I am a HUGE Clay Aiken fan. Very huge. I bought his cd the day it came out. I remember when Ruben Studdard got voted American Idol, i was like... What's up with that man? Clay sings so much better, has a better personality, blah blah blah. Then again, as his fan, i'm biased. The latest single from Kimberly Locke(American Idol 2 Second Runner Up) has Clay singing on it. You can download a live version of it from http://www.kimberleylocke.org/multimedia/anaheim.wmv(right click, save target as). Clay and Kimberly sing really well on it. Really well. Then we compare it to Ruben Studdard's soon to be released single : http://www.rubenstuddard.com/rubenmain.html(on his home page there's a little post it note. click on What If, his latest single)

To me, comparing these two singles, Clay and Kimberly are way ahead of the American Idol winner. They sing better, have better stage presence, and it shows in their album sales, which are way more than Ruben's. Honestly, Ruben's the only American Idol that actually GOT WORSE after the show. Correction... Justin Guarini got worse too. Justin who? my point exactly.