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Curlyq

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I watched that whole show and somehow missed that story, even though they kept giving teasers about it. I'm betting it has to do with the article in USA Today. There was some confusion about the number of votes that separated the two, but the number was actually larger than Ryan Seacrest originally stated.

The article is here.

Excerpt:

"A week after Fox received a record 24 million calls from American Idol viewers choosing the fate of Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, fans are still debating the accuracy of the final vote. Studdard's margin of victory was only 134,400 votes.

The confusion over the voting totals in Wednesday's live broadcast was fueled by conflicting figures read by Idol host Ryan Seacrest. A spokesman for the show says Seacrest is not to blame. The first incorrect figure — 13,000 — was displayed on the teleprompter. The second — 1,335 — was written on a card given to Seacrest."

Ladyc

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 11:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The article about the misdialing phone numbers can be found at,
jokersupdates.com

Marysafan

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just saw Reuban and Clay on Fox news doing an interview together. (Clay really does need to learn how to sit in a chair. this is the second time I have have seen him squirming in a chair with his legs curled up underneath him. It's so distracting!) They were asked if they would be doing a music video and they both said they thought they would do a music video for their singles.

Also, Clay told a cute story about his wardrobe for the "pimp" video on AI. He said the wardrobe gal was having trouble finding clothes to make him look "nerdy" so she asked him if he could bring some of his old clothes from home. And he did! Those were his own clothes that he wore in the video.

Nanarobin

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 11:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
CLAY interview on Z100, NYC radio station this morning...summary found on TTC board:

http://pub77.ezboard.com/fthatstheclayfrm8.showMessage?topicID=392.topic

Would loved to have heard this...especially the part about him already being approached by Broadway!

Wcv63

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I watched 3 Clay interviews today. Fox and Friends this morning, Daytime with Linda Vester on Fox and just now on CNN Live updates.

The boy is charming, natural, sweet as can be besides being so incredibly talented. Yeah, he sits on his legs and squirms....so do I. I think it's cute.

He and Ruben on Linda Vester were adorably snarky with each other.

I understand he has one more appearance on a Fox news station later tonight. Not sure about the details though.

Remember tommorrow is GMA (and Diane Sawyer is sooooo on the Clay train so it should be quite favorable) and then Regis and Kelly. Regis is on vacation so a Nascar racer guy will be co-hosting with Kelly. Kelly is very pro-Ruben so I am not looking forward to this interview with the same enthusiasm.

Heavenly

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ruben and Clay seem to get along very well <sd>

Ruben was so gracious asking his fans to support
Clay and I hope Clay's fans will do the same
for Ruben.

To those concerned about Ruben's health, please,
support him so that he can afford to hire people
to help him train, eat properly and all the
other things mentioned.

I am a big Ruben fan and I also love Clay. I'll
support them both.

Amazon.com shows orders for Clay at #1, but
don't forget to look at the reviews for Ruben
on Barnes and Nobles and other places that are
taking orders.

Also, I watched several shows with Ruben and Clay
and I think Ruben's "cool" is mistaken for
being laid-back. They are great when they are
shown in interviews together, although, Clay
is distracting me also with his legs underneath
or squirming. It's cute to some and irritating
to others. We, as people, have a tendency to
overlook faults of those we love.

Ruben and Clay are both genuine, nice guys,
which is so rare these days. I hope they
become the superstars they deserve to be.

Wcv63

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<sd>

Ruben has plenty of fans and plenty of supporters. I have no doubt that he will successful in his musical endeavors. And yes, Ruben and Clay are great friends and have wonderful chemistry together. I think they bring out the best in each other.

Being a Clay fan means that I intend to support him in any way that I can from watching his interviews, donating to his causes and buying his CDs. That is how fans can make sure that the artist they love is successful.

I saw Clay's interview on E! News Live and he was articulate, funny, disarmingly genuine and incredibly gracious. Ruben was much more animated in his interview and at the end they went to wide shot and showed Clay wearing the same kind of paddington bear bucket shot as Ruben. Too cute!! They snarked a little about the best bbq and made me happy that they have each other to lean on right now.

Clay did say that Paula got her heel stuck in a grate on the stage and that is why she started to fall. Long dress, plus heels, plus grate equals almost disaster.

Kristylovesbb

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't seem to get to the downloads on the Clay's Performances site. It starts trying to go to downloads and then stops, anyone know what the problem is. Maybe they are just extremely busy. Thanks

Hermione69

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kristy, like you said, it might just be busy! Maybe try later at night or earlier in the morning? I don't download much myself, but Nanarobin usually knows a lot about this. Stick around and I'm sure she will pop by. :)

Wcv63

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There are several sites where you can d/l Clay's performances. I don't know which one you are trying to access. Try this one Clay's Performances

Or this one Clay's Performances

If neither one of those works for you let me know.

Kristylovesbb

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks you guys, I got them.

Nanarobin

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 04:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WARNING WARNING...Claymates

Per the latest ratcing of cd sals on Amazon.com

Clay's PRE-SALE cd fell to #2

beat out by the Led Zeppelin album just released yesterday. Ruben is still down at #5

((what is really odd is that, 3 of the top selling cd's are ALL pre-sales on list site!!))

Mak1

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 04:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you ((((mod sd)))).

Spygirl

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 06:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Clay is about to be on GMA (for central time folks, anyway)!

Heavenly

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Clay was on Good Morning America and is
on Regis and Kelly as I post this.

He did his new single on Good Morning America
and Bridge Over Troubled Water On Regis and
Kelly. (awesome)

As a fan of both, I love Clay each time I
watch him. (No legs underneath today, lol)

He was great!!!!

Nanarobin

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 06:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
FYI...I earlier started a sep. thread for Clay's appearance...sorry...so now waiting for him to be on Regis/Kelly.....

Nanarobin

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 07:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Not sure if to post here or in the GMA thread I started...but Clay just finished singing on R/K
show....he absolutely BELTED out BOTW...the sound they used was fastastic...even a bit of reverb!!

Hope you all taped it, Claymates!!

Before he sang, Jeff Gordon and Kelly did a short interview (much longer than GMA did!) ....he was wearing a tan suit and looked spiffy...except the hair was a little flat...but he still looks GREAT!
What can I say!!!

OK...now my day is complete...I need a nap...ole (not old) women cannot take too much of this swooning!!

Readonly

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am so sad. Nothing but rain in our area, no AI last night, and I forgot to set the VCR this morning to tape Clay's appearances. I'm pleased to hear how well he did (though I had no doubts). Nanarobin, I swooned just reading your post. Imagine if I had actually seen the interview and heard him sing!!!

Nanarobin

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 08:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
READONLY....it was soooo good to hear him belt out the song...after I posted I went over the TTC to see what they had to say...they were also thrilled ( I think most are savy young people)

Comments were about his suit needing to be hemmed or needed a belt!! And he did miss couple words around "silver girl" but WHO CARES..they also noted that the sound was much better. There were 3 pages of posts!! (but this is one of the sites that use siggies, pics, avatars, etc...so takes more room!!

I did see on mention that Clay was on CNN a bit ago...maybe like I caught the end of after Ruben was on R/K. I cannot recall if it was CNN but I think it was CCNHeadline news...as there were 2 anchors talking to R from Atlanta studio.

I keep switching from View to CNN to see if perhaps Clay is on!! YES, I am nute!!

One more note on today...Clay did giggle a lot on GMA==perhaps because of Diane gushing over him and he was right next to all those girls..where on R/K he was more relaxed and candid.

Ok...I am officially taking a nap now..unless our boy comes on View, by chance...doubt it..as they have another ditz on there talking about Idol and reality tv being worthless....yuk!! Sure they not discuss if he was there!!! lol

Marysafan

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow...what was said on the View just now is really too bad. They said that Star Jones received a lot of vicious email, more than even during the Presidential election when she was very pro-democrat. Things like "Take Reuben and go back to Africa" and because they didn't have Clay on, they were prejudiced.

They explained that Clay was invited to be on, but he declined. I can certainly understand that, as he said on GMA this morning that he was really needing a break.

Nanarobin

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ATTN: CLAY-nadians

here is a little something I found for you..I searched through threads to see who posted so much who could not vote..sorry, could not find, so:

flag

Wcv63

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
For some reason the 2nd hour of GMA and Regis & Kelly overlap in my market and I had to keep switching back and forth to make sure I didn't miss either interview. I managed to catch both interviews and songs and I couldn't be more proud of Clay if he were my very own son. Just amazing.

Marysafan: That's really a shame. It reflects badly on Clay and put ALL Clay fans in a bad light. It's too bad really because I feel the majority of Clay fans are just appalled at this type of campaign.

Texannie

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was really quite upset to hear Star Jones talk about the hate mail she received..so sad. I wonder why he declined, it's right after R&K.
I also noticed that he said a slightly different version of why he was looking at Ruben when they called his name on E News Live and then on R&K. On E, (same version about seeing a long name versus short name) but that he was staring at Ruben cause he froze, but on R&K cause he wanted to see Ruben's face when he won.
No big deal, just noticed the different stories. Still love him and he was awesome on R&K!!!!

Llkoolaid

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 09:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That is too bad Marysfan. That is sick.

What is wrong with people. I am sure there are racist bigot fans of both Rueben and Clay, I am sorry some Clay fans felt they had to prove it.

I am so sick of hearing Clay fans saying things about Rueben being fat and going to die and sitting there like a lump just about as much as I am sick of hearing Rueben fans, hinting that Clay is gay ( like who cares ), he is broadway, he is geeky. It drives me nuts when Clay fans say Clay was robbed and there was cheating in the voting and just as much when Rueben fans say Clay is stealing Rueben's spotlight or Rueben is so nice to take Clay along for the ride,(like he has a choice).

If you like Clay buy his CD's and support him, if you like Rueben do the same. Enjoy yourselves with news of your idol. I think that is great, but these snarky remarks on all the boards are getting so damn old. I was over at Survivor suck and have to say there are some nutcases let loose over there, thank God that we have TVCH, where people have to be more respectful, although some of the above nastly comments can be found here in subtle ways.

I wish people would realized that we fans are being manipulated and the producers are laughing at us all the way to the bank. People should take their leads from Rueben and Clay and just be happy we get two new talents to listen to.

Sorry for the rant but I bet I am not the only one who feels this way.

Hermione69

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 09:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You are not LLkoolaid, you echoed my thoughts perfectly from start to finish in your post.