Friday…….another day of Clay Aiken in the news.  His name was everywhere.

Clay Aiken and his fans woke up on Friday morning to find out that Clay was on the TRENDING NOW LIST at Yahoo. The TRENDING NOW LIST  names the top searches that are on the web.  Of course the list is very fluid and changes within minutes.  However, the  name, Clay Aiken,  was listed in the #1 position for part of the morning and bounced around on the list for many hours.  It’s always glad to see that many people are still excited about Clay Aiken.

Members of the Clay Aiken Official Fan Club received an e-mail on Friday morning.  The e-mail announced the opportunity for Fan Club members to win a Meet & Greet with Clay while he is on the Tried and True Tour. The contest runs from Monday, January 24th at 10:00am PT through Thursday, January 27th at 11:55pm PT.

According to the e-mail, five winners will be chosen for each tour date.  The winners will be chosen through a random drawing and no one can win more than one Meet & Greet for this tour.

Are you going to sign up for the chance to meet Clay?

If you want another chance to meet Clay, you can sign up for a contest at Sound Spike, a site that covers daily news, music and has occasional contests.   According to their web-page, they will have three winners:

One Grand Prize Winner will receive:

2 tickets to a show of your choice and 2 meet and greet passes for that show as well as exclusive tour merchandise from the “Tried and True” tour

Two runner up winners will receive:

1 Tried & True Live DVD, signed by Clay Aiken

It sounds like this would be a great way to see Clay!!  You can sign up at SoundSpike.

Gloria Dietz is a part-time writer for the Examiner.com – Baltimore.  She interviewed Clay Aiken and published an article about the interview.  She also put the audio of the interview on-line.  In the casual interview, Clay chatted about many topics, including some information about the Tried And True Tour that will be in Maryland on February 22nd.  You can read the article and hear the tape of the interview at Examiner.com

Take a moment to watch this amazing video of Clay singing Unchained Melody.  This wonderful video really shows the strong, beautiful voice that Clay has shared with us.  And, kudos to Ben Cohn for the amazing arrangement.  I would bet we hear a lot about Ben in the future.