Clay Aiken might have set a trend, and no, I’m not talking about coming out of the closet on the cover of People magazine. It seems that after the pop star’s success as the runner up in American Idol’s second season, more and more finalists became more successful (and certainly more famous) than some of the winners.

Paris Bennett, for instance, fits the Aiken profile, not to mention that she also gave birth recently, while Clay Aiken has recently become the world’s most honest dad.

Paris was a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol, and her voice and performance at the auditions got her many compliments, even one from Simon Cowell, who was relieved that a true singer had finally walked through the doors. Later on, Cowell admitted that Paris was his favorite in the season.

Although her overall performances were highly appreciated by the jury and the guest-jurors, she was always placed in the bottom three, and was finally eliminated, going to the bottom of the top five finalists. She returned to the finals and performed a duet with Al Jarreau on stage – the song was “We’re In This Love Together.” Paris seems to be doing well with songs from other decades, as during the show she most successfully performed “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” (Hollywood auditions), “Midnight Train to Georgia”, “Wind Beneath My Wings”, “Fever”, “How Do I Live”, “The Show Must Go On” and Prince’s “Kiss”. The artist was present at the final show and kissed Paris on the cheek, as a thank you for her performance.

Now aged 20 (she was 17 when she entered Idol), Paris gave birth to a baby girl on Monday. Amateur MTV “numerologists” noticed a striking reoccurrence of the number 5 of multiples of 5. Firstly, Paris appeared on Idol’s fifth season and she finished fifth. Her daughter’s name – Egypt – has 5 letters, just like her own name – Paris. Egypt was born after a 5 hour labor, and weighed 5 pounds and 15 ounces.