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Clay Aiken
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Journalists and fans had been fawning over Aiken's likeable awkwardness and aw-shucks-gee-whiz candor for weeks. Entertainment reporters gushed about Aiken's lily-white appearance, his breezy approachability, and his modestly charming (yet humorously self-effacing) personality in such glowing terms that he seemed the only logical choice for a pop music franchise.
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