Clay Aiken: America Was Right In Eliminating Ada Vox

One of the most controversial eliminations this season on American Idol was that of Ada Vox on Sunday night. Ada definitely had one of the best voices on the show and it was very brave of her to appear on the show in full drag. Many fans on social media were outraged and thought that Ada was only voted off because she is LGBTQ. American Idol legend Clay Aiken doesn’t think so.

You’ll recall that Clay Aiken came in second on the sophomore season of American Idol way back in the mists of time. Since then he has had a successful singing career and even went into politics. He is also an out gay man. In his eyes the problem with Ada wasn’t that she was a drag queen but simply that her voice was not the best. He said in a Huffington Post article,

“Someone needs to be real here. Ada Vox wasn’t voted off because she is a drag queen and she wasn’t voted off because Adam Sanders (her alter ego) is a gay man. She was voted off because she was not the best voice on the show.”

He goes on to praise Ada as a performer and believes that she will be a star. After all, you don’t have to win American Idol to have a great career. Just look at Jennifer Hudson. Not to mention that she broke barriers just by being there. He adds,