken on July 23 and Sheryl Crow on Aug. 1."

• Carolina On My Mind comments on the Claynadian frenzy that has overtaken the Clay nation the past few days. The photo to the right (taken by the CB's RedBay) was from last night's opening of the new Royal Ontario Museum where Clay was rumored to be performing. In there end, there was no Clay.
  

  In response to a trail of hints and rumors that Clay Aiken would possibly be a surprise guest performer with David Foster Saturday night, fans descended in droves from various parts of Canada to attend the Royal Ontario Museum's "A World of Possibilities" concert in Toronto.
  
  Alas, there was no Clay on the program. However, this impromptu response to the possibility will go down in CA fandom history right alongside such wishful/waiting/watching occasions as the multiple page refreshes of the "Raleigh Dotcert," the correspondent's dinner during which fans were glued to C-Span for hours hoping for a glimpse of the back of the singer's head, and the SpongeBob marathon viewing for intermittent sightings.