Clay Aiken: “Celebrity Apprentice is 20X Harder Than Idol (VIDEO)

By On 03/26/2012 · 19 Comments · In American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice, Clay Aiken

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Clay Aiken won his challenge on Celebrity Apprentice last night by throwing a beach party for Crystal Light. He claims that working for The Donald is 20 times harder than Idol. “It’s stuff you don’t know how to do,” says Clay.

On his friction with Penn Jilette, he says that he doesn’t like to admit it, but it’s probably because they are too much alike. He’s a threat and it makes Clay do some things he might not ordinarily do.

Clay’s new album, Steadfast, which is a compilation of old stuff, and a new tune is out today, available on iTunes and Amazon.

And if you were wondering about Clay’s hoodie–it’s a silent statement in support of Treyvon Martin who was killed under questionable circumstances.

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BONUS: Clay Aiken and Aubrey O’Day sing The National Anthem the Honda Indy race yesterday.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WIHKL34XDORTS2UZP4SWUUTG3U randi

    like that he’s wearing the hoodie in support of Trayvon!!  Clay’s funny on CA and everyone seesm to like him.

  • Anonymous

    Gonna throw some brownie points to activist clay!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Clay looks cute there, and it seems like his hair is better than on the show.  ;)  It’s interesting that Trump called Hoda and Kathy Lee to show up at the men’s party, and if they attended the women’s party, it was edited out.  Hmmm ….  I liked that Clay seemed honest about his “issues” with Penn, and I do think that he regards Penn as a threat and that contributes to those issues and why Clay is more on edge about him.  I also give Clay brownie points for wearing a hoodie in support of Trayvon, and in protest of Geraldo’s ridiculous statement blaming his wardrobe for his murder.

    Nice rendition of the NA by Aubrey and Clay. I’m impressed by Aubrey’s singing. I didn’t realize that she had such a strong voice.

  • Anonymous

    Bravo Clay on taking the stand with the hoodie.  Huge brownie points from me and I might just pick up your CD because of it.

  • Nostradamas

    This isn’t the proper place to get into a debate on this Treyvon issue…but before too many jump on a bandwagon that’s about to crash, let’s find out all the facts first, shall we?

    The hispanic shooter has a witness, 911 calls, grass stains on his back and head, a broken nose and more to back his version of the story that he was acting in self-defense.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmermans-attorney-friend-speak-trayvon-martin-incident/story?id=15999256

  • Anonymous

    As a married male in his 30s, I am obviously not the demographic Clay targets with his music. However, my mother is a huge Claymate and so I’ve gotten to learn about him over the years, and I do like the fact that he has a real backbone when it comes to being an activist for certain issues and I always appreciated his work with special education kids. 

    Good for him protesting here, and I will likely gift the album from amazon to my mom as it’s only $3.99 today on amazon. 

  • Anonymous

    Well, we don’t really know who started what.  The 911 operator told him not to approach Treyvon, but he did anyway.  Also – no neighborhood watch volunteer should be packing heat for crying out loud.  Who would tolerate a guy with no law enforcement experience patrolling the neighborhood with a gun – where your children play?

    Maybe that’s normal to some people.  But, to me, it’s shear insanity and incredibly dangerous.  

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “Good for him protesting here, and I will likely gift the album from amazon to my mom as it’s only $3.99 today on amazon.”

    If she already has Clay’s 2010 album “Tried and True”, then she already has all of the songs except for “Bring Back my Love”, Clay’s only new song on the CD.

  • Chris

    Yes, those 2 parts of the Trayvon story bother me. The police told him to back off, yet he was determined to engage. Neighborhood watch is just that, watch then call the police. And shooting to kill. Goodness, even if he thought this kid was a crook, police use shoot to kill as a last resort. Pepper spray, taser, warning shot, hit his leg, so many options.

    Good for Clay making a point.

  • Trina

    I was at a wedding last night so only just now catching up on CA. Not gonna lie, although I gave up my Claymate card years ago I’ve been slowly feeling a twinge of fangirlyness creeping up. I kinda squeed when he started singing LOL Big bonus to see him supporting justice for Treyvon’s senseless murder.

  • Anonymous

     Not sure where you are looking but the album is $9.99 on amazon and has been for awhile. Nice too see he is #35 in best sellers.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I didn’t post that.  I was responding part of this post:

    http://www.mjsbigblog.com/clay-aiken-celebrity-apprentice-is-20x-harder-than-idol-video.htm#comment-476608595

    I put the part I was responding to in quotation marks to indicate the comments that I was responding to.

  • Anonymous

    Good for Clay in taking a stand for Trayvon!  Such a travesty of justice. 

    I haven’t been able to watch much of CA as yet but do intend to!  I’m glad that Clay is doing so well! 

  • http://twitter.com/CoolerHedz Cooler Hedz

    Clay has an amazing voice and an amazing good heart. I’m going to buy his album today. For myself in case anyone thinks only my mom would like him. 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/HZ5CAPHLDTFKEU27LG7GINMZEI Pat

    Love seeing him so relaxed and natural on The Today Show and am glad he’s doing well on Apprentice.  It’s fun watching him from one week to the next, thought he did a good job as PM last night.

    Thanks for the extra bonus of him and Aubrey singing the NA.  I saw some of the pics of them together yesterday and am glad they seem to be friends, no matter what is happening on the show.  They sounded nice singing together.

  • Anonymous

    I guess me too i reviving my love for Clay :) , he was always very vocally when he decide to support a cause and now is not the exception, he’s an smart, talented and sensitive guy . :D

  • Anonymous

    Oh BTW trhat NA sound very good too !! :o

  • Allison

    Clay looks so good with normal hair and nicely shaven. I don’t know why he went with spiky hair on CA! Listening to clips from “Steadfast” and he still has that gorgeous tone. Looking forward to the next CA when it looks like Clay will play a big part.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I am so happy to see Clay doing so well.  Truly he is one of Idol’s biggest success stories.  I love the fact that he is taking  a stand for Trayvon.  This event bothers me and how it was handled.