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  • No doubt the guy's a great singer.

  • I remember this episode. And I was only five when it aired :)

  • wow.. watching this again makes me realize how the people they've had on the show the past few years pale in comparison. and hahaha look at Ryan!!!

  • @Misterburns34 ikr?!

  • he is such a cutie and boy can he sing!

  • Sometimes he reminds me of Kavin Bacon...

  • I had to come back to re-live this phenomenon. OMG! Such a great voice, such great performances. He still gives me chills. I don't care if I wouldn't do the same for him. It's the voice, and his sweet countenance.

  • omg i love this song... fifle!!! Clay sings it much better tho haha

  • amazing. everything clay sang is beautiful.

  • I remeber this song from the movie An American Tail. II think Clay sang this song beautifully!

  • Makes me want to vote for him! Loved this performance!!

  • Bravo! love this performance. And what a smile.

  • What a voice!

  • Lmao. I was listening to this as background noise while looking up a few things, and I heard him hit the super low notes near the end of the song. xD I was like, "WHOA. I didn't know he could go that low. .___. It's been too long..."

  • Clay is the best of the best...and always will be...

  • Bah!!! look at Ryan!!! What was he thinking? That hair.. that outfit! Hahahahahaha.!!!

    totally made my night.

  • He Still gives me the chills!!! Best of the best!!!!!

  • yes he has power, still

  • @queerboyqueer he made an appearance on a show to sing. Who gives a shit about his orientation? Any normal woman does not think like you-- a queer. The NORMAL women I know want absolutely nothing to do with a man who puts anything in his shithole then puts it in his mouth a day later. He can sing well, that has nothing to do with being a good person, or making someone lucky you stunted retard. You think like, and have no more intelligence than an 11 year old girl.

  • 1:43 Oh the smile ^^

  • Ryan looks like he spent the night in a dumpster.

  • Ignoring the awesomeness that is Clay for a minute...

    What the HELL is Seacrest wearing?!

  • The only reason women care that he's gay is because they're all in love with him, and the men care because they hate the fact that even as a gay man, he's still competition for them with the ladies. His voice is wonderful, and he'll make some man very lucky one day!

  • AMAZING.

  • "You are the one they got to beat". Best compliment ever.

  • @muskinilukun Yes. Especially coming from Simon.

  • this song is so good, give it Clay to sing, and it's more than just a song!

    His voice turns this heartfelt song into a gift of the heart!

    Thank you Clay... you're so powerful and yet humble.

  • Nowhere out there...will there ever be another person as talented as Clay Aiken...

    The best vocals I've heard ever!

  • @StreakOfMusic I agree with you totally, after all these years I still think he is the best voice I have heard. I have heard and listened to a LOT.

  • clay is awsome

  • I care that he's gay, but only because I am still insanely in love with him. His voice is beautiful and it touches you. You know when he is singing that he is touching you with his words and his feelings and that he doesn't just think of you as one other person in the crowd.

    He makes every member in his audience feel like he's singing to them.

  • I care that he's gay, but only because I am still insanely in love with him.

  • I love Clay......

    I really really do

  • we love you Clay!!!!!!

  • ....wow best idol hope clay will come to the philippines and make a concert here...

  • ....wow best idol hope clay will come to the philippines and make a concert here

  • His talent is truely amazing :D

    I love his voice and the way He can make the songs sound special and unique even if its a cover :)

  • ...................great singer and great talent

  • Paula said Clay you are effortless and you are so natural. She is spot on.

  • clay aiken is the most talented person from american idol ever. thank you for sharing withus kathmandu79. i always loved this song, but with clay singing it...it's 100 times better!

    cathie (a.k.a. scootieboots)

    fb ClayNation group

  • Remind me again why he didn't win?

  • So who cares if he is gay?

  • @tantepie He was born at the wrong era I think. You look at the mainstream pop music, it's not the same anymore. You pretty much get catchy and club music and that's is what is popular now. If he had a career in the 70s or 80s, he would be HUGE!!!. If you want to blame someone, blame the people with horrible taste in music.

  • A show of interpretation. That's it.

  • oh yeah, who cares if he's gay....it's not like he and i are going to be together....he has a great voice. bravo to him....i could sleep like a baby to his voice

  • "I just love songs about mice..."

    Simon would. xD

  • The more I hear Clay Aiken, the more I like him.

  • 1. he does sound very good, even if it isn't quite to my taste.

    2. i don't care a sh*t he's gay.

    3. he is still ugly, although compared to his audition, he is gorgeous.

  • sigh. he is just amazing. this was one of my favorite performances...but hell, all of his performances were AMAZING.

  • I love his poise and composure as he sings. Brilliant voice!

  • It's amazing Ryan Secrest this young...oh, Clay is great as always, so no comment here.

  • so what if he is gay...iam a heterosexual female and Clay and Kimberly were by far by favorites season 2

    im so TIRED of the obsession of certain to people to know if someone is gay or not...GET OVER IT god dam it,,,,who cares who someone sexual preferance is....

  • after all this time, this particular performance still gives me goosebumps :)

    he is incredible

  • 2:22 why's she hold up a piece of blank paper?

  • look at his clothes color

  • I think Clay is one of the best entertainers of this time and his name will go down history books for decades to come. Love you Clay.

    And he's cute as hell too!!

  • great voice but the last note... yeah, very nervous sounding quite warbled vibrato but the rest of the performance was pitch perfect.

  • 1:04 ! You Should listen it!

  • i've played that high note like 5 times and each time i get chills. he really is amazing. i hate how he kinda faded out of the scene ever since he came out of the closet.

  • Clay sings good but omg look at ryan! Love his hair, lmao!

  • u sayin that cuz u r ugly lol

  • it doesnt matter how you look !

    it matters what you can do !

    GOD bless AMERICA and CLAY !

    Romania Loves you !

  • he's so cute! His voice always makes me melt. omg! he may have gotten runner up but in the end i think he went farther than ruben studdard did. Love him, Love him, Love him, Love him!!!

  • Absolutely Beautiful!!!

    You nailed it *****

    Think I"ll have to cover this song next....

  • Clay is great. =]

  • Love the whole song, except that last note. Still one of my favorite Clay songs though!

  • This was the first song I ever heard Clay sing- during the AI Halfway Home pisode. Pretty much one of my first AI songs too. I still think he should've won that year

  • Couldn't agree with you more

  • I'M IN AWE OF THE STUPIDNESS OF SOME OF THESE REMARKS THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT CLAY !! IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM ???? THEN PLZ TAKE YOURSELF AND YOUR REMARKS SOMEWHERE THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATED !!! FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO ALL THIS WORK AND PUT THESE VIDEOS UP ....DON'T NEED YOUR INPUT AND NIETHER DO HIS FANS... I'm not trying to be rude or mean ...it just gets so old...reading crap that is unkind about CLAY or about anyone really !!! If you can't be somewhat nice then don't type?

  • aww i miss him!

  • Such a GREAT voice!! We need a tour... NOW !

  • I like his voice yeheyy.....

  • I agree with you jenhsc...

    I thought he SHOULD of been the AMERICAN IDOL for that year PERIOD.....

    You go Clay....-)

  • Who cares if he is gay...It is the voice and the talent that matters.Go Clay and sing your heart out.You are the best!!!

  • @jenhsc I agree. We enjoy his talent...we're not sleeping with the man. People need to stop being so freaking judgmental.

  • I know Clays gay but is Adam Lambert? becuase I know there speculation but I don't think he has actually publically said he is.

  • confirmed: he is.

  • Clay still remains my #1 Idol of all time. Along with Carrie,Daughtry,David Cook,Fantasia,Jennifer,Elliot.­.........

  • I dont care if hes gay. Its about his singing. He still is the same person regardless and has great talent.

  • I loved the movie American Tail

  • ryan's hair is so funny then

  • Lovely,Just closed my eyes and let the song carry me away to somewher e out there.Love it and love it again.Go Clay

  • Clay was a wildcard?! I ddnt know that... He's the best that season

  • is he...chineese?!

  • No he's not chinese haha, he's american. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • lmao, he doesnt even look chinese

  • haha look at seacrest

  • damn I love his voice

  • what does he mean "wild card choice"? didn´t the judges let him through??? can´t believe it. buggers. wouldn´t hear talent if it would hit into their faces.

  • ya. but clay lost out to ruben and kimberly locke in the group rounds. he only came back on after he won the wildcard round.

    would have been a total waste if he hadn't been in the top 12!!!

  • "i just love songs about mice"

    whahahahha... lol

  • Just look at the judges - they are all soooooooo different from now

    PS: Paula - say no to plastic surgery, please !

  • oh back in the day when ryan seacrest was a bleached blonde...

    i love clay, his voice is so powerful.

  • him, tamyra gray, carrie underwood, melinda doolittle & adam lambert

    - out of this world voice..!!!

  • Cant believe he was in the wild card... y would he even be out to be wild carded? hes great

  • i wish he could sing this song and put it on a cd or something! i really really liked his performance here!!

    clay aiken should've been the american idol. he's amazing, his voice is amazing!!

  • I wish I could also buy a cd with him singing this song completely cos its a fave of mine and he's absolutely awesome.

    Massive respect to Clay!

  • Wow, a lucid comment from a YouTuber!

  • ..clay is a good belter...his voice is for of sweet and full-control and can go to horizon,,,and sustain,,,

  • "waoo i like ryan's hair

  • ryan looks hot here :)

  • Clay is the BEST talent to ever grace the AI stage, and even mean old Simon said it in his book. Clay, no question, "You're STILL THE BEST!!!

  • Fantastic vocals. Clay if you see this PLEASE record this song.

  • "I Just love songs about mice"----HILARIOUS

  • I love it. I just can't stop listening to it!

  • never saw this episode and im soooo srry i missed it...as soon as he started i got major goose-bumps

  • I love this song...Clay you got talents

  • as usual, simon calling out ppl. who will be in the finals early in the competition. he predicted david cook in top 12 week...and said archie would make it there even earlier...

  • hahahaha

    i dont remember tht Ryan Seacrest in that hair style, LoL

    I love Clay Aiken

    :)

  • OMG RYAN SEACREST SOUNDS SO AMAZINGLY GAY I never paid attention to it because, I mean, I'd never date him but as a gay man I understand that majority of American's dont like gay people and as a public entity he has to watch his image but why is he DENYING SOMETHING SO OBVIOUS!

  • well unless you're a dude he doesn't love you back. HAHAHAHA! just kidding.

  • silly you...off course im not in-love with him in those-way even he were straight

    i love his voice

    :p

  • ryan looks so much better with a shag. lol. he doesnt look as hot with his clean cut.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT RYAN

  • nice version from clay aiken!!!!!!!!

  • my staffy rules

  • Clay is good

    another amazing singer with a very pure and poverful voice is Fady Maalouf

  • this guys voice is brill!

  • i love clay! i love this song! i loved this movie! i dont care that he is gay. ok i think gay guys are hot :) (and i am a girl FYI). he sang this beautifully

  • he is not gay...he has a girlfriend

  • He came out a very long time ago and it was all over the news and stuff.

  • OMG! He is NOT married! The guy is gay, homosexual, however you want to put it. He already came out of the closet. He had a baby through in vitro with a very dear friend of his. End of story.

  • No, he's not married. He had a baby with a woman in a completely platonic fashion. He is, in fact, homosexual and admitted it publicly soon after his child was born. Love you Clay!!

  • gay means happy, merry. the word is homosexual

  • omg....BULLDOG11890....cool it...sheesh

  • how did he not win? hes so much better and more successful than any1 ele from that series.

  • I love the way he looks when he's singing "Underneath the same big SKYYYYYYY somewhere out there...."

  • That SKYYY...was a high Bflat, equals with the last high note in Puccini's opera Tosca's Recondita Armonia.

  • Correct, friend. He hit it nearly perfectly. :)

  • so?hes still more talented and more succesfull than you'll ever b

  • ok ik hes gay though. im glad for him dont diss

  • well ur acting like gays a bad thing so shhh

  • hey look i'm sry for wat i said to u and to him. and no i dont have nothing against gay i just dont like it and clay aiken is a very good singer and u know wat wuteva hes doing it his problem so im really sry.

  • It didn't matter that he didn't win Idol, he is a winner on the Broadway stage. I love his voice, it's pure and glorious.

  • Ruben was a charity case. He didn't win. They made a decision not based on the votes. Just like Bo Bice should've been AI but wasn't. This is the way the Producers make 2 stars out of the last 2 finalist. They let the less popular one wins because they know that the other one will have singing contracts regardless.

  • What an amazing performance so early in the competition & Clay continues to top himself. I'm so glad he made it thru to the finale, it's a shame he didn't win. He certainly deserves to be the American Idol. He's the best male artist of any AI season.

  • damn good

  • No, it's just you're deaf and blind

  • Congratulations you've discovered my secret, you have to agree though, being deaf and blind (don't know what blindness has got to do with it but hey ho), I'm doing pretty well at navigating around the internet.

  • I agree.

  • this was really good but that last note was a little shacky "underneath the same big star" or what ever was amazing

  • This was the night I knew for sure that he was going to be a star. (And you could also tell what a big heart he has for children.)

  • Why is it when Simon says "Your the one to beat." to a contestant in AI then turn out to be the runner up. e.g Clay Aiken, David Archuleta, Justin Guarinni.

  • omg I know right! He needs to shut the hell up and stop cursing these poor people xD

  • simon is really a mystical demon who does mystic spells agaist people

  • lol lmao u had me laughin at this 1 lol

  • Holy cow, look at Seacrest! Besus...

  • thats when RYAN SEACCREST LOOKED STRAIGHT!

  • If I had watched Idol the season Clay made his debut, I would've been upset too that he didn't win (became a fan during Rewind). I can see why the ppl who voted for him aren't over it yet. Clay is phenomenal!!! He has THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE I've ever heard!!! Good looking, too. I like his hands, very slender fingers (I hope that's not too weird). He can sing anything!!!

  • Imsweetonclay....loved your comment, I have been "in love" for 5 yrs, and it aint ever going to change. This was the one that got me hooked.

  • In Re:Gladys Knight's comment.Everything about Clay is so "magical". His look, his voice, the things he cares about. He so relaxes me any day of the week.Clay's it for me for a while, I imagine.I'm looking forward to a concert tour in the future so I can be in the same arena where the magic takes place. Glad to find someone out there who feels the way I do. Sign me-Claymate 4life.

  • sooo good

  • I love Clay but i think he's too orange..lol

  • what movie is this from??

  • An American Tale. You know, the story with the mice. Vivel I think was the main character.

  • Thats fievel!! not vivel

  • Whateva! You know what I mean! LOL! Last time I saw it was when I was 8 so don't mind me. :P

  • I thought the movie was called Fievel Goes West

  • That was the second film, the first one was called .....an american tail

  • that is the sequel

  • An American Tail.

  • any1 else find it annoying how they always talk up the other contestants during clay's comments

  • This was the ONLY season that America choose the wrong winner!