OMWH Used in Olympics Promo in Korea

Clay's "On My Way Here" was used on a TV promo for the Olympic games, which aired on South Korea's MBC-TV network. The CB's Bloomingclay provides us with this transcript:

The captions are pretty nice-it starts with how MBC staffs caught the precious moments of Olympics like
"Kim Chang-bae,cameraman,participated 3 Olympics,15 Gold 25 Silver 15 Bronze'
'Park Kyung-chu,announcer,participated 2 Olympics,17 Gold 22 Silver 19 Bronze'
'Cho Duk-hyung,engineer,participated 3 Olympics,33 Gold 27 Silver 32 Bronze'

and then goes like
'28 times of Olympics,186 moments of glory, and the sweat and tears of 3108 people
and we recorded all those moments although we're not the ones who play, sweat and shed tears.
Now we're preparing for the 29th stage to experience again with you'

OMWH Digest: April 24

• KMart will be selling a special edition of OMWH with a poster, according to an ad at Clay's MySpace page.
• Amazon.com now has 30 second has snippets from OMWH!
• Not only is Clay generating huge buzz Stateside, he's also shaking things up in Korea where he is the #1 pop album/#3 top album this week at SangaRecords.co.kr, a popular Korean entertainment website:

"On My Way Here" Being Released in South Korea

Two music retailers in South Korea are confirming that Sony BMG will release Clay's 3rd mainstream album, "On My Way Here" on May 6 - the same day as the U.S. and Canadian dates.

The Real Hero of American Idol! Clay Aiken

The American Idol who has been the most steadily loved
Sweet Voice Clay Aiken's fourth album 'On My Way Here'

Multi-platinum American Idol Winner Clay Aiken's fourth album after 'Thousand Of Different Ways'.
His First Single&Title Track 'On My Way Here' which is expected to be loved by Korean fans with beautiful lyrics, melody and Clay Aiken's appealing voice!

Talented Korean Claymates' Clay Drawings

Bloomingclay posted these impressive works of art from 2 Korean Claymates.

This one is from a 16 year old girl, loveyouclay:

... and the next 3 are by a 17 year old girl, tomi:

Clay Generating Buzz in South Korea

Clay was the #1 searched term at Naver yesterday, the most popular website in Korea - the equivalent of Google in North America, we're told.

The CB's Bloomingclay explains Clay's sudden jump in popularity:

I didn't know why because there was not anything happened today so I thought it was very unusual,but I found out the reason.
They featured someone's blog in their main page and the blogger was Clay fan.The blog was about how he transformed from a university student to star and why the blogger likes him(his charity works,his voice,etc,etc,etc)

Bloomingclay said a bunch of popular newspapers in Korea picked up the story:

• Game Chosun
• ISplus
• MK.co.kr
• Hankyung
  

The translated version of the stories were posted by Bloomingclay as well:

Who is Clay Aiken?

Clay Aiken,Idol singer who is very popular in the US was the most searched in the website and became the hot topic among internet users.

It seemed that Clay Aiken was introduced through a blog in internet portal website and internet users kept searching about him thinking 'Who is Clay Aiken?'

Clay Aiken is the singer with beautiful appealing voice and was the runner-up in season 2 American Idol. At that time he was not that noticeable because of his skinny appearance but now he is one of the most successful singer from that show.Especially he was chosen for 'the most sexiest male singer' in the US.

Angelic Clay Aiken,Unicef Goodwill Ambassador

Clay Aiken who is the hot topic among internet users also has the big heart.Aiken is well-known for his major in special education in North Carolina University and his helping people with disabilities

His story of auditioning for AI was also special.He taught a kid with disabilities and his mother made him audition for the show.As a result,he became the runner-up of season2 American Idol with his great singing.　

However,Aiken kept his modesty even after his success of debut album. Unlike other stars who become arrogant after getting famous, he said "I want to use my fame as a tool to raise awareness about children with disabilities." and many people were moved by his attitude.In addition,he actively participated in voluntary works so that gave him the nickname 'Angel'

Now Aiken is works at President Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Bush administration.President Bush appointed him as one of 12 members of the committee.

He also works as Unicef Goodwill Ambassador so he visited Indonesia after tsunami and Uganda.In addition,He runs his own foundation, Bubel/Aiken Foundation for children with disabilities.

Samsung Korea Uses Clay's "Shine" In Commercial

Isn't this neat? Clay's "Shine", from Measure of A Man, has once again been used in a Samsung TV commercial currently airing in Korea. Thanks to the CB's Bloomingclay for the heads up and the YouTube link: