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InStyle - Clay Aiken's American Idol transformation -

American Idol Transformations
Clay Aiken
"We have a lot of people on the show, towards the latter part, to help contestants with their style and image," says Cowell. Aiken was one who was subject to such help, getting a makeover of spiky hair that became his signature look on the show. Nowadays, the 29-year-old from North Carolina has grown out his hair and bangs, and filled out his lanky figure.

• Toronto Star quotes Clay from Learning to Sing:

  "The only reason people go to bars is to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like."
  CLAY AIKEN

• More American Idol mentions today:
• Hollyscoop - "Winners should be able to spend the day in Clay Aiken's dressing room, or win a free Sanjaya haircut. "
• The News Tribune - "Hey, Paula! If you’re not interested in the soupy musings of Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Blake Lewis and other top (or near-the-top) Idols, at least check out the foreword by colorful show judge Paula Abdul."
• 411 Mania -

  -Bad street, Atlanta, GA. Baddest street in the whole USA.
  It's the last of the five stops on the American Idol 2007 Audition Tour, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. It's actually the shows 3rd visit to Hotlanta, the city we have to blame for Clay Aiken.
  

• New York Daily News - "Winning the TMI Award this week is ... Clay Aiken, for saying, "I've just kind of shut [my sex drive] off, maybe. Is that bad?" No, what's bad is you flapping your mouth about it."

• Carolina On My Mind - Clay nation introduced to Clay's Spamalot dresser -

  Clay Intros 'Spamalot' Dresser
  
  At the post show stage door gathering after Wednesday's performance of "Spamalot," fans got a little more than autographed playbills, pictures, and video from Clay Aiken when he introduced "the lady who takes my pants on an off."
  
  According to Morganette, Clay entered Shubert Alley with his arm around a red-headed gal, introduced her as his dresser, and suggested they pass the word to the message boards all over the Internet.