Did Clay Aiken Save Jericho?
Do you know who this man is? Ok, well, other than my Perez Hilton addiction, I probably wouldn’t, though I know that I’m not always like the rest of the world. And, for those of you who don’t know him, that is former American Idol alum Clay Aiken, who is claiming that his Claymates (I didn’t make the word, I’m only just sharing it), on his direction, saved Jericho, and from the impression that I’m left with from reading the articles, they pretty much did it single-handedly.
After his readers figured out what a “Claymate” was (realizing it was them), apparently they not only went into action, but did everything but actually invent the concept of a fan campaign, at least according to Aiken.
“Honestly, within a week, they had organized a campaign amongst ‘Jericho’ fans to send nuts to CBS. It kind of started in that place. And it’s back on the air. It just blows my mind.”
Ok, sorry… I’m all for supporting my favorite show, but I think that the idea that this was all because of “Claymates” really chaps me. The first place that I had heard of sending nuts into CBS was on Shaun’s show the night that I was on with Carole Barbee and Jon Steinberg, not from someone’s site who I’ve never even heard sing outside of my daughter’s Aladdin DVD.
Of course, I do find it a little ironic that someone who was a part of American Idol was out there promoting the saving of Jericho.
What do you think? Do you think that we should be thanking Clay Aiken for Saving Jericho, or do you think it’s a crock?
Read the whole article here at SyFyPortal.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
All I can really say is wow!!!! None of us are taking claim for what we have all done. Most are very careful about how we word things when it comes to this campaign.. The true Jericho Rangers don’t take all the credit. It’s not about us or publiscity…It’s about our show…I think it’s cool if they helped us. But to say that they did it all and taking all the credit is messed up. We all did it, people from across the globe made it happen. He should say that his people were part of it. NOT ALL OF IT!! I’ve never heard of him before this and now really don’t like him. He sounds very self centered and tries to take credit for everything. Maybe next we will here his name cause he writes a letter to Bush and 3yrs later the war ends. He goes all over saying it’s because of his letter. He dissapoints me. No wonder why he could only get on Idol..
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:08 am
I think Clay is well… NUTS!! That and full of himself! Jericho was saved by ALL the fans and not just Clay Aiken’s “Claymates”. Ewww, who thought up that word? It leaves me feeling icky just typing it. lol