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I bet Chris will be more successful than this season's AI winner. Just look at season 2. Clay is doing better than Ruben.

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Originally Posted by WOWZY

I think maybe AI should change the voting format. Instead of voting for the best talent we should be voting for the worst talent every week. That may not work either, but that the only thing that could limit the vote-aholics.
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See, I really like the RS voting system. Have the voters pick the bottom three, then have all three re-perform. Then the judges get to pick who goes home. I would do this through to the final three, then America picks the final and the winner.

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Originally Posted by zuffy

I bet Chris will be more successful than this season's AI winner. Just look at season 2. Clay is doing better than Ruben.

I believe you mean *did*. Clay was dropped by his label.

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Originally Posted by DVD Josh

I believe you mean *did*. Clay was dropped by his label.

Link? Last I head he was working on a CD right now.

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Originally Posted by onebyone

Link? Last I head he was working on a CD right now.

Maybe I shouldn't say "dropped", but he's definitely in "hiatus"

http://www.jossip.com/gossip/clay-aiken/

http://www.realityblurred.com/realit...a_release_date

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2006/03/3...ut-clay-aiken/

I think TBD is what Sony used for Fionna's EM, which took about 4 years to get released.

They royally screwed with Fiona after her CD was done. I don't think his is done yet, but alas, I am not really sure. I knew this news though, so thanks for posting the clarification. You scared me with that. I was afraid I missed something and they had dropped him on a lark or something.

I mean, not that I care. I don't love Clay's voice past the point of reason or anything.

**Twitch**

His site on RCA says "4-26-06 :: New Album
Clay is currently in the studio working on his next & highly anticipated*3rd album that will be released on RCA Records*in 2006. The release date and album title are TBD!"

Albums get pushed back in the music business all the time. Usually they hold the more anticipated releases until 4th quarter to get more sales.

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Originally Posted by Jadzia

Albums get pushed back in the music business all the time. Usually they hold the more anticipated releases until 4th quarter to get more sales.

I'll subscribe to this. If I remember, didn't people buy Measure of a Man in droves for Christmas presents?

Interesting - didn't know Fuel was looking for a new lead singer. Loved their songs "These Things" and "Falls on Me."

And Velvet Revolver's in trouble? Damn shame, since their first album was great.

I don't follow Clay Aiken's career or anything, but if his last album was at least somewhat successful, then I doubt his label would dump him.

They usually don't throw you out in the cold unless you drop a Kelly Osbourne-style bomb.

On Extra today, they had a couple of guys from Fuel offer the lead singer position to Chris again.

If I were him, I'd do it. ;)

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

I doubt they'd drop him since his christmas album sold 1.2 million copies.

CNN is reporting he's got the Fuel job: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

But I can't find where in the report it actually states he accepted the job?!

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Originally Posted by Goldberg74

On Extra today, they had a couple of guys from Fuel offer the lead singer position to Chris again.

But can Chris write?

Guitarist Carl Bell does basically all of the writing for Fuel. So I don't think it matters all that much from the bands perspective.

Not that I care, but here's the word from the official Fuel site:

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All right. Check it out. Here's the deal.
Normally, obviously, we would never even think about anyone from Am Idol as a singer for Fuel. However, ever since Chris sang Hemorrhage on the show, we began paying attention. Sorry, the show's not my thing, but at least most of the finalist can sing and aren't Britney Spearing it up there. However, Chris in my opinion has carried himself well on the show and has stayed true to his rock side, which is a serious credit to him considering the format. We have found some great guys through the audition process and in fact, were already headed in other directions when Chris unexpectedly got voted off the show. The phones started ringing. So now what? I think anyone would say that we would at least have to entertain the idea of Chris and Fuel. The websites have been flooded with support for the idea ever since he sang Hemorrhage from most of you. So that is what we are doing. We are entertaining the idea and the offer to Chris was that we would be willing to entertain him as an option. However, there is a lot to discuss and be decided. Is it right for us? Would it be the right thing for Chris? Would he even be able to get out of the contractual obligations to Am Idol? Would we be able to get things squared with Sony? So nothing is cut and dry, even if both camps thought it was right thing to do, it still might be impossible to work out all the details. Chris and I have discussed the possibility before and we are still entertaining the idea. Either way, never fear, we are coming with a great lead singer very soon who we are very excited about and rolling out a record this year.

Posted by CarlBell May 12, 2006 4:51 pm

Thanks for that link. Even though Chris has annoyed me a lot in interviews since he got to boot, I would still very much support him with Fuel should that happen. I hope they get it worked out.

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Originally Posted by Gil Jawetz

Not that I care, but here's the word from the official Fuel site:

From that qoute, it sounds like the position has been filled.

From the interviews I've been reading since Chris' exit, he may be the least gracious Idol loser this side of "Rhonetta".