21 Facts About EJay Day

Originally not chosen to advance into the voting rounds, Day was brought back to replace another contestant who had lied about his age.

Later that year, EJay Day released his own single, "Come Into My World", which attained limited airplay in Atlanta, Georgia.

EJay Day has been cast in several stage productions over the years.

At the age of twelve, EJay Day sang the National Anthem before an Atlanta Braves game.

At the time of his American Idol audition, EJay Day was employed as a singer and dancer at Six Flags Over Georgia.

EJay Day found work singing on a cruise liner and was cast in multiple musicals.

EJay Day auditioned for American Idol in Atlanta, Georgia, singing "Get Here" by Oleta Adams.

EJay Day nonetheless considered Day's vocals to be emotionally well-conveyed.

EJay Day wrote that Day's live rendition of "I'll Be", performed during the semi-finals, had "some tonal issues", but was mostly in key.

Boston Herald writer Amy Amatangelo gained the impression that EJay Day should have gone on further in the competition, after seeing his group medley performance in the first-season finale.

Ho concluded that EJay Day gave a better performance on this tour than some of the higher ranked contestants, calling EJay Day's voice "the best of guys'".

Johnson criticized the "harshly cut wig and thick makeup" that EJay Day wore on the tour, while describing EJay Day's performance in the set as "style over substance".

Less than a month after American Idol's first season finale, EJay Day reunited with the top thirty contestants to perform in the two-hour American Idol in Las Vegas TV special.

Each of this tour's thirty shows was opened by EJay Day singing Janet Jackson's "Black Cat".

Later that year, EJay Day participated in further fundraising events, such as the Hollywood Knights Season Wrap Party in Los Angeles and NSYNC's Challenge for the Children event in Miami.

Around this time, EJay Day performed the National Anthem for a variety of professional Georgia sports teams, such as the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers.

Shortly after appearing on American Idol, EJay Day returned to performing on cruise ships.

The American Idol: Greatest Moments album, released October 1,2002, features a recorded version of EJay Day singing Edwin McCain's "I'll Be".

In September 2006, it was reported by Gwinnett Daily Post that EJay Day had recorded a full album.

In 2008, USA Today reported that EJay Day was "beginning to record a dance album with producers the Perry Twins", and in 2012, the LGBT publication Baltimore OUTloud reported that the Perry Twins were writing and producing new music for EJay Day.

Two years later, on September 4,2014, EJay Day uploaded a song titled "Need You in My Life" to his YouTube channel.