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American singer songwriter

Earl "EJay" Day Jr. (born September 13, 1981) 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 20 on Popstars: USA. Day went on to participate in the 2002 American Idols LIVE! tour and throughout the following year made several appearances at charity events. He toured again in 2003, as part of a promotional campaign called Coca Cola's Behind the Scenes With American Idol – 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 2002 and reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 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 2003. 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 2006, but has never been made available. Leading up to and then following his run on American Idol, Day has had a career performing on cruise ships – most notably ones operated by Royal Caribbean and Holland America. Day has also been cast in several stage productions over the years. His social media accounts contain several original songs that have never been commercially released.

Earl Day Jr., known professionally as EJay Day, originally hails from Lawrenceville, Georgia. The youngest of four children, Day took to singing in church at an early age. He would later credit this experience with helping to develop his vocal abilities, saying that it taught him how to "sing parts and harmonies". The same year, he shared songwriting credit for the track "Pure Love" on Raven Symoné's album Undeniable. At the time of his American Idol audition, Day was employed as a singer and dancer at Six Flags Over Georgia. He also found work singing on a cruise liner and was cast in multiple musicals. singing "Get Here" by Oleta Adams. He was twenty years old at the time. and it was discovered that Cagnolatti, then twenty nine, had lied in an attempt to escape the cut off. quote box|width=33%|quote="I had 45 minutes to pack for the flight, I had to practice on the plane singing the song in my head and then the airline lost my luggage Vocally, I was happy with my performance, but I thought my face looked frozen. "|source=EJay Day, commenting on his American Idol semi final performance of "I'll Be" Although he had less time to prepare than the other contestants, For the first round of the finals, each contestant was instructed to sing a Motown song. Day selected "My Girl", by The Temptations. efn|Two finalists were voted off from American Idol that week. Day was the first to be eliminated, followed by Jim Verraros. Dave Wedge of The Boston Herald also singled out "I'll Be" as a highlight on the album, writing that Day "show[s] personality along with some polish". Wedge considered Day's track superior to those included on the album of that season's runner up contestant, Justin Guarini. He nonetheless considered Day's vocals to be emotionally well conveyed. A year after Day's run on American Idol, Simon Cowell reflected, "[EJay Day] could outsing Justin Guarini any day of the week, but he had just an average feel about him." Day's involvement with the 2002 American Idols LIVE! tour also elicited varied reactions. Ho concluded that Day gave a better performance on this tour than some of the higher ranked contestants, Day's performance in this setting was considered "barely audible" by Amatangelo, but she nonetheless complimented it for being "energetic". Writing for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Chicago Sun Times respectively, Kevin C. Johnson and Jim Derogatis were considerably less positive in their reviews. Johnson criticized the "harshly cut wig and thick makeup" that Day wore on the tour, while describing Day's performance in the set as "style over substance". Day then participated through October and November in the 2002 American Idols LIVE! tour, along with his fellow top ten finalists. Each of this tour's thirty shows was opened by Day singing Janet Jackson's "Black Cat". To usher in 2003, Day performed in Pasadena, California's New Year's Day Rose Parade. the two sang "Calling All Angels", The band OTown also participated in this float. and release this duet as a single through Give Kids the World. Later that year, 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. Throughout the Spring, Day participated in Coca Cola's Behind the Scenes With American Idol promotional tour, in which he and a selection of other finalists from the first two seasons of the series performed in shopping malls owned by the Simon Property Group. Around this time, Day also performed the National Anthem for a variety of professional Georgia sports teams, such as the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers. In November, Day performed along with Edwin McCain and American Idol second season finalist Vanessa Olivarez in a tree lighting ceremony at the World of Coca Cola. Shortly after appearing on American Idol, Day returned to performing on cruise ships. and Explorer of the Seas. By 2011, Day had established a musical act performing on Holland America's MS Veendam. Day has also been cast in several low profile theatrical productions. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Following his elimination from the series, Day elaborated to Billboard that his dream would be to collaborate with The Neptunes on music similar to that of Britney Spears. and the following April, Day told Orlando Weekly that he had completed a song called "Come Into My World". Currently, "Come Into My World" can be heard on Day's StarNow account, along with another original song, "My Lovin's Too Good Too Wait". Day's MySpace page included two additional tracks, "Just Let Go" and "One Good Beat", which can no longer be heard due to MySpace accidentally deleting millions of songs. In September 2006, it was reported by Gwinnett Daily Post that Day had recorded a full album. Evoking Day's single from three years earlier, this album would have been titled Come into My World. Although unreleased, the album was said to contain original songs, mixing R&B with pop. The publication was told by Day that "many of the songs were inspired by his experiences performing on cruise ships." Two years later, on September 4, 2014, Day uploaded a song titled "Need You in My Life" to his YouTube channel. In the description, Day called this the first song on which he understood the "meaning [of] songwriting" and noted that it was inspired by a relationship in which he and the other person had to part ways, in spite of their strong feelings for one another. "Time was not on our side. It's usually like that for me [but maybe], just maybe we would meet again", Day wrote about the song.