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Biography

-Took his mother's maiden name, Aiken. -His mother - Faye Aiken, Father - Ray Parker, brothers - Brett& Jeff, Sister - Amy, biological father…more

Born

11/30/1978, Raleigh, North Carolina

Birth Name

Clayton Holmes Grissom

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- The Apprentice
  Himself - Season 12
  - S 12: Ep 8 Ad Hawk
    4/8/12
  - S 12: Ep 7 Walking Papers
    4/1/12
  - S 12: Ep 6 Party Like a Mock-Star
    3/25/12
  - S 12: Ep 5 I'm Going to Mop the Floor with You
    3/18/12
  - S 12: Ep 4 Failure to Launch
    3/11/12
  - + 1 More Credits
- American Idol Rewind
  Narrator (Season 2)
  - S 2: Ep 26 Finale
    4/26/08
  - S 2: Ep 25 Final 2
    4/19/08
  - S 2: Ep 24 Top 3 to 2
    4/12/08
  - S 2: Ep 23 Top 4 to 3
    4/5/08
  - S 2: Ep 22 Top 5 to 4
    3/29/08
  - + 21 More Credits
- American Idol
  Runner-Up (Season 2)
  - S 2: Ep 39 I Bet It'll Be Ruben! Or Clay!
    5/21/03
Recurring Role (8)

Role
- The View
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 14 September 22, 2006
    9/22/06
  - S 8: Ep 73 Huston/Nagra
    12/9/04
  - S 7: Ep 127 Imperioli/Aiken
    3/4/04
  - S 7: Ep 34 Ford/Ripa
    10/17/03
  - S 6: Ep 220 July 30, 2003
    7/30/03
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 59 Howie Mandel; Clay Aiken.
    9/15/06
  - S 13: Ep 109 Show #2830
    12/6/04
  - S 12: Ep 212 Show #2708
    5/11/04
  - S 12: Ep 138 Show #2634
    1/21/04
  - S 12: Ep 80 Show #2576
    10/13/03
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 128 Clay Aiken, Scott Caan, & Weezer
    9/26/05
  - S 3: Ep 16 Clay Aiken & Los Lonely Boys
    2/14/05
  - S 2: Ep 179 Non-Denominational All-Star Celebrity Holiday Special
    12/22/04
  - S 2: Ep 95 6/28/04
    6/28/04
  - S 1: Ep 81 Britney Spears, Clay Aiken, Richard Gleason, & DMX
    11/13/03
- American Idol
  (As audience member)
  - S 4: Ep 34 Who Is Eliminated From The Top 6
    4/27/05
- American Idol
  Audience Member
  - S 4: Ep 33 Top 6 Perform
    4/26/05
- American Idol
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 42 American Idol: The Phenomenon
    5/23/04
  - S 3: Ep 38 Only 3 Idols remain
    5/12/04
- American Idol
  himself
  - S 3: Ep 21 Clay Aiken Returns
    3/17/04
- American Idol
  Runner-Up (Season 2)
  - S 2: Ep 38 Clay v. Ruben
    5/20/03
  - S 2: Ep 37 Let's learn about Ruben and Clay!
    5/19/03
  - S 2: Ep 36 Soon, There Will Be Two. Very Soon, In Fact.
    5/14/03
  - S 2: Ep 35 Trifecta!
    5/13/03
  - S 2: Ep 34 Want To See A Magic Trick? Tonight Somebody Will Disappear!
    5/7/03
  - + 33 More Credits
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Drop Dead Diva
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 5 Prom
    7/24/11
- The Talk
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 177 Episode 177
    7/18/11
- Chelsea Lately
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 88 Clay Aiken
    6/8/10
- 30 Rock
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 22 Kidney Now!
    5/14/09
- America's Next Top Model
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 7 Acting Like a Model
    4/8/09
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 98 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
    1/24/08
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 205/206
    11/1/07
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 4: Ep 170 Wednesday, April 25, 2007
    4/25/07
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 22 2-22-2007
    2/22/07
- Days Of Our Lives
  Himself
  - S 42: Ep 32 Ep. #10470
    12/26/06
- The Megan Mullally Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 47 Clay Aiken, Kimberly Locke, Brian McKnight, Jose Feliciano
    12/22/06
  - S 1: Ep 34 Chandra Wilson, Jesse Bradford, Clay Aiken
    11/2/06
- The Tyra Banks Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 63 Holiday Girl Party
    12/18/06
- Live! with Kelly
  Guest Host/Musical Guest
  - S 19: Ep 54 November 17, 2006
    11/17/06
- Martha
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 19 Clay Aiken
    10/6/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 143 George Lopez, Clay Aiken
    9/26/06
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 187 September 19, 2006
    9/19/06
  - S 29: Ep 257 December 25, 2003
    12/25/03
- American Idol
  Guest Performer
  - S 5: Ep 41 And The Winner Is..........
    5/24/06
- All My Children
  Himself
  - S 36: Ep 179 Ep. #9192
    9/14/05
- Head 2 Toe
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Episode 46
    1/8/05
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 30 American Idol
    5/16/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 27 2/16/04
    2/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 1/15/04
    1/15/04
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 29: Ep 11 Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken
    2/7/04
- Ed
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 15 Pressure Points
    1/23/04
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 23 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (2003)
    12/25/03
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 51 Show #2082
    11/24/03
- American Music Awards
  Himself - Musical Guest
  - S 31: Ep 31 The 31st American Music Awards
    11/16/03
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  himself
  - S 1: Ep 44 Bob Newhart/Clay Aiken
    11/6/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 42 10/28/03
    10/28/03
- Canadian Idol
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Who Will Get the Final 3 Spots?
    7/22/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Clay, Ruben and 145 Canadians
    6/30/03
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 3660 May 28, 2003
    5/28/03
- Scrubs
  Kenny
- The View
  Himself
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Phineas and Ferb
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 55 Summer Belongs to You!
    8/2/10
- Scrubs
  Kenny
  - S 4: Ep 17 My Life in Four Cameras
    2/15/05

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- Clay Aiken confirmed that he was gay in an interview with People's Magazine in September 2008.
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- Clay is one of only two non winners on American Idol to never be in the bottom group. The other was David Archuletta in Season 7.
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- Clay is set to guest star in an episode of Days Of Our Lives, where he will serenade characters Steve and Kayla with a song from his new album, as well as O Holy Night on the December 22nd episode.
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- Clay: Yes, I'm Gay. I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things.
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- Clay (on Jennifer Hudson): I'm jealous, There was a point I was considered the most successful 'Idol' loser, but now I'm not anymore. I saw the movie Dreamgirls and she deserves the Academy Award, now I'm going to be in second place again.
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- Clay Aiken: It's very strange to think that after three years I don't often remember what life was like before this. And I think that that to some extent can be a downfall to fame.
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