Becoming ... Clay Aiken

See how the singer went from crooning in his living room to filling stadiums. By Serena Kappes

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON

The former University of North Carolina at Charlotte student, who had planned to become a special-education teacher, lived with his mom (in December) in Raleigh until moving to Beverly Hills in September 2003. He now rents a five-bedroom home with platonic pal Locke in the L.A. area, complete with "two big master suites, so we each have a separate area."