Tidbits 6/5

Another Clay mention in the Canadian press. This is from yesterday's National Post.

• A few more mentions of Clay's visit to Canada last week & this past weekend:
• CBC - "Greenway was working at il Giardino, an upscale Vancouver restaurant, Thursday night when famed music producer David Foster and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken walked in."
• Vancouver Sun - "In between, Greenway performed at a David Foster Foundation event in Calgary with American Idol graduate Clay Aiken, and sang Saturday night at a Toronto Royal Ontario Museum benefit, her boss Il Giardino manager Bobby Copiak said."
• Small Clay mention in Nick Magazine, a poster at RHT reports -

  I don't have it in front of me, and I know it's a children's magazine but hey, kids grow up.
  
  There are 4 idol (non-winner) pictures that you have to match up. Clay's match up blurb is People magazine's most loved idol ever and another survey about him being the best idol ever. Very nice to see him ANYWHERE!

• Clay down to #9 this week at the Lycos50 from last week's #7.
  
• 411Mania - not all American Idols go on to successful careers -

  Outside of Clarkson and Underwood, you have the few "fringe" successes such as Clay Aiken, Fantasia, or that Sanjaya freak who either have an odd cult following or just sacrifice any credibility they could have ever had in the name of a few more minutes of press. Sparks has the phenom factor about her in that she's 17, but I can't see that lasting long enough to guarantee a lasting career.

• CHUD - AI5 runner-up Katharine McPhee enters the world of acting - "After having lost American Idol, Clay Aiken style (I lost, but I'm loved!), Katherine McPhee is doing what any Southern California resident aspires to - acting. "
• Asbury Park Press - 2007 Toms Riverfest canceled. Clay opened his Jukebox Tour 2005 at this festival - "Over the past two summers, Toms River Fest featured such artists as Hilary Duff, LeAnn Rimes, Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Meat Loaf and Maroon 5."

• Nothing here today.