November 30 - Clay Aiken (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 30th are here: Carl Loewe (2019), Allan Sherman (2020), Charles-Valentin Alkan (2021), and Weston Noble (2022)

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Clay Aiken (b. 30 November 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor, politician, and activist. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

In all, he has sold over 5 million albums, and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus. – Wikipedia

One wouldn’t have thought that Clay Aiken

Would have the panache to awaken

A passionate fandom,

But though it seems random,

He proved he could bring home the bacon.

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Rigged Election

On May 21, 2003, Aiken came in a close second to Ruben Studdard, who won the contest by 134,000 votes out of more than 24,000,000 votes cast. The result was controversial, as some hypothesized that Idol's voting system was incapable of handling the number of attempted calls. -- Wikipedia

The tally, they said, is mistaken;

And faith in the system was shaken.

And people still bridle

That American Idol

Gave second, not first, to Clay Aiken.

 

 

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