According to d-list comedienne, Kathy Griffin, there is a rift between her and American Idol star, Clay Aiken.  She claims that he became upset with her after she referred to him as "Gayken" during one of her stand-up comedy shows.  While they were both backstage at the doomed variety show, Rosie Live, Kathy made an attempt to smooth things over.  Here’s what she describes:
I held up one of those ghetto blasters playing one of Clay’s songs, and I begged him to take me back and he said no. And then I walked out of the room and Gloria Estefan …read more

I’m sure every Clay Aiken fan on earth knows about this holiday album but today’s American Idol Christmas tribute goes to Clay’s EP All Is Well – Songs For Christmas. 
Songs include "All Is Well," "Christmas Waltz," "O Come O Come Emmanuel" and "My Grown-Up Christmas List."
It’s a must-have for Claymates but, even if you aren’t a fan, check it out.  The songs are pretty good
image: Amazon.com

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Yesterday, Mr. Clay Aiken celebrated his birthday. The American Idol star turned 30 (me too, this year! It was a crazy feeling to reach a new decade!).  I hope he had an excellent day!
He was also on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last week.  Watch the video here:

Even though Clay Aiken was supposed to be on stage performing in Spamalot, he had his understudy cover for him while he went over to pay Rosie O’Donnell a visit during her live variety show, Rosie Live!  What a sweetie!  The two had some mutual appreciation while they pointed out their similarities.  Of course, they couldn’t resist a little gay humor… Watch it here:

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American Idol star, Clay Aiken, looked dapper at the 2008 Rosie’s Gala.  The event raises money for Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation so I’m not surprised to see Clay in attendance with all of the charity work he does throughout the year. 
This year, the gala included a tribute to the magnificent Chita Rivera and featured some Broadway’s finest (Bebe Neuwirth, Christine Ebersole, the new Broadway cast of West Side Story and more!) and "Rosie’s Broadway Kids." 
Sounds like it was a lot of fun!  I hope Clay had a good time!

I recently found the BuddyTV site and have partnered with them to link our Idol Stalker and CSI:Fanatic pages with their American Idol and their CSI pages.
This time BuddyTV gets an exclusive interview with William Hung. From the looks of the last two evenings, he may have some serious competition from the the seriously bad singers union.

2006 was the inaugural year of Idol Stalker. Jeremy Wright, b5 CEO, was the original blogger on this site, I then jumped in to help him out and co-write the blog. With his responsibilities quickly absorbing every waking moment of his day, it wasn’t long before I was the lone blogger on this site.
What were the most popular posts on this site in the 9 months of our existence? This is the list that will give you that information. Here it is, the Top 10 Posts of 2006:

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Various American Idol contestants got all dolled up and snazzy for a night in public. Specifically for the American Music Awards show.

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I just heard this song on LAUNCHcast Radio on the Yahoo! Music Engine.
I liked it but I felt it was a little overproduced, but I feel that way about a lot of singers who are true vocalists. Sometimes their talent just gets buried in the instruments and production of it all.
I’m not sure I like Clay’s new look, but I may have to pick up this album anyway.

Fellow b5 site, Snarky Gossip, has some scoop on Clay Aiken being selected by President George W Bush to participate in the Presidential Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Wendy questions Clay’s ability to fulfill the role with any real talent, knowledge or school saying that he “once worked as a YMCA counselor.” I was thinking he served in a little bit more of a prominent role than that in his past.
Can someone confirm this for me?