Clay Aiken - In The News

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Ahoy! The bearded boy wonder strolled through LAX yesterday with a doggy bag over his shoulder (his pet pooch is in there). He’s changed quite a bit since the his
“Idol”
days, hasn’t he?
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1. This is the mostly manly I’ve seen him.
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Broadway producers have wasted no time in scooping up “American Idol” contestants. No sooner does each season end than the theater negotiations begin.
But N.C. Theatre producer William Jones is quicker. The day after LaKisha Jones sang “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Broadway’s “Dreamgirls” on “Idol” last month, Jones says, he was on the phone putting in dibs for her to play Effie in “Dreamgirls” at N.C. Theatre.

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with you, we wondered who your celeb crushes might be, and got more than 1,300 comments in response. And not all of them were for Clay Aiken.
You guys are an amazingly diverse — and prolific — lot. How to cut the list down from 1,300 to a more manageable number, like, say, 25? First, we eliminated those celebs who weren’t actors, as interesting as those choices were. Some of the more intriguing ones:

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Booted early from American’s top show, Daughtry sees his solo career soar   By
ALAN SCULLEY
, Special to the Times Union First published: Thursday, March 15, 2007 Chris Daughtry cruised into last season’s “American Idol” finals as the front-runner. But then he got voted off.
“It was definitely a shock to me at that moment in time,” Daughtry said in a recent phone interview. “You’re in a contest and you get to a point where you want to win it. That’s why you got in it. And then when that didn’t happen, it was like, ‘Oh.’ So you have to kind of rethink your game plan a little bit.”

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According to Mediabase statistics, “American Idol” has had a massive impact on radio airplay since its debut six years ago. The Mega-hit Fox television show is now responsible for generating more than six million radio spins. The most-played “Idols” are Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, as the season one and four winners have racked up four million plus radio spins between them. Others who have become household names include Fantasia, Josh Gracin, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.

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A look at the current scorecard shows that the ladies from “Idol” are faring a lot better than the guys, with the exception of Daughtry.
Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson’s third CD is due out this spring.
Click photo for larger image. Here’s who’s up and who’s down — or, in the words of Randy Jackson, who is “da bomb” and whose career looks “a little pitchy.”
DA BOMB
Carrie Underwood:
The all-American girl from Oklahoma just won Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards, and, after nearly 70 weeks, her debut record, “Some Hearts,” is still in the Top 20 on the charts. She can wail and she’s here for keeps.

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RALEIGH -  A special Clay Aiken concert to be held in Raleigh on March 31st has sold out, according to the Cardinal Club where the event is being held.
The special concert called "Champions of Change" will benefit Clay Aiken’s charity, the Bubel Aiken Foundation which helps sponsor programs for children with disabilities.
According to the concert poster, the concert "will provide scholarships for children with special needs to be included in programs and activities that will allow them to learn and play and have fun."

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Good Morning America will be broadcasting LIVE tomorrow morning @ 7:30 from Flint Central!
I talked to the producer of the show today in the hallway of Central.
Go ahead girl! We LOVE you Lakiesha!
So says ACHAmom in Flint Town Talk/
it’s just nice to have something to root for out of Flint. Give a little huh. A nice kid I hope she does well

- Clioman
POWRFUL: My God. This girl has it going on! What a voice. I think she’s going to make it all the way. She is by far the best singer on this season of American Idol. Flint has something to be proud of here!

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With Billie Piper, Connie Fisher and Richard Griffiths all missing shows, it’s a boom time for understudies. Gaynor Aaltonen hears what life’s like waiting in the wings
Wednesday March 14, 2007
The Guardian
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and Antonina Lewis is only now coming down from the massive high of it all. Sitting in her flat in Baron’s Court, London, sipping a cup of tea, she recalls the dramatic events of the night before - when she suddenly had to stand in for Billie Piper as the star of a major West End show.

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