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Clay Aiken

Clayton Holmes Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor, political candidate, and activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went multi-platinum. He released four more albums on the RCA label, Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), the Christmas EP All is Well (2006), and On My Way Here (2008). Since then he has released two more albums, both with Decca Records: Tried and True (2010) and Steadfast (2012). Aiken has also had eleven tours in support of his albums. In all, he has sold over 5 million albums, and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus.


Aliases
  • Clayton Holmes Aiken
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Guest Star

Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
1/15/04
2004
Episode Name That Tune
Fox Legends: Gleeful Idols
2023
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Overtime - April 17, 2015
2015
Episode Scrubs
My Life in Four Cameras
2005
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Britney Spears, Clay Aiken, Richard Gleason, DMX
2003
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
2/16/04
2004
Episode Sherri (2022)
Clay Aiken, Dan Harris
2024
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Bob Newhart/Clay Aiken
2003
Episode 30 Rock
Kidney Now!
2009
Episode Saturday Night Live
Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken
2004
Episode American Idol
The Finale
2006
Episode The Wheel (US)
A Spin, a Twin & a Win
2022
Episode The Colbert Report
Audra McDonald
2014
Episode Today
March 26, 2012
2012
Episode The Office (US)
A.A.R.M.
2013
Episode Ed
Pressure Points
2004
Episode Chelsea Lately
Clay Aiken
2010
Episode For Real: The Story of Reality TV
Make It Work
2021
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode 350
2015
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dissonant Voices
2013

Musical Guest

Episode Christmas In Rockefeller Center
72
2004