Clay Aiken in the wild card

Clay Aiken performing 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' for the wild card round on American Idol Season 2.

And Clay Aiken performing 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' for American Idol 5.

Von Smith compared to Clay Aiken

Simon Cowell compares Season 8 contestant, Von Smith, to Clay Aiken. Simon tells Von, "I don't know if you'll take this as a compliment or not, but you remind me of Clay Aiken". He goes on to tell Von that looked appalling. Simon did go on to add that Von sounded very much like Clay vocally.

Von told Ryan Seacrest that he took Simon's comparison as a compliment adding, "Clay's very successful'.

Could Von be Clay's replacement? Nope - Clay is the original and can't be duplicated.