American Idol Season 2 Runner-up Clay Aiken has admitted in an interview with People Magazine that he is gay. No surprise there, isn’t it already obvious! Anyway, there was no surprise but there was confirmation from the man(?) himself of what his sexual preference is and of course a confirmation of what is already as obvious as saying Obama is Black or Osama is Muslim. In case you lived on a cave and wondering why Clay Aiken has a son when he just admitted he is gay. Well, Clay Aiken had his son conceived via artificial insemination with his 50-year-old “best friend.” And with the birth of his son he named Parker Foster, comes the motivation to spill the truth that has been hounding him throughout his career. “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things,” says Clay Aiken.

Before admitting he is gay, Clay Aiken would deny that he is gay and even snapped in an interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America telling her that she was “really rude” to grill him about his sexuality. Well, look who has the last laugh. O mga Philippine Showbiz closet queens, go emulate Clay Aiken! You can’t hide from the TRUTH!

American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks is going to Broadway. Taylor Hicks will be in the Broadway production of Grease. American Idol Season three winner, Fantasia, recently starred in The Color Purple. Season two runner up Clay Aiken is currently starring in Spamalot, season three’s Diana Digarmo was in Hairspray, and season four’s Constantine Maroulis was in The Wedding Singer, all Broadway stage plays.

I guess that is the route if you don’t sell records as expected of an American Idol winner or finalist. Taylor Hicks a recent Manila visitor, is hard at work on a new album. Taylor’s first album, Taylor Hicks, after winning American Idol has sold around 700,000 copies and was certified platinum. While those are decent numbers for a debut album, they were not the million plus sales expected for an American Idol winner. Not long after the release, Hicks and his label J Records parted ways.

Starting June 6th, Taylor Hicks will appear as the Teen Angel in the Broadway production of Grease. The role was made famous by Frankie Valli in the 1978 film adaptation starring John Travolta.