• Ruben Studdard settles lawsuit against Birmingham jersey-maker 205 Flava

  December 22, 2003
  Looks like we'll never get to find out about the alleged secret payoffs.

• RCA cans commercial release of Clay Aiken's "Invisible" CD single

  December 18, 2003
  Once again, RCA has changed its mind with regard to release of Clay Aiken's CD single "Invisible" -- and the latest change isn't good news for American Idol 2 runner-up Clay's devoted fans.

• Ruben Studdard to guest-star on UPN's 'One on One'

  December 18, 2003
  Possible song choice for a duet between American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard: Irving Berlin's "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better".

• Clay Aiken to guest-star on NBC's 'Ed' in January

  December 18, 2003
  NBC has announced that double platinum recording artist and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken will make his acting debut as a singing star when he "pops" up as himself on an episode of NBC's Ed that is scheduled for broadcast in late January.

• Ruben Studdard's 'Soulful' debuts at #1 in U.S. with sales of 416,500 units

  December 17, 2003
  American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard finally has his own #1 CD to match runner-up Clay Aiken and Idol 1 winner Kelly Clarkson.

• FOX moves 'American Idol 3' premiere to January 19

  December 11, 2003
  FOX has announced a change to its previously announced upcoming January American Idol 3 premiere, with the first two-hour episode of the program's originally planned two-night/three-hour premiere now having been broken into two one-hour consecutive night broadcasts due to concerns regarding a potential presidential address conflict.

• Clay Aiken's final college course led to launch of Bubel/Aiken Foundation

  December 10, 2003
  Sometimes the best stories take place behind the scenes. Thanks to the controversy about Clay Aiken's graduation this month, we just learned one of them.

• Original 'Idol' runner-up Justin Guarini dropped by RCA Records

  December 3, 2003
  According to numerous media reports, American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini has been dropped from RCA Records after disappointing sales of his debut album. In comparison to the hit debut albums of fellow Idol alumni Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, which have each sold well over one million copies to date, Guarini's self-titled "Justin Guarini" album has sold only 134,000 domestic copies since its June release.

• Report: FOX looking to add another Brit as fourth 'American Idol' judge

  November 23, 2003
  Is FOX once again looking to add a fourth American Idol judge? According to a recent report in The Sun newspaper, Pete Waterman, who along with Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, and Neil Fox function as the four-person judging panel for the UK's Pop Idol, is "in talks" with FOX to join Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson as a judge for this January's third edition of American Idol.

• Clay Aiken CD certified double platinum, while Clay prepares for graduation day

  November 21, 2003
  Not many graduating collegians can claim to have two platinum records. But then again, not many graduating collegians are Clay AIken.

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