American Idol's annual Motown week features Smokey Robinson and Ruben Studdard performing Thursday, which is like rubbing salt in the wounds of those poor Clay Aiken fans.I don't know, if Clay had won the show, I think he would be just as wonderful to listen to and just as fascinating to follow. I have no doubt that the slings and arrows he has taken since then would of been just as vicious in any case, which is the reason that some fans are so defensive.
Adam Lambert's groupies have been pretty enthusiastic this year, and it's hard to match the love David Archuleta followers have for their Archie, but Aiken fans have gotta be the most loyal -- fanatical?! -- Idol group.
It's been 6 years since he finished second to the rotund one, and their message boards and websites are still running strong [...].
They still troll the Internets looking for every morsel of Clay news, and filling comment boxes with their belief that Clay was the "real" winner of season two, not Ruben.
Of course, the worst thing is they're probably right... As just about everyone knows, the voting in Season Two was pretty messed up, with Fox's phone systems being overloaded all the time and thus millions of would-be votes over the course of the season and during the finale not getting through.
In other words, let's say the system could only register 1000 votes for Ruben and 1000 votes for Clay per minute. Ruben maybe got 1003 votes that minute, so he missed out on 3. But Clay likely got like 1035 votes that minute, meaning he lost out on 35 votes every minute.
Statisticians who have looked at the Idol mess conclude it was pretty much a coin flip as to who was determined the winner--so actually, it's totally legitimate for Clay fans to think of him as an American Idol.
I just wonder, though, if they'd be as devoted to Clay if he had actually won. Without a grievance to nurse, maybe they'd be like all those people who voted for Ruben -- quiet and back to their normal lives.--Newsday
And I'm not sure why Clay Aiken fans have such a reputation. I have observed fans of other artists who were just as proactive and just as defensive as any Clay Aiken fan. And plenty that are much more malicious and vindictive.
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