Tidbits 8/26

• LBFCA - Clay and his crush on "robot girl" -

  At the concert in Pala when Clay was setting up the TV medleys part of the show, he brought up a favorite show of his as a kid (and incidentally one of mine), "Small Wonder."
  
  Clay went on to say that he had a huge crush on the star of the show, Vickie, the robot girl.
  

• Toronto Star - quoting Clay's "Sexyback"/Classics medley banter -

  We don't even know what that means and it still creeps us out
  "Thank God we have [Justin Timberlake]. I'm happy to be the person who gets the old ladies covered."'
  CLAY AIKEN

• Vancouver Province - Chris Daughtry article ...

  Davis is, of course, the head of RCA Records and one of music's legendary record executives. He's had huge success in signing other Idol winners, including Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken and Fantasia Burrino. He certainly must have recognized that the groundswell of support for Daughtry -- and the publicity that surrounded his departure from the Idol competition -- made the singer a hot commodity.

• North County Gazette - Jordin Sparks to release debut single tomorrow -

  Earlier this month, Jordin signed to 19 Recordings/Jive Records, becoming the first “Idol” winner to join the Zomba Label Group. Past Idol winners such as Ruben Studdard and Fantasia signed with the RCA Label Groups J, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Hicks with Arista and Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry and Clay Aiken, RCA.
  

• Carolina On My Mind - revisiting the summer tour grand finale