The Start of the Journey

Clay started his American Idol journey on 10-26-02 in Charlotte NC. He was cute in dorky college boy kind of way. His fashions sense is a precursor for things to come. Heh.
He auditioned for radio station 107.9 for the chance to audition in Atlanta in front of Randy, Paula and Simon without being vetted by the Producers. Clay sang" Somewhere Over the Rainbow" which was not the best choice for him. Unfortunately for Clay, Ramona from 107.9 cut him in favor of Quiana Parler. In their shortsightedness, AI cut Quiana later in the audition process. Luckily for us Clay and Quiana became good friends, and Quiana performs as one of Clay's talented back-up singers.





Clay Aiken, Quiana Parler, AI2, Atlanta, Audition, Always and Forever, video