Clay Aiken - In The News

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Los Angeles (E! Online) -
While this news will no doubt bring joy to all you Claymates, it definitely left us scratching our heads. Clay Aiken is scheduled to appear and perform on—of all places—
QVC
next Monday to hawk his new CD (and fourth studio release) On My Way Here.
"Starting my career on national, live television, it seems fitting to be unveiling my new album live on QVC," says Clay. "To be able to connect with QVC's viewers and broadcast my performance to over 93 million households is an amazing opportunity."

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cautions viewers to be careful when they call the numbers that allow them to vote for their favorite contestants.
And each week thousands of “American Idol” fans misdial.
Recently the calls have been pouring in to the phone bank of Internet Sales & Customer Services Support Inc., a telemarketing business in Blakeslee, Pa., owned by Henry Westendarp.
Mr. Westendarp received a toll-free phone number late last year, and things were running smoothly until “American Idol” started up again in January. Then, he said in an interview on Friday, he began to notice an uptick in phone calls on Tuesday evenings after his office closed. Most of the calls, he said, resulted in messages in which the callers simply hung up.

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"Idol" fans see Archuleta winning: E-Poll/Reuters By Dan Whitcomb 1 hour, 20 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
"
American Idol
" fans say baby-faced
crooner
David Archuleta
will win the No. 1 television show's
current competition, even though they picked rival

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Charlie Toft delivers his analysis of Michael and Carly’s prospects for improvement.
It’s probably not too early to start thinking about who the eventual winner of Season 7 is going to be. Since vote totals are never released, we’re left to makes guesses about who the top vote-getters are by whether or not they show up in the bottom three at any point. Singers who never land in that group can be surmised to have a fan base that can carry them through their off weeks and iffy themes.

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has finally set a release date of May 6 for his first album of original material in five years.
For those keeping score,
On My Way Here
is technically Aiken's fourth studio release. But it's only his second to feature new songs. Since releasing the multiplatinum smash
Measure of a Man
following his runner-up finish on 2003's
American Idol
, Aiken has failed to match the success with his subsequent albums, compilations of Christmas carols and cover songs, respectively.

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Clay No Longer Achin' for Release Date Gina Serpe Fri Apr 4, 7:45 AM ET Los Angeles (E! Online) -
Cue the Claynation celebration. Clay Aiken has finally set a release date of May 6 for his first album of original material in five years.

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I usually avoid opportunities to interview Idols and past Idols, because to me the important thing is to stay detached and objective, and sometimes it’s hard to stay objective when you’ve chatted with someone.
But USA TODAY was offered a chance to do an item on Clay’s new album, and the label offered to have him talk about it a little. The music reporters were otherwise occupied (crazy busy, actually), so I volunteered, figuring it would be a short chat and my fragile integrity could withstand the experience.

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With baseball underway, it’s nice to remember that there have always been a few players who were as exceptional off field as they were on.
None more so, perhaps, than Roberto Clemente, the beloved Pirates legend who is the subject of an April 21
American Experience
biography. The first Latino to be named the World Series MVP, Clemente is still considered to be among the best players ever. But don’t expect the film to focus on his baseball legacy.

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