Earl "EJay" Day Jr. (born September , ) is an American singer and
songwriter, who placed tenth during the first season of American Idol.
Originally not chosen to advance into the voting rounds, Day was
brought back to replace another contestant who had lied about his age.
After being voted through the semi-finals into the top ten, Day became
the first finalist in American Idol history to be eliminated from the
competition. Prior to appearing on the Fox reality series, Day helped
write the song "Pure Love" for Raven-Symoné's album Undeniable and
placed in the top on Popstars: USA.Day went on to participate in the
American Idols LIVE! tour and throughout the following year made
several appearances at charity events. He toured again in , as part of
a promotional campaign called Coca-Cola's Behind the Scenes With
American Idol â€" a tour in which various American Idol finalists
performed in select shopping malls throughout the country. A recording
of Day singing Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" is included on American Idol:
Greatest Moments. This compilation album of all the first season
finalists was released in and reached No. on the Billboard
chart.Although Day has never released a full album, he collaborated
with his fellow American Idol first season finalist AJ Gil on a single
in . The song, "Calling All Angels", was written for and released
through the charity organization Give Kids the World. Day and Gil
first performed this song in Pasadena, California's New Year's Day
Rose Parade. Later that year, Day released his own single, "Come Into
My World", which attained limited airplay in Atlanta, Georgia. A full
album of the same title was set to be released around , but has never
been made available.
songwriter, who placed tenth during the first season of American Idol.
Originally not chosen to advance into the voting rounds, Day was
brought back to replace another contestant who had lied about his age.
After being voted through the semi-finals into the top ten, Day became
the first finalist in American Idol history to be eliminated from the
competition. Prior to appearing on the Fox reality series, Day helped
write the song "Pure Love" for Raven-Symoné's album Undeniable and
placed in the top on Popstars: USA.Day went on to participate in the
American Idols LIVE! tour and throughout the following year made
several appearances at charity events. He toured again in , as part of
a promotional campaign called Coca-Cola's Behind the Scenes With
American Idol â€" a tour in which various American Idol finalists
performed in select shopping malls throughout the country. A recording
of Day singing Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" is included on American Idol:
Greatest Moments. This compilation album of all the first season
finalists was released in and reached No. on the Billboard
chart.Although Day has never released a full album, he collaborated
with his fellow American Idol first season finalist AJ Gil on a single
in . The song, "Calling All Angels", was written for and released
through the charity organization Give Kids the World. Day and Gil
first performed this song in Pasadena, California's New Year's Day
Rose Parade. Later that year, Day released his own single, "Come Into
My World", which attained limited airplay in Atlanta, Georgia. A full
album of the same title was set to be released around , but has never
been made available.
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