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It's called "Cinema Therapy" on the WE channel where they are showing "Coal Miner's Daughter" and the two hosts were talking who their favorite idol is after they showed a clip of Patsy Cline in the movie. The lady said her idol is Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks and the guy said his favorite idol is Clay Aiken.
He didn't elaborate. They went on to talking about Rod Stewart and others.
It really took me by surprise. I had to glance over at the TV real quick when I heard that!
Thought that was cool!
'Occasionally someone like Carrie Underwood or Fantasia walks in,'' Cowell says, ''and you just absolutely know [they] could win. This year, I think it's going to be more like season 1, not as obvious. I really hope that, actually.'' Which is not to say that the judges don't have a couple of early favorites. Jackson cryptically predicts the winner will be ''someone with curly hair,'' while Cowell is eyeing two strong contenders: ''One guy who stands out in the crowd and has what I call the likability factor. He's not what I would call the typical American Idol because he's different... but everyone liked him.'' (Actually, that didn't seem to hurt Ruben Studdard. Or Clay Aiken. Or even Taylor Hicks.) The other is ''one girl who's got an incredible voice... but not much personality at the moment.''
I[t] didn’t really hit the big time until I wrote a column about unattractive rock stars and compared Clay Aiken to a naked Ken doll. Outraged Aiken fans that obviously have a problem with eunuchs flooded the online version of the column with comments such as this one:
“Lay off the comments about Clay Aiken. Sexy? ABSOLUTELY! By the way, how can you (a man) presume to determine what women consider sexy. You’re way off base on OCB (our collective boyfriend) as we call Clay. He’s so HOT, we don’t even mind sharing him! We just love this sweet genuine mama’s boy. He’s got the looks, moves, and talent — and knows how to make us MELT! Go to a concert, dude, and watch how he seduces the audience. He’s WHAT WOMEN WANT!”
Re-reading those comments still sends shivers down my spine. There were so many comments that the following week I submitted to the will of the people and had a “hot off” with Clay. To the best of my ability, I recreated one of Clay’s iconic pictures and it ran in the paper next to the original. People were urged to vote online who was the hottest. I lost.
For example, "Build Me Up Buttercup" was performed by Clay Aiken a few years ago, and is featured as one of the playable songs.
If you've noticed, I've just changed the Clay photo that adorns our left sidebar... getting a bit tired of the "old Clay", so here's a "new Clay" for you to thud at.
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According to an email sent to the CB's WizofOzFan, UNICEF plans to add a clip from November's UNICEF Snowflake lighting in New York City on January 15. The clip will be viewable from UNICEFUSA.org. The stunning Snowflake, located at the corner of 5th Ave and 57th St. in NYC serves as a "beacon of hope" for children around the world. Clay helped light the Snowflake on November 18.
I emailed Unicef to ask about the Snowflake lighting video footage, since they show a video from the 2005 lighting on the website. I got back a very lovely (and timely) response:Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, ATDW, All Is Well, Merry Christmas With Love, Invisible
Thank you for your interest in the UNICEF Snowflake. We plan on having a brief 2006 hoisting and lighting video on our website by January 15. Please visit www.unicefusa.org/snowflake to view it.
Happy New Year!
Michael
Michael J. Burlingame
Ambassador Program and Special Events
:) Love those Unicef folks!
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38 Street
New York, NY 10016
For every child
Health, Education, Equality, Protection
ADVANCE HUMANITY
RCA is now distributing "A Thousand Days", the new single, to radio stations nationwide with this gorgeous CD. If that was available in stores don't you think it would fly off the shelves like hot cakes? Unfortunately, this CD is only available to radio stations music programmers, so you won't be able to buy copies at your record store. However, as always, if you have the budget to do so, you can grab a copy off eBay.
Interestingly, the album version of ATD is 4 minutes 28 seconds, while this radio edit is 4 minutes 3 seconds. RCA announced last month that "A Thousand Days" will impact AC radio on January 15. Also, don't forget to check out a fan made ATD video posted to YouTube recently. Watch it here.
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We've been hearing word that ATD will be the new single and will begin impacting AC radio this month. However, don't count on RCA to make a video. But, who needs RCA when Dolphinfreak618 posted this gorgeous homemade ATD video to YouTube?
Former runner-up Clay Aiken will confound his management by attempting to make a record that doesn't suck.
In the ensuing confusion, his record company will inadvertently out him, causing non-Claymates to heave a collective ``duh.''
The album will top many year-end lists.
If Ohio State Went on American Idol. Come on. Clay Aiken's fans sure didn't think the system was fair. Jennifer Hudson might take home an Oscar for Dreamgirls, but she didn't win thetop Idol prize. And would you want Ohio State's chances to be based on how well its fans could speed-dial?
cientists hope a long spell of 30-below weather combined with aerial spraying might kill off existing Idol winners, but they fear that Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken are simply too well established.
The CB's aikensangel2549 spotted another one of Clay's comments on Brett's MySpace page. If you recall, Clay left messages on both Quiana's and Brett's MySpace pages last month.
The comment was actually posted on Christmas day and simply & eloquently reads:
Awww....It's really not Christmas without you.
Miss you.
c
Clay has been in many end-of-the-year lists thus far, and here's another one to add. His song, "Without You", from A Thousand Different Ways is #91 in Bill Lamb's Top 40 "Top 100 Pop Songs of 2006". As Bill states, "This is admittedly a subjective list based on judgements of quality instead of sales figures or radio airplay...This list should be a great conversation starter and feel free to agree or disagree. Either way there is a lot of great pop music to be found here."
I agree with him that quality rather than radio play should be the main factor of whether a song makes a "top" list. He makes a good argument for this by saying, "For the first single from the album A Thousand Different Ways, Clay Aiken turned in a strong version of this pop classic, but it promptly sank with little support from pop radio." Sank to the bottom, maybe, but only because the radio stations didn't play it. But played or not, it was still a strong and beautiful song. In his initial review, Bill Lamb states that the pros of the song are:
The beauty and clarity of Clay Aiken's voiceHe also said,
Very nicely propulsive instrumental arrangement
The emotion is restored to this classic song
The pure beauty in Aiken's voice is abundantly showcased here, and the arrangement gives a contemporary twist on the song. The mix is pleasantly propulsive and percussive which will sound great on pop radio. Mainstream pop radio should give this track a chance. Its popularity may surprise more than a few radio programmers.How I wish radio stations would listen to him. Read the rest of the review by clicking on the above link or here.
Runner-up of the latest season is ABC's hit show Dancing With The Stars, Mario Lopez (far right) was categorized as the "Clay Aiken of Dancing With The Stars" by Jimmy Kimmel last night on his show.
What a fantastic mention!
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For the holiday week at Lycos 50, Clay has dropped to #22 from #13 the week before. Clay had been at #12 or 13 for several weeks, so this drop of 9 spaces is a bit of a surprise. Clay has also been on the Lycos 50 for 183 weeks, or 3 years and 33 weeks!
Now that our holiday festivities are over, we'd better start doing our searching again and bring Clay back up on the list. Some things to search for, you ask? Clay Tour, Clay and ATDW, Clay Aiken pictures and videos, Clay and BAF, Clay Aiken Lyrics...just use your imagination and starting searching!
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UNICEF and the National Association of Broadcasters are announcing the release of new 15, 30 and 60 seconds PSA spots that will air on TV stations nationwide and in Canada.
Clay joined fellow UNICEF ambassadors Sarah Jessica Parker, Ralph Fiennes, Lucy Liu, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Tea Leoni, Susan Sarandon and Alyssa Milano recently to record the PSA.
Clay's last PSA announcement for UNICEF came 2 years ago this month following the devastating December 2004 tsunami in South-East Asia.
The press release notes:
The PSA aims to harness the influence and popularity of the UNICEF Ambassadors in raising awareness about the real issues that affect why kids are dying throughout the world.Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, ATDW, All Is Well, Merry Christmas With Love, Invisible
Produced by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the 15, 20, 30, and 60 second PSAs offer disturbing statistics about child survival issues, such as the fact that a child is orphaned every 15 seconds. Additionally, the campaign demonstrates in concrete terms that these statistics can easily be overcome through the work of UNICEF. The PSA will be distributed to 600 network affiliates and 250 cable networks nationwide starting in early January and will air in advertising times that will be donated by the media.
The child survival PSA is endorsed by the Ad Council and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). NAB distributes PSAs to television stations nationwide on the third Friday of every month, from 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (ET). Additionally, the PSA will be on the NAB website for download.
The CB's joycez is in the process of making this STUNNING cross-stitch of Clay's 2003 Rolling Stone cover. As you can see, it's not completely done, but it's looking great so far!
The mother walked into the house and said "OKAY are you ready to see Clay Aiken?" and the girl was like "no i cant...(somthing about homework) and the mom said "Okay well I cant go to a Clay Aiken show without a teenage girl, I'll look like a weirdo"
OneSingerGal at The Clayboard has informed us of two more Clay/Kelly "hand over the mouth mentions" on two television shows "end of the year" news.
Anderson Cooper on CNN had celebrity goof-ups at the end of his 2006 overview show and this was mentioned. Doesn't appear that too big a deal was made out of it though.If this is all the scandal they can come up with on Clay, then I do believe that all is well in Claynation. Not to mention that it keeps his name out there for the public to hear. And its great that the segment ended with Clay saying that all was fine between the two of them.
Also on Inside Edition's weekend edition and their Monday show, Ripagate was mentioned in their list of celebrity scandals. OneSingerGal tells us that it "showed clip of Clay standing with Kelly, both smiling, while they introduce the dancers...then the hand over mouth clip, then a repeat of the Clay standing with Kelly clip.....Clay looked sooo happy in this clip....the voiceover was something like this - at least this scandal ended happily ! - ....showed the clips i just mentioned, then showed the clip of Clay at his house, saying how he and Kelly had talked, and all was fine with them."
Clay's May 2006 makeover on American Idol is still making news.
On POPSUGAR.com, you can vote for your favourite celeb makeover of 2006. As of right now, Clay is fourth place, so get voting Claymates!
NewKerala.com is naming Clay's makeover as 2006's #1:
Clay Aiken named celeb who had best makeover in 2006Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, ATDW, All Is Well, Merry Christmas With Love, Invisible
Washington, Jan 2: While we assumed that celebrities - Hollywood's so-called arbiters of style - had reached the pinnacle of fabulousness, 2006 showed us that some of our favourite celebs have raised the bar even higher with their makeovers last year.
Popsugar.com named the best and boldest celeb redos of the year.
Former "American Idol" star Clay Aiken - who had a major makeover - was voted number one in the website's favourite new look of the year poll, after fetching 33 per cent of the total votes.
Singer Ashley Simpson - who had plastic surgery, most significantly a nose job - came in second with 640 votes(25 per cent).
Third slot was taken by Janet Jackson, who lost a whopping 60 pounds in just a few short months.
Clay blogged today to wish us a Happy New Year. Clay said he was "blessed" to have such "amazing folks" like us and that he's looking forward to another amazing year with this "family".
Happy New Year Clay!
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Christian has been working closely with Clay Aiken and his executive producer Jaymes Foster, sister of legendary producer David Foster.
"A Thousand Days" was released on Clay Aiken's album "A Thousand Different Ways." The album debuted at #2 on Billboard's Top 200 albums the first week it was released. Christian wrote “A Thousand Days” specifically for Clay. Clay Aiken has performed Christian’s song on national television, including Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Martha Stewart Show.
You have to hand it to O'Donnell—she knows exactly what she is doing. Her antics have appeared in every entertainment magazine and New York City newspaper—and every story is one more press clip for The View. First there was the Kelly Ripa/Clay Aiken brouhaha, where, when Ripa reprimanded Aiken for putting his hand over her mouth, O'Donnell labeled Ripa "homophobic." Yup, O'Donnell knew the press would jump on that.
As 2006 has drawn to a close, we've seen many different ways that people have used to express their memories of Clay. However, today I have found one that absolutely took my breath away. "Year In Review-2006" by Dreamlarge and available for viewing at YouTube, is an amazing look at all things pertaining to Clay in 2006. She uses both videos and some of the best pictures available to remind you of such things as Clay's appearance on The Tonight Show, the CD signing at Virgin Megastore, the infamous Tyra kiss, and of course, the Christmas tour.
