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Clay visited The View today to promote On My Way Here. He sat down for a brief interview, where he talked about the new album, the BAF, Mother's day and his fans, before performing the lead single, "On My Way Here".Clay is scheduled to be on quite a few shows in the coming weeks. From VH1: Rock on TV, here is a listing of shows Clay will be on in the upcoming weeks:
Click on the word "info" to see more information about each program. Note that the newest show added on that list is "ET" on Friday, May 2. Not included in this list are the following shows Clay will appear on:
Wednesday...5/7 Good Morning America - 7-9 am EDT ABC
Thursday...5/8 The View 11:00 a.m.-12 bNoon EDT ABC
Monday....5/12 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 11:35pm EDT NBC
Friday......5/16 Jimmy Kimmel Live approx Midnight EDT ABC (Guests: Ryan Seacrest, Clay Aiken, Kate Nash (musical guest)
Taping to start at 7:00pm PDT on Friday May 16
Monday.....5/19 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 12:35 am EDT CBS
Also, Clay will be on the Rachel Ray Show sometime in May. Mark your calendars now for all 9 of these shows. Stay tuned to CDD for any other shows that may be added.
Clay's The View appearance on Tuesday has been nominated in AOL TV's daily poll of the best moments on TV. Head to AOL Television to cast your vote for Clay & The View!
Aiken's Got Moves
'The View'
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Claymaniacs rejoice! Clay Aiken gets all the 'View' ladies down on their knees.
Clay Aiken Brings "The View" Ladies To Their KneesThe cap is now available at ClackUnlimited.
Huffington Post | January 22, 2008 01:11 PM
Clay Aiken appeared on 'The View' Tuesday to promote his run in Spamalot, which he started last Friday. The interview never had the heat of his Newsweek exchange, but he did discuss the hardships of his role. The former 'Idol' runner-up still managed to get all the ladies on their knees.
Don't forget, Clay is scheduled to appear on The View this morning. The View airs at 10 AM local on most ABC stations!
Looks for photos and recaps on CDD this afternoon!
ABC has posted a new press release about upcoming guests on The View. The press release mentions Clay, who is scheduled to appear on the show on Tuesday, January 22 to talk about his new role on Broadway's Spamalot.
"All My Children" stars Debbi Morgan, Darnell Williams and Rebecca Budig, Colin Powell, Clay Aiken (Broadway's "Spamalot"), Julie Benz ("Rambo"), Tom Brokaw (author, "Boom") and Joan Lunden are among "The View" guests, live, JANUARY 21-25 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET) on the ABC Television Network.
TV Guide is confirming that Clay will be on The View on January 22. What a great way to launch Clay's 4 month stint on Broadway's Spamalot!
Earlier this week, on The View's season opener, it was announced Clay would be on this show "this month".
Clay will return to ABC's popular daytime talk show The View sometime during this season, it was announced today on The View's season opening episode today.
The CB's mammat53 reports: "Sherry Shepard just announced it!
I am watching the new season 1st show of the View. They just announced upcoming guests (in the near future). She said Clay Aiken will be joining us..anyone know when???????"
Clay last appeared on the talk show in September 2006, to promote A Thousand Different Ways.
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Update: listening closer to the cap of this announcement, it is clear that Sherry Shepard said Clay will be on THIS MONTH (January)!
Update 2: TV Guide confirms - Clay is on January 22! Details
Paula Abdul is the co-host and she was asked about whether all the winners deserved to win. She said when it came down to the finals, the right person won. But then she said sometimes the record label doesn't support the winner and Joy said in Season two Ruben Studdard didn't sell as much as Clay Aiken. Paula said yea, Clay Aiken sold more albums than Ruben. Then Barbara starts talking about Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.
It's unclear whether [Idol winner Jordin] Sparks will be as successful as former Idols Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson, but at 17 she has the poise, grace and talent of someone 10 years older.
Nashua Symphony Orchestra will provide the musical backdrop for Clay Aiken when the pop singer visits the picturesque Lakes Region for an 8 p.m. concert Wednesday, July 25, at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in Gilford.
"Meadowbrook contacted us and invited us to perform with Clay Aiken," said Caroline Mardiasmenos, spokeswoman for the orchestra.
As the runner-up in Fox TV’s second "American Idol" singing competition, Aiken garnered scores of fans -- or devoted "Claymates" -- in 2003 with his Southern charm, easygoing demeanor and bright voice.
It was a pretty dead day for real music news but children's entertainment had some hefty headlines with a reported leak of the ending to the final Harry Potter book (he falls in love with Clay Aiken)
I DEFINITELY enjoyed the show. And, he is a FUNNY guy! Those comments about the plane incident and the 'hand over the mouth of a yakkity woman" were priceless!! It seemed to me that Clay and the two girls really, REALLY enjoy doing the show. It was loose, relaxed, and just plain fun.
The singing was wonderful. loved hearing those big notes again -- and in person for the first time! The fact that he covers just about any genre you can think of was also great fun. The TV themes -- Michael Jackson and Madonna??? Unbelievable! He did some GREAT MJ singing there.
I just wish the boy would get the beat into his feet! If he had done the moonwalk on those MJ songs, that place would have come crashing down! The screams and noise -- I thought Elvis had just appeared on stage!
All in all, a GREAT time! I really enjoyed it and definitely hope he comes through here with the Christmas show! I'm kicking myself NOW for not seeing it the last time!
And the songs endure. In 2003, Clay Aiken warbled "Open Arms" during an "American Idol" semi-final round. In 2004, the Boston Red Sox adopted "Don't Stop Believin' " as the theme for their improbable World Series comeback. The following season, "Believin' " rallied the Chicago White Sox.
The View
If ABC licensed the ongoing train wreck morning show The View to game designers, we see it being a great success. After vanquishing the other three foes is when you enter the championship round and face mano a mano against The Barbara: a beast so vile and hideous just listening to her mispronounce words causes massive loss of life. Weapons used include Donald Trump's hair, Clay Aiken's hand and a tiny, drunken Danny DeVito.
A satirical musical Idol: The Musical, which is to open Off Broadway in New York City on July 5. The play looks at the lives of a bunch of Clay Aiken-obsessives and explores how their lives are ruined by Claymania.
"American Idol" is headed to Broadway — well, off-Broadway. Playbill.com reports that "Idol: The Musical," a satire based on the dedication of one group of Clay Aiken fans, will begin previews at New York's 45th Street Theatre on July 5. The play recently opened in Syracuse, New York. ...
American Idol star Clay Aiken's fans have inspired a new Broadway musical. The 'Claymates' will be the focus of a new stage show, called Idol: The Musical. The project is described as "a satirical musical comedy that focuses on the outrageous and delusional fan base of American Idol".
Attention, Claymates: You're not invisible anymore.
Todd Ellis, a drama teacher at Syracuse Civic Theatre, has invested his savings in an eight-week, off-Broadway production called "Idol: The Musical," inspired by hysterical Clay Aiken fans.
The play will take over the 45th Street Theatre in Times Square and will run in July and August. "There is so much hysteria surrounding the Claymates," said Ellis. "He's godlike. The ones that are devoted to him are really devoted."
Clay Aiken Gets the Broadway Treatment
'Idol: The Musical,' which is to open Off Broadway in New York City on July 5, is described as "a satirical look" at the phenomena known as Clay-Mania -- a thumbnail that strikes us as being almost as redundant as "a soporific rendition of 'You Light Up My Life.'"
Clay: Hola!
Kimmel (bad British accent): Cheerio, old boy. Pip pip and all that. D’you have Prince Albert in a can?
Clay (mystified): Do Ah have WHO in a WHAT?
Kimmel (normal voice): Clay, didn’t you make crank phone calls as a kid?
This looks like a "new" photo from Clay's appearance on The View last September. He is being flanked by Angela and Quiana. Thanks to OneSingerGal at the CB for uncovering this at Slide.com.
Small Clay Aiken concert mention in the San Diego Union Tribune ... click on the thumbnail to the right to read it. Thanks to the CB's LUVClay26 for the scan.Clay Aiken 'with' me in the delivery room - As luck would have it, one of my best friends went into labor on Mother's Day. The baby was already five days late for her own birth, a trait definitely genetically inhereited from the mother. We planned, and packed, and rehearsed. I was to be one of her coaches in the delivery room along with her boyfriend. She had her stereo with some Clay music on it, and a prepacked bag with other goodies in it.
The midwife came in,looked, and said "It's time to push!" We were relieved to hear that.
Two hours later, with Mr. Boyfriend and myself looking on, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She kept asking if her baby was ok. The little baby girl had a bit of trouble breathing, but that was mainly due to having to push and kick her way out into the world, listening to Clay Aiken sing for her. All of us were crying.
Pegasus News - some band I have never even heard of being cooler than Clay? What? How's that even possible? Futuresoul Soundclash Go see this show because FSS' Clay Pendergrass is way cooler than Clay Aiken. That's right, bring it Clay Aiken fans, we're not afraid of you.
Because Jordin Sparks' coronation as the sixth "American Idol" winner didn't come until after 10 p.m., "Idol" viewership was adjusted from 29.5 million in fast national figures to 30.7 million in the final national (live plus same-day viewership) tally.
While those numbers dominated the night and added an extra bit of relish to Fox's already preordained May sweeps victory, they were still off rather dramatically from last season's "American Idol" finale. When Taylor Hicks topped Katharine McPhee, the two-hour show averaged 36.4 million viewers.
Fox said last year's finale was the network's most-watched night of entertainment programming ever, though it wasn't even the most viewed "Idol" finale ever. The 2003 showdown between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken was broken into an hour-long preshow and an hour-long finale, with that second hour drawing 38 million.
I was disappointed with the finale. In previous years, there were so many surprises and silly guilty-pleasure skits, like showing Paula and Simon on a date, and Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken in the boxing ring. This year, the finale reminded me of Idol Gives Back all over again. They didn't even splurge for the confetti or choir singers. What was up with that? Are you as upset as I am? Hey, we should start a "Bring back the confetti" petition for next year.
Caroll County Times - best AI performances: 3. "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Clay Aiken, Season 2.
I love any songs backed by an inexplicable gospel choir.
This week on AI, voters picked a new winner. With far more votes than in any American Presidential Election that I know of, over 70 millions viewers voted and Jordin Sparks won over Blake Lewis. Two very different singers appealing to different fans. In fact, the last 4 or 5 finalists will do well. Remember Clay Aiken or Chris Daughtry?
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As we all know, Clay's first single was This Is The Night/Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Do you remember those first few times he sang that song after American Idol was over? I know there are many more besides the three videos I have gotten off of YouTube for you to watch, but these will help bring back those great memories of the early days of Clay.
This first one is from Good Morning America. This was one of Clay's first stops after American Idol. There was a small group of fans in the studio, many holding signs, probably more even outside, to let Clay know how much they loved him. And I'll always remember that smile of his after the song was finished. It was as though he was thinking, "I can't believe they really like me!" Click on the video below to relive these memories.
Next we have This Is The Night on The View. A bigger audience, and an even bigger voice singing it here. Yes, he was in great voice here. And still, there was that smile of his at the end, that smile we've all grown to love so much.
Finally, and this is one of my favorites, this is when Clay sang This Is The Night on the AI Tour in Raleigh. Clay rises up onto the stage, and you almost can't hear him for all the cheering from the home crowd. You can feel the pride in that venue that night. The love they had for their home town boy!! The last 3 minutes of the video is almost all cheering, with an obviously touched and tearful Clay taking it all in. I challenge you to watch this part without breaking into tears of your own. I can't!
I think the many memories of Clay singing This Is The Night, whether on his first CD, on a television show, on the AI Tour, or on his Solo Tour, will always hold a special place in each of our hearts. If you haven't watched some of these older performances in a while, maybe this is the night when you can do so!
Looks like RCA has set up an official YouTube channel for Clay ... check it out - Clay Aiken YouTube Channel!
They were playing a promo of their "Best of the 80's, 90's and Today" and played clips from several artists. The only other one I remember was the song Thank You from Dido and then they say...and Clay Aiken and they play a clip of The Way. While that's all fine and dandy, I figured they would use a newer song seeing that The Way never got too far on their hit list. But promotion is promotion. This is the first time I've ever heard them include Clay in one of their promos of the music they play like this. So it's all good.
Raleigh Chronicle has a write up about the Raleigh News & Observer's Clay cartoon they posted a few weeks ago. The News & Observer daily newspaper of Raleigh has posted another "spoof" cartoon by animator Grey Blackwell and this time, the cartoon focuses on Clay Aiken and other American Idol stars from North Carolina.
Give me 17 dollars in my cutoff jeans pocket, a right-field bleacher seat at a 62-degree, early-May matinee at the Jake, 4 1/3 perfect innings of Fausto Carmona, an iPod loaded with Clay Aiken and a movie-theatre-size box of Jujubes and I'll sell you a like-new queen-size waterbed that cost me over $700 for fifty bucks and a 12-inch Subway Italian BMT.
MasterCard loves me. I called to increase my credit limit as we are buying a Jacuzzi and I was buying a large block of group tickets for friends to see Clay Aiken perform at The Mann Center in Philadelphia. Sometimes they ask why you want a credit increase. What would I have said? Soaking my head and soaking my heart?
