The second season of
American IdolAmerican Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television...
premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was the first season hosted by
Ryan SeacrestRyan John Seacrest is an American media personality, television producer and entrepreneur. He is the host of the Fox reality show American Idol, and of two other television programs: E! News on E!, and the annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast on ABC.-Biography:Ryan Seacrest was...
exclusively. It was won by
Ruben StuddardChristopher Ruben Studdard is an American pop, R&B, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
. It was the first season to crown a male winner, and the first season to have a finale with two male contestants, being followed by the
seventh seasonThe seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges...
with
David ArchuletaDavid Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
and
David CookDavid Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, and then the
eighth seasonThe eighth season of American Idol premiered on January 13, 2009 and concluded on May 20, 2009. Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest as host. The season introduced Kara DioGuardi as the fourth judge on the Idol panel...
with
Adam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
and
Kris AllenKristopher Neil Allen is an American singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
.
Auditions were held in New York City,
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
, Miami,
DetroitDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
, Atlanta,
NashvilleNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
, and
AustinAustin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation...
in the fall of 2002.
At the Miami auditions, a young man named Edgar Nova auditioned with an off-key and lyrically incorrect rendition of
Enrique IglesiasEnrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler , better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor....
' "My Love." None of the judges put him through to the
HollywoodHollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonymy of American cinema...
round.
The second season of
American IdolAmerican Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television...
premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was the first season hosted by
Ryan SeacrestRyan John Seacrest is an American media personality, television producer and entrepreneur. He is the host of the Fox reality show American Idol, and of two other television programs: E! News on E!, and the annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast on ABC.-Biography:Ryan Seacrest was...
exclusively. It was won by
Ruben StuddardChristopher Ruben Studdard is an American pop, R&B, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
. It was the first season to crown a male winner, and the first season to have a finale with two male contestants, being followed by the
seventh seasonThe seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges...
with
David ArchuletaDavid Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
and
David CookDavid Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, and then the
eighth seasonThe eighth season of American Idol premiered on January 13, 2009 and concluded on May 20, 2009. Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest as host. The season introduced Kara DioGuardi as the fourth judge on the Idol panel...
with
Adam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
and
Kris AllenKristopher Neil Allen is an American singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
.
Auditions
Auditions were held in New York City,
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
, Miami,
DetroitDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
, Atlanta,
NashvilleNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state...
, and
AustinAustin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation...
in the fall of 2002.
At the Miami auditions, a young man named Edgar Nova auditioned with an off-key and lyrically incorrect rendition of
Enrique IglesiasEnrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler , better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor....
' "My Love." None of the judges put him through to the
HollywoodHollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonymy of American cinema...
round. Instead of leaving the audition venue, Nova re-entered the line, telling other hopefuls that the judges had asked him to do so. Security was eventually called to escort him from the premises. Nova then flew at his own expense to Los Angeles to attend the auditions there. Sporting a different hairstyle than he had in Miami, he hoped that the judges would not recognize him from before. His ruse was a failure, but the judges allowed him to try out one more time. Nova's audition was again unsuccessful. He would resurface during Season 3 with yet another unsuccessful audition (which was not televised). Simon Cowell did, however, compliment him on his tenacity. Nova tried to enter yet another audition venue during Season 4, but security staff was shown advancing on him in a stairwell, causing him to leave hurriedly.
Another auditioner named Bryan Washington auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia, and made it to Hollywood, but did not make it into the top 32. He is now too old to audition, at the age of 29. He was also overweight at the time of his
American Idol audition, which is why he would later be a contestant on
The Biggest LoserThe Biggest Loser is an American reality television show that began broadcasting on the NBC network on October 19, 2004. The seventh season began on January 6, 2009 and ended on May 12, 2009 with a three-hour finale...
(
Season 4The Biggest Loser is the fourth season of the NBC reality television series entitled The Biggest Loser. The fourth season premiered on September 11, 2007 with 18 overweight contestants in a weight loss competition for an ultimate prize of $250,000...
.)
Semi-finals
The format changed slightly in Season 2; instead of three groups of 10, the semi-finalists were grouped into four groups of 8.
Semi-final Group 1
- Kimberly Caldwell
Kimberly Ann Caldwell is an American singer. She is best known for being a contestant on the second season of American Idol, where she finished in seventh place...
- "Come to My Window"Come to My Window" is a Grammy Award-winning song by Melissa Etheridge released in 1994 on her 1993 album Yes I Am. This was the first song to be released after Etheridge publicly announced her sexual orientation of being a lesbian. With the driving force of gay rights, the song gained a lot of...
" by Melissa EtheridgeMelissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.* * Etheridge will be featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute scheduled for release in 2010...
- Patrick Fortson - "Un-Break My Heart
"Un-Break My Heart" is the second single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets . The ballad was written by music impresario Diane Warren and produced by David Foster...
" by Toni BraxtonToni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter actress; and philanthropist whose successful career sky rocketed from 1989 till the present day . Braxton has won six Grammy Awards and has sold over 40 million records worldwide...
- J.D. Adams - "All in Love Is Fair" by Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S...
- Trenyce
Trenyce is an American singer and was a finalist for the second season of American Idol in 2003, finishing in fifth place.- Biography:...
- "Love Sneakin' Up on You" by Bonnie RaittBonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible...
- Meosha Denton - "How Do I Live
"How Do I Live" is a 1997 song, written by Diane Warren. It was released originally by Trisha Yearwood and shortly afterward by LeAnn Rimes....
" by LeAnn RimesMargaret LeAnn Rimes, known simply as LeAnn Rimes, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her work in country music...
- Bettis Richardson - "Thank You
"Thank You" is an R&B song released by American R&B/soul-singing group, Boyz II Men in 1995. "Thank You" was produced by Dallas Austin and released as the third single from Boyz II Men's second studio album, II...
" by Boyz II MenBoyz II Men is a Grammy Award-winning American group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Initiated during 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman,and Wanya Morris on Motown Records during...
- Charles Grigsby
Charles William Grigsby, Jr. is an American singer and contestant on the second season of American Idol....
- "Overjoyed"Overjoyed" is a 1985 hit single released by American and Motown music great Stevie Wonder on the Tamla label. The single peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1986, remaining in the Top 40 for six weeks...
" by Stevie WonderStevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S...
- Julia DeMato
Julia Megan DeMato is an American professional cosmetologist and singer who made it to tenth place on the second season on the television show American Idol....
- "Son of a Preacher Man"Son of a Preacher Man" is a song recorded by Dusty Springfield in 1968 and featured on the album, Dusty in Memphis. Written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, "Son of a Preacher Man" was originally offered to Aretha Franklin, who turned it down. It was only upon hearing Springfield's version that...
" by Dusty SpringfieldMary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE , known as Dusty Springfield, was a pop singer and entertainer. Of all the female British pop artists of the 1960s, she made one of the biggest impressions on the American market...
Top 3: Julia DeMato, Kimberly Caldwell and Charles Grigsby
Advancing to the Top 12: Charles Grigsby and Julia DeMato
Semi-final Group 2
- Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken is an American pop singer who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released in October 2003...
- "Open Arms"Open Arms" is a song originally recorded by American rock band Journey and written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, two of the band's members...
" by JourneyJourney is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California with former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases, but its strongest commercial success came in the late 1970s to the early 1980s...
- Candice Coleman - "Piece of My Heart
"Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company covered the song in 1968 on their album Cheap Thrills and had a hit with it...
" by Janis JoplinJanis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist...
- Rebecca Bond - "Caught Up in the Rapture" by Anita Baker
Anita Baker is a popular American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.-The Songstress :...
- Jacob John Smalley - "Anytime" by Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and pop and R&B musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, French horn and trumpet.-Biography:McKnight's musical career began with a...
- Hadas Shalev - "You Light Up My Life
"You Light Up My Life" is both a Grammy Award and an Academy Award winning ballad written by Joe Brooks and originally recorded by the late Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The song was performed in the film by its lead, Didi Conn, who lip synched Cisyk's version...
" by Debby BooneDebby Boone is an American singer and theater actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a record ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won her a Grammy Award the following year for Best New Artist...
- Ruben Studdard
Christopher Ruben Studdard is an American pop, R&B, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
- "Superstar"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best known version is by The Carpenters in 1971.-Original Delaney and Bonnie version:...
" by Luther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Dawn Locke is an American adult contemporary pop/R&B singer and plus-size fashion model...
- "Over the Rainbow"Over the Rainbow" is a classic ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in that movie. Over time it would become Garland's signature song.In the film, part of the song is played by the MGM...
" by Judy GarlandJudy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy...
- Jennifer Fuentes - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody " is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I...
" by Whitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American recording artist, actress, and former fashion model. A relative to several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, and godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a...
Top 3: Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke
Advancing to the Top 12: Ruben Studdard and Kimberley Locke
Semi-final Group 3
- Kimberly Kelsey - "It's All Coming Back to Me Now
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create...
" by Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion , CC, OQ is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to...
- Jordan Segundo - "For Your Love
"For Your Love" is a song written and performed by Stevie Wonder that appears on his 1995 soul album Conversation Peace. It won a Grammy award for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance....
" by Stevie WonderStevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S...
- Vanessa Olivarez
Vanessa Denae Olivarez is an American singer best known as the first finalist to be eliminated on the second season of the television series American Idol.-American Idol:...
- "Out Here On My Own" by Irene CaraIrene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
- Rickey Smith - "One Last Cry" by Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and pop and R&B musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, French horn and trumpet.-Biography:McKnight's musical career began with a...
- Samantha Elizabeth Cohen - "Something He Can Feel" by Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and pianist commonly referred to as "The Queen of Soul". Although renowned for her soul recordings, Franklin is also adept at jazz, rock, soul, blues, pop, R&B and Gospel music...
- Louis Gazzara - "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" is a song originally recorded by Laura Branigan in 1983. The song was recorded later the same decade by its writer, Michael Bolton. Both versions reached #1 on U.S. charts....
" by Laura BraniganLaura Branigan was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is arguably best known for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria"...
- Equoia Coleman - "The Way We Were
"The Way We Were" is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, scored by Marvin Hamlisch and performed by Streisand...
" by Barbra Streisand Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, liberal political activist, film producer, and film director. She has won two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, and a Peabody all by the age of...
- George Trice - "Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....
" by The Righteous BrothersThe Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...
Top 3: Vanessa Olivarez, Rickey Smith and Equoia Coleman
Advancing to the Top 12: Vanessa Olivarez and Rickey Smith
Semi-final Group 4
- Sylvia Chibiliti - "Didn't We Almost Have It All
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" is the second single from Whitney Houston's second album Whitney, and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1988 Grammy Awards. The song was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings and was released in August 1987...
" by Whitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American recording artist, actress, and former fashion model. A relative to several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, and godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a...
- Chip Days - "A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a 1970 song written and originally performed by rock singer-songwriter Leon Russell. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness from an estranged lover, the tune is one of Russell's best-known songs....
" by Donny HathawayDonny Edward Hathaway was an African-American soul musician. He contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969, and with his first single "The Ghetto, Part I" , Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music." His collaborations with Roberta Flack scored #1 on the charts and won...
- Juanita Barber - "What About the Children" by Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy and Dove-award winning Gospel music singer and radio show host. She has sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 according to Soundscan. []-Life:...
- Patrick Lake - "When I See You Smile
"When I See You Smile" is a power ballad for the American supergroup Bad English from their self-titled debut album and was written and recorded by Diane Warren on May 27, 1988 in California....
" by Bad EnglishBad English was an American rock band supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.- History :...
- Nasheka Siddall - "Open My Heart
"Open My Heart" is a song by Yolanda Adams, the song gained Adams great popularity in the secular audiences. Being the most groundbreaking single of her career, she won several awards for this song...
" by Yolanda AdamsYolanda Adams is an American Grammy and Dove-award winning Gospel music singer and radio show host. She has sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 according to Soundscan. []-Life:...
- Josh Gracin
Joshua Mario Gracin is a country music singer. A former member of the United States Marine Corps, he first gained public attention as the fourth-place finalist on the second season of the Fox Networks talent competition American Idol.After his elimination from the show, Gracin completed his...
- "I'll Be"I'll Be" is a song written and sung by American Alt-Rock singer/guitarist Edwin McCain. The song was released as the first single from his second album, Misguided Roses...
" by Edwin McCainEdwin McCain is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:...
- Ashley Hartman
Ashley Christina Hartman is an American actress and fashion model.- Biography :Hartman was born to Michele Knutsen and Kip Hartman in Orange County, California. When she was four years of age, her parents divorced and Hartman lived with Knutsen and her two sisters...
- "Touch Me in the Morning"Touch Me in the Morning" is a popular song recorded by Diana Ross. It became her second Billboard Pop number one single in 1973.This song was conceived by then-unproven songwriter and producer Michael Masser, who had been recruited by Motown CEO, Berry Gordy, and A&R chief, Suzanne de Passe, to...
" by Diana Ross Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970...
- Corey Clark
Corey Delaney Clark is an American singer. He is well known for his highly-publicized disqualification from the second season of American Idol and later allegations of a sexual relationship between him and then-Idol judge, Paula Abdul.-Early life and career:Corey Clark was born in San Bernardino,...
- "Foolish Heart"Foolish Heart" is a Rock song written by Steve Perry, formerly of the band Journey and Randy Goodrum, and was performed by Perry from his first solo album, Street Talk...
" by JourneyJourney is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California with former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases, but its strongest commercial success came in the late 1970s to the early 1980s...
Top 3: Josh Gracin, Corey Clark and Patrick Lake
Advancing to the Top 12: Josh Gracin and Corey Clark
Wild Card
- Kimberly Caldwell - "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. While she has been a successful songwriter for decades, her singing career and fame peaked during the first half of the 1970s....
- Clay Aiken - "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John's 1974 album Caribou; it was released that year during the latter half of May in the United Kingdom, and on June 10 in the United States.-Lyrics and music:...
" by Elton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single, Candle in the Wind 1997, has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the...
- Nasheka Siddall - "Wind Beneath My Wings
"Wind Beneath My Wings" is the title of a pop song written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar. First a country music hit for Gary Morris in 1983, it was covered six years later by Bette Midler. Morris' original was a Top Ten country hit, and it won the Academy of Country Music and Country Music...
" by Bette MidlerBette Midler is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.-Biography:In 1945, Midler was born in...
- Carmen Rasmusen
Carmen Rasmusen is a Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar.-Early life:...
- "Can't Fight the Moonlight"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song written by Diane Warren, recorded by LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly, and in the film itself. Released first in 1999, then in 2000 and 2001, the song had huge success, reaching number-one in eight countries.-Chart...
" by LeAnn RimesMargaret LeAnn Rimes, known simply as LeAnn Rimes, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her work in country music...
- Olivia Mojica - "Because You Loved Me
"Because You Loved Me" is a smash hit from Céline Dion's album Falling into You, released as the first single on February 19, 1996 in North America and Japan. In other parts of the world it was released in May 1996 as the second single, after "Falling into You.""Because You Loved Me" was written by...
" by Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion , CC, OQ is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to...
- Janine Falsone - "We Belong
"We Belong" is the first single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album Tropico, released in late 1984. It matched the success of "Love Is a Battlefield" on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S., peaking at number 5, and reached number 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and the...
" by Pat BenatarPat Benatar is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "Love Is a Battlefield", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", and...
- Chip Days - "Rock with You
"Rock with You" was released on November 3, 1979, as the second single from Michael Jackson's fifth solo LP and breakthrough album, Off the Wall. Written by Heatwave group member and songwriter Rod Temperton, the song helped Jackson score one of the first Billboard number-one singles in the 1980s,...
" by Michael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson , known as the "King of Pop", was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful and influential entertainers of all time...
- Aliceyn Cooney - "Angel
"Angel" is a song by Sarah McLachlan that originally appeared on her 1997 album Surfacing. As McLachlan explained on VH1 Storytellers, the song is about the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who overdosed on heroin and died in 1996...
" by Sarah McLachlanSarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.She is known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range. As of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and eight...
- Trenyce - "Let's Stay Together
"Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. Released as a single in 1971, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks...
" by Al GreenAlbert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer who was popular in the 1970s, and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.-Early years:...
Advancing to the Top 12: Kimberly Caldwell (Randy's choice), Trenyce (Paula's choice), Carmen Rasmusen (Simon's choice) and Clay Aiken (Public Vote)
Top 12 (Motown)
- Kimberley Locke - "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
"Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single by Holland-Dozier-Holland made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy label and later by Rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt from her Platinum 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise...
" by Martha and the VandellasMartha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963-1967...
- Josh Gracin - "Baby I Need Your Loving
"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot...
" by the Four TopsThe Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, and showtunes. Founded in Detroit, Michigan...
- Charles Grigsby - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
"How Sweet It Is " is a 1964 hit song written and produced by the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was originally recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and became one of his most popular songs...
" by Marvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960...
- Kimberly Caldwell - "Nowhere to Run
"Nowhere to Run" is a 1965 pop single b/w "Motoring" by Martha & the Vandellas for the Gordy label and is one of the group's signature songs. The song, written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, depicts the story of a woman trapped in a bad relationship with a...
" by Martha and the VandellasMartha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963-1967...
- Rickey Smith - "1-2-3" - by Len Barry
Len Barry is a retired American vocalist and musician.-Career:...
- Julia DeMato - "Where Did Our Love Go
"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles...
" by The SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
- Clay Aiken - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
"I Can't Help Myself " is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s...
" by the Four TopsThe Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, and showtunes. Founded in Detroit, Michigan...
- Vanessa Olivarez - "You Keep Me Hangin' On
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a 1966 number-one hit song originally recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song became The Supremes' eighth number-one single, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two...
" by The SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
- Corey Clark - "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
"This Old Heart of Mine " was a successful hit single for The Isley Brothers in 1966 , during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label...
" by The Isley BrothersThe Isley Brothers are an African-American R&B, soul music and Funk group. They are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 were still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of...
- Carmen Rasmusen - "You Can't Hurry Love
"You Can't Hurry Love" is a number-one single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, released during the summer of 1966.Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, "You Can't Hurry Love" is one of the signature Supremes songs, and also one of Motown's...
" by The SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
- Trenyce - "Come See About Me
"Come See About Me" is a 1964 number-one hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, the third of five Supremes songs in a row to go number one .Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, it was the number one song on the...
" by The SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
- Ruben Studdard - "Baby I Need Your Loving
"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot...
" by the Four TopsThe Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, and showtunes. Founded in Detroit, Michigan...
- Result show - "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
"Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single by Holland-Dozier-Holland made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy label and later by Rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt from her Platinum 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise...
" by Martha and the VandellasMartha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963-1967...
Bottom 3: Vanessa Olivarez, Julia DeMato and Kimberley Locke
Bottom 2: Vanessa Olivarez and Julia DeMato
Eliminated: Vanessa Olivarez
Top 11 (Movie Soundtracks)
- Corey Clark - "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
"Against All Odds " is a song originally written and recorded by British singer Phil Collins. The song was the main theme for the 1984 film of the same name, and first appeared on its soundtrack...
" from Against All OddsAgainst All Odds is a neo-noir 1984 film, a remake of Out of the Past. The movie was directed by Taylor Hackford and features Rachel Ward in a variation of Jane Greer's original role, Jeff Bridges filling in for Robert Mitchum, and James Woods in a version of Kirk Douglas's part...
, by Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
- Ruben Studdard - "A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they're going to discover together. The original...
" from Aladdin, by Peabo BrysonPeabo Bryson is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
& Regina BelleRegina Belle is a multi Grammy award winning singer-songwriter who first surfaced in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".-Biography:...
- Trenyce - "I Have Nothing
"I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and is the third single released from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album....
" from The BodyguardThe Bodyguard is a 1992 romantic-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. In the film, Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker...
, by Whitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American recording artist, actress, and former fashion model. A relative to several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, and godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a...
- Clay Aiken - "Somewhere Out There
"Somewhere Out There" is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It appears in the 1986 animated film An American Tail....
" from An American TailAn American Tail is a 1986 animated film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Bluth, originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986...
, by Linda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music vocalist and entertainer. Her many vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career...
& James IngramJames Ingram is an American soul musician. He is best-known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Additionally, he is a producer and songwriter.-Early life:...
- Kimberly Caldwell - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
"The Shoop Shoop Song " is a song written by Rudy Clark. The song is a rock and roll classic as recorded by Betty Everett, who hit #1 on the Cashbox magazine R&B charts with it in 1964...
" from MermaidsMermaids is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder , and Christina Ricci in her first film role...
, by CherCher is an American pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.Cher began her career at the age of seventeen and came to...
- Josh Gracin - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a single by American rock band Aerosmith. It appeared on the soundtrack to the film Armageddon and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998, introducing Aerosmith to a new...
" from Armageddon, by AerosmithAerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and seen by some as America's greatest rock and roll band. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues,, and has...
- Carmen Rasmusen - "Hopelessly Devoted to You
"Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards...
" from GreaseGrease is a 1978 film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's musical, Grease. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, and Eve Arden.-Plot:...
, by Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a British-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 albums...
- Charles Grigsby - "You Can't Win
"You Can't Win" is a song performed by American singer Michael Jackson in the 1978 musical film The Wiz.Written by Charlie Smalls, songwriter for the 1975 Broadway version of The Wiz, "You Can't Win" was originally intended to be sung in the musical by the Winkies to Dorothy, when she is trapped in...
" from The WizThe Wiz is a 1978 American musical film produced by Motown Productions and Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on October 24, 1978. An urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-American cast, The Wiz was adapted from the 1975 Broadway...
, by Michael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson , known as the "King of Pop", was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful and influential entertainers of all time...
- Rickey Smith - "It Might Be You
"It Might Be You" is a popular song with music written by Dave Grusin, and lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman. It was performed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop in the 1982 film Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange, and became a popular song at weddings during the...
" from TootsieTootsie is a 1982 comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job...
, by Stephen BishopStephen Bishop is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist.Bishop was born in San Diego, California. He had a major hit in 1977 with the song "On and On," which was a #11 hit in the U.S.; his other hits include "Save It for a Rainy Day," "Everybody Needs Love" and "It Might Be You," the...
- Julia DeMato - "Flashdance... What a Feeling
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" is an Academy Award winning song from the 1983 film Flashdance which was performed by Irene Cara.-Song information:...
" from FlashdanceFlashdance is a musical/romance film released in April . The film was the first collaboration of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and its presentation of some sequences in the style of music videos was an influence on other 1980s films including Top Gun , Simpson and Bruckheimer's most...
, by Irene CaraIrene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
- Kimberley Locke - "Home" from The Wiz
The Wiz is a 1978 American musical film produced by Motown Productions and Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on October 24, 1978. An urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-American cast, The Wiz was adapted from the 1975 Broadway...
, by Diana Ross Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970...
- Result show - "Footloose
"Footloose" is a single by Kenny Loggins which spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was the first of two number-one hits from the motion picture, Footloose...
" from Footloose, by Kenny LogginsKenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins is an American singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s...
and "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, after having been selected to be the finale song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing by choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison...
" from Dirty DancingDirty Dancing is a 1987 romantic film made in the . Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes, and Jerry Orbach. The story is a coming of age drama that documents a young débutante's rebellion against her father by...
, by Bill MedleyWilliam Thomas "Bill" Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo.-Biography:...
& Jennifer WarnesJennifer Jean Warnes is a Grammy winning American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her rich soprano/contralto voice, her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between...
Bottom 3: Julia DeMato, Charles Grigsby and Corey Clark
Bottom 2: Charles Grigsby and Corey Clark
Eliminated: Charles Grigsby
Top 10 (Country Rock)
- Josh Gracin - "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
"Ain't Going Down " is a song released by American Country Music artist Garth Brooks. The song is featured on his In Pieces album and also appears on The Hits, The Limited Series and Double Live. The song was written by Brooks, Kent Blazy and Kim Williams...
" by Garth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart...
- Trenyce - "I Need You
"I Need You" is a song performed by LeAnn Rimes, and is a single off her album I Need You. It peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.It was featured prominently in the soap opera Days of our Lives as Chloe Lane and Philip Kiriakis' song...
" by LeAnn RimesMargaret LeAnn Rimes, known simply as LeAnn Rimes, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her work in country music...
- Kimberley Locke - "I Can't Make You Love Me
"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time list...
" by Bonnie RaittBonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible...
- Corey Clark - "Drift Away
"Drift Away" is a song written by Mentor Williams and originally recorded by John Henry Kurtz in 1972. However, Dobie Gray's cover is by far the most popular version...
" by Dobie GrayDobie Gray is an African American musician/singer. He is best known for his cover of "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies, and still remains a staple of radio airplay...
- Carmen Rasmusen - "Wild Angels
"Wild Angels" is a song performed by American country music artist Martina McBride. Released in 1996, it was the second single from McBride's album of the same name. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.-Chart performance:...
" by Martina McBrideMartina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best-known for her inspirational-style ballads about women and children....
- Rickey Smith - "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" by Larry Gatlin
Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 1970s, where they became one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has a total of 33 Top 40 singles under his belt, including both his solo...
- Kimberly Caldwell - "Anymore" by Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt is a Grammy award-winning American country music artist and occasional actor, more commonly known as Travis Tritt....
- Ruben Studdard - "Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping.Despite controversy, it reached #8 on the US charts in 1974, and was the band's second hit single....
" by Lynyrd SkynyrdLynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band, formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The band became prominent in the Southern United States in 1973, and rose to worldwide recognition before three members and one road crew member died in an airplane crash in 1977, including lead vocalist and primary...
- Julia DeMato - "Breathe
"Breathe" is a country song by Faith Hill, released as the first single from the album of the same name. The song was extremely successful in the United States, and became Hill's signature song.- Chart performance :...
" by Faith HillFaith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw...
- Clay Aiken - "Someone Else's Star
"Someone Else's Star" is a country song co-written by Skip Ewing and Jim Weatherly, and first recorded by singer Davis Daniel on his 1994 album Davis Daniel. A year later, Bryan White cut the song for his self-titled debut album, and released his version as a single...
" by Bryan WhiteBryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's Between Now and Forever, were certified platinum by the RIAA, and 1997's The Right Place was certified gold...
- Result show - "Where the Blacktop Ends
"Where the Blacktop Ends" is a single by country music singer Keith Urban. It was the last single released from Urban's self-titled album and the third Top Five single of his career, reaching a peak of #3 on the Billboard country charts.-Chart positions:...
" by Keith UrbanKeith Lionel Urban is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban began his career in Brisbane having moved to Caboolture, Australia at an early age...
and "God Bless the USA"God Bless the USA" is an American patriotic song written by country musician Lee Greenwood. The first Greenwood album it appears on is 1984's You've Got A Good Love Comin'. It reached number 7 on the country charts when originally released in 1984, and was played at the 1984 Republican National...
" by Lee GreenwoodLee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts.Although he is best known for his single "God Bless the USA", Greenwood also has...
Bottom 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato and Rickey Smith
Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Julia DeMato
Eliminated: Julia DeMato
Top 9 (Disco)
Disqualified: Corey Clark
- Rickey Smith - "Let's Groove
"Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album Raise! by the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song peaked at #3 in the U.S. and in the UK. It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in late-1981/early-1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year end charts...
" by Earth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & Fire is an African American R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 and led by founder Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the Elements or the Elements of the Universe, the band has won ten Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock...
- Carmen Rasmusen - "Turn the Beat Around
"Turn the Beat Around" is a disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson and popularized by Vicki Sue Robinson in 1976 , originally appearing on her debut album, Never Gonna Let You Go. Released as a single, the song went to #10 on the Billboard pop charts, and Robinson received a Grammy...
" by Vicki Sue RobinsonVicki Sue Robinson was an American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around."-Early life and career:...
- Kimberly Caldwell - "Knock on Wood
"Knock on Wood" is a hit 1966 song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Eddie Floyd. The Eddie Floyd version peaked at number twenty-eight on the Hot 100, and spent one week at number one on the soul singles.....
" by Amii StewartAmy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for the disco tune "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the fifth of...
- Clay Aiken - "Everlasting Love
"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden. The song was first a hit for soul singer Robert Knight in 1967. It was also recorded by several other artists in the years since...
" by Carl CarltonCarl Carlton is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer and songwriter best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama ".-Career:...
- Trenyce - "I'm Every Woman
"I'm Every Woman" is a 1978 hit song by Chaka Khan, her first hit outside of her recordings with funk band Rufus, included on her platinum debut solo album Chaka. Produced by Arif Mardin and written by successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the soul/disco song reached...
" by Chaka KhanChaka Khan, born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953, is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter best known for such hit songs as "I'm Every Woman", "Ain't Nobody", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire". She sang a modernized theme song for the popular children's TV show Reading Rainbow...
- Ruben Studdard - "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" is a song written, recorded and produced by Barry White. Released as the first single from White's album Can't Get Enough in 1974, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and U.S. R&B chart . and has since become one of White's signature tunes. It was his...
" by Barry WhiteBarry White was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with The Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul, funk, and disco songs...
- Kimberley Locke - "It's Raining Men
"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979, and originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982. The song had been offered to Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Cher, and Barbra Streisand before being accepted by Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of The Weather Girls, with...
" by The Weather Girls
- Josh Gracin - "Celebration
"Celebration" is a song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 7, 1981 and held that position until February 20, 1981. Late in 1980, the song had also reached number one on both the Billboard Dance and R&B...
" by Kool & the GangKool & The Gang are an American jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1964. They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
- Result show - "A Night to Remember" by Shalamar
Shalamar, , was an American music group of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey . They went on to be an influential dance trio , masterminded by Soul Train TV producer Don Cornelius...
and "Boogie Wonderland"Boogie Wonderland" is a 1979 hit single by Earth, Wind & Fire featuring The Emotions. Boogie Wonderland was written by Allee Willis and Jon Lind, and included on the album I Am...
" by Earth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & Fire is an African American R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 and led by founder Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the Elements or the Elements of the Universe, the band has won ten Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock...
and The EmotionsThe Emotions are an all female soul, disco, and R&B singing group. The group was formed in their hometown of Chicago, Illinois in 1968, and originally consisted of the three Hutchinson sisters, all the children of Joseph and Lillian Hutchinson...
Bottom 3: Kimberley Locke, Trenyce and Carmen Rasmusen
Bottom 2: Trenyce and Carmen Rasmusen
Eliminated: No one, due to the dismissal of Corey Clark
Top 8 (Billboard Number Ones)
- Clay Aiken - "At This Moment
"At This Moment" is a song that was first recorded by Billy Vera & The Beaters in 1981 during a string of performances at the Roxy in West Hollywood and featured on their self-titled live album, Billy and the Beaters, released that same year. When it was originally released as a single, the song...
" by Billy Vera & The BeatersBilly Vera is an American singer, actor, writer and music historian.-Career:...
, 1987
- Kimberley Locke - "My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Walter Afanasieff, it was recorded by Céline Dion. Originally released in 1997 on Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, it went to number 1 all over the...
" by Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion , CC, OQ is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to...
, 1998
- Rickey Smith - "Endless Love
"Endless Love" is a song originally recorded as a duet between soul singers Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another...
" by Diana Ross Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970...
& Lionel RichieLionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records.- Early years :...
, 1981
- Kimberly Caldwell - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
" I Do It for You" is a song co-written and performed by Bryan Adams, featured on his 1991 album Waking up the Neighbours and on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...
" by Bryan AdamsBryan Adams, OC, OBC is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Adams was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media"...
, 1991
- Josh Gracin - "Amazed
"Amazed" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey. The first version of the song was recorded by the American country music group Lonestar, whose version was released in 1999 as the second single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill...
" by LonestarLonestar is an American country music group consisting of Cody Collins , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater and Dean Sams...
, 2000
- Carmen Rasmusen - "Call Me
"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK ....
" by BlondieBlondie is an American rock band founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk rock scenes of the mid 1970s...
, 1980
- Trenyce - "The Power of Love
"The Power of Love" is a power ballad co-written and originally recorded by Jennifer Rush. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Laura Branigan and Céline Dion, and translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.-History:...
" by Jennifer RushJennifer Rush is an American German-based Pop/Rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which went on to be covered by Celine Dion, and Laura Branigan .-Career:...
, 1994
- Ruben Studdard - "Kiss and Say Goodbye
"Kiss And Say Goodbye" is a song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Manhattans. The song was written by Manhattans member Winfred "Blue" Lovett...
" by The ManhattansThe Manhattans are a popular R&B vocal group with a string of hit records over three decades, but best known for their million-selling songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye" and "Shining Star" in 1976 and 1980, respectively.-Early history:...
, 1976
- Result show - "All Night Long (All Night)
"All Night Long " was a 1983 hit single for Lionel Richie. Taken from his second solo album Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences and contains an old Jamaican chant. This new, more dance approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on...
" by Lionel RichieLionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records.- Early years :...
Bottom 3: Kimberley Locke, Kimberly Caldwell and Rickey Smith
Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Rickey Smith
Eliminated: Rickey Smith
Top 7 (Billy JoelBilly Joel is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States, according to the RIAA....
)
- Kimberly Caldwell - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album Glass Houses. The song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980....
"
- Ruben Studdard - "Just the Way You Are
"Just the Way You Are" is a love song from Billy Joel's 1977 pop rock album, The Stranger. It was written as a birthday gift to Joel's first wife Elizabeth Weber...
"
- Kimberley Locke - "New York State of Mind
"New York State of Mind" is a song written by Billy Joel which initially appeared on the album Turnstiles in 1976. While not a hit when it was first released, it has received much more frequent airplay in recent years...
"
- Carmen Rasmusen - "And So It Goes
"And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives...
"
- Josh Gracin - "Piano Man
"Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first major hit and is considered Joel's signature song. The verses of the song are sung from the point of view of a bar piano player who focuses mainly on everyone else at the bar: John the bartender, the waitress, and bar regulars like Paul and Davy...
"
- Trenyce - "Baby Grand
"Baby Grand" is the third single released off Billy Joel's album The Bridge. A duet with Joel and Ray Charles, the song is a ballad dedicated to the baby grand piano, and the relationship it can share with its players. The two originally got together when Charles contacted Joel about the naming of...
"
- Clay Aiken - "Tell Her About It
"Tell Her About It" is a hit 1983 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album An Innocent Man. An apparent homage to the Motown Sound, the song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week on September 24, 1983, replacing "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, which like "Tell Her About It" was...
"
- Result show - "The Longest Time
"The Longest Time" is a doo-wop single by musician Billy Joel. The song was released as a single in the early spring of 1984 as the fourth single off the album An Innocent Man...
"
Bottom 3: Kimberly Caldwell, Carmen Rasmusen and Trenyce
Bottom 2: Kimberly Caldwell and Carmen Rasmusen
Eliminated: Kimberly Caldwell
Top 6 (Diane WarrenDiane Eve Warren is an American country and pop music singer-songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
)
- Kimberley Locke - "If You Asked Me To
"If You Asked Me To" is the title of a song originally written and released as the lead single for Patti LaBelle's seventh solo studio album, entitled Be Yourself, and for the Licence to Kill soundtrack. The song is a ballad written by critically-acclaimed songwriter Diane Warren...
" by Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion , CC, OQ is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to...
- Clay Aiken - "I Could Not Ask for More
"I Could Not Ask for More" is a pop song composed by Diane Warren. It was first recorded by American artist Edwin McCain; released in 1999, McCain's version was the last single from his album Messenger.-Sara Evans version:...
" by Edwin McCainEdwin McCain is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:...
- Trenyce - "Have You Ever?" by Brandy
Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, television entertainer, film producer and occasional rapper....
- Josh Gracin - "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" by 'N Sync
N Sync was an American popgroup. The group's launch to fame was financed by the boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Since 1997, 'N Sync has sold over 56 million records worldwide....
- Carmen Rasmusen - "Love Will Lead You Back
"Love Will Lead You Back" is a song performed by Taylor Dayne. Released as the second single from Dayne's second album Can't Fight Fate , the ballad debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 27, 1990. It reached number one on April 7 that same year and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40...
" by Taylor DayneTaylor Dayne is an American pop vocalist, song-writer, dance artist, and actress. Dayne's first seven singles hit the U.S. top ten and she has topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart three times. Overall, she has 17 individual Top Ten's on Billboard Charts, including the recent Billboard Dance...
- Ruben Studdard - "Music of My Heart
"Music of My Heart" is a song by Gloria Estefan and *NSYNC, released as the first single from the soundtrack of the movie, Music of the Heart. It was written by Diane Warren.-Song history:...
" by 'N SyncN Sync was an American popgroup. The group's launch to fame was financed by the boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Since 1997, 'N Sync has sold over 56 million records worldwide....
and Gloria EstefanGloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, 26.5 million of those in the United States alone...
- Result show - "Shine" by Ashanti
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and model who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its...
Bottom 3: Carmen Rasmusen, Trenyce and Josh Gracin
Bottom 2: Carmen Rasmusen and Josh Gracin
Eliminated: Carmen Rasmusen
Top 5 (1960s/Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
)
- Ruben Studdard - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 hit single by The Temptations for Motown Records' Gordy label, produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B charts for eight...
" by The TemptationsThe Temptations are an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
- Trenyce - "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
- Josh Gracin - "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" is the title of a doo-wop song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was released in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its 1966 album of the same name, becoming a #6 pop hit that year...
" by The CasinosThe Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John Loudermilk written song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.The group was based around...
- Kimberley Locke - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown Records. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by The Miracles...
" by Marvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960...
- Clay Aiken - "Build Me Up Buttercup
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is the name of a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations with Colin Young singing the lead vocals in 1968. This was the third major hit for the Foundations. Colin Young replaced Clem Curtis in 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit...
"by The FoundationsThe Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" and written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The...
- Ruben Studdard - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" by Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
- Trenyce - "Love Will Keep Us Together
"Love Will Keep Us Together" is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in 1973. It was first released on Sedaka's 1974 LP "Sedaka's Back"....
" by Captain & TennilleCaptain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved chart success from 1975–80 with a repertoire of hit pop songs. The duo consists of "Captain" Daryl Dragon , and Toni Tennille...
- Josh Gracin - "Bad Blood
"Bad Blood" was a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. Sedaka's single, on which Elton John sang the backing vocal, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, remaining in the top position for three weeks. Coincidentally, it was knocked from the #1 spot by John's own single,...
" by Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
- Kimberley Locke - Where the Boys Are by Connie Francis
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero , known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer best known for several international hit songs including "Who's Sorry Now?," "Lipstick on Your Collar," "Where the Boys Are", and "Stupid Cupid." She topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on...
- Clay Aiken - "Solitaire
"Solitaire" is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. It tells of a man losing touch with, and thus losing, his sweetheart. Alone, he's "playing solitaire"....
" by Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
- Result show - 60's Medley and "What the World Needs Now Is Love
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. It was first recorded, and made popular by Jackie DeShannon. It was released on April 15, 1965 on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous...
" by Jackie DeShannonJackie DeShannon , is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period....
Bottom 2: Trenyce and Ruben Studdard
Eliminated: Trenyce
Top 4 (Bee GeesThe Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but the trio had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost...
)
- Josh Gracin - "Jive Talkin'
"Jive Talkin" is a song by the Bee Gees, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top-five on the UK singles chart in the summer of 1975. Largely recognized as the group's "comeback" song, it was their first U.S. top ten hit since "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in 1971.The...
" by the Bee GeesThe Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but the trio had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost...
- Clay Aiken - "To Love Somebody
"To Love Somebody" is the second single released by the Bee Gees from their third LP, Bee Gees 1st. As stated many times by Barry Gibb, their manager Robert Stigwood wanted Barry to write a soul song for Otis Redding for him to record. Barry, along with Robin came up with "To Love Somebody", a...
" by the Bee Gees
- Kimberley Locke - "I Just Want to Be Your Everything
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was a hit song by pop singer Andy Gibb. The first single released from his debut album, Flowing Rivers, it became the first of three consecutive number one Billboard Hot 100 singles for Gibb...
" by Andy GibbAndy Gibb was an Australian singer, teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, also known as the Bee Gees.-The early years:...
- Ruben Studdard - "Nights on Broadway
"Nights on Broadway" is a song written by the Bee Gees for the Main Course album in 1975. The second single release from the album, it immediately followed their number-one hit "Jive Talkin'"....
" by the Bee Gees
- Josh Gracin - "To Love Somebody
"To Love Somebody" is the second single released by the Bee Gees from their third LP, Bee Gees 1st. As stated many times by Barry Gibb, their manager Robert Stigwood wanted Barry to write a soul song for Otis Redding for him to record. Barry, along with Robin came up with "To Love Somebody", a...
" by the Bee Gees
- Clay Aiken - "Grease
"Grease" is the title song for the musical motion picture Grease, which was based on the stage play of the same name. The song was sung by Frankie Valli and was featured twice on the film's soundtrack; as the first track, and reprised as the final track. It became a number one single in the United...
" by Frankie ValliFrankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons....
, written by Barry GibbBarry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man, to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
- Kimberley Locke - "Emotion
"Emotion" is a 1977 single recorded by Australian pop singer Samantha Sang for the Private Stock label. Written by The Bee Gees members Barry & Robin Gibb , and produced by Barry, the song was Sang's only hit single, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978...
" by Samantha SangSamantha Sang is a pop singer.She adopted the stage surname of her father, Reg Gray, for the earlier part of her career.-Career:...
, written, produced & backup vocals by the Bee Gees
- Ruben Studdard - "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by the Bee Gees
- Result show - Bee Gees Medley
Bottom 2: Kimberley Locke and Josh Gracin
Eliminated: Josh Gracin
Top 3 (Random, Judges' Choice, Idol's Choice)
- Kimberley Locke - "Band of Gold
"Band of Gold" is a popular song written by Holland/Dozier/Holland, under the pseudonym Edith Wayne and Ron Dunbar, and first recorded by Freda Payne...
" by Freda PayneFreda Charcelia Payne is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She has also performed in musicals and acted in movies over the years, and briefly was the host of her own TV talk show...
- Ruben Studdard - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" is a soul single by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for Motown's Tamla label. Released in June of 1970, the song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart....
" by Stevie WonderStevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S...
- Clay Aiken - "Vincent
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting The Starry Night. The song also describes different paintings done by the artist.McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading...
" by Don McLeanDonald McLean, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent"....
- Kimberley Locke - "Anyone Who Had a Heart" by Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian. She is best known for her partnership with songwriters and producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David...
- Ruben Studdard - "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- Clay Aiken - "Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928...
" by Bobby DarinBobby Darin was an American singer and musician.Darin performed widely in a range of music genres, including pop, jazz, folk and country...
- Kimberley Locke - "Inseparable
"Inseparable" is a song originally recorded by R&B singer Natalie Cole. Released in 1975, it was her second straignt number one single on the Hot Soul Singles chart from her debut album of the same title and also reached number thirty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart..The song was second...
" by Natalie ColeNatalie Cole is an American singer, songwriter and performer. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more pop and jazz oriented musical style in the early 1990s...
- Ruben Studdard - "If Ever You're in My Arms Again
"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 popular song recorded by the American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single became Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984...
" by Peabo BrysonPeabo Bryson is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
- Clay Aiken - "Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....
" by The Righteous BrothersThe Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...
- Result Show - Love Songs Medley
Eliminated: Kimberley Locke
Top 2 (Finale)
- Ruben Studdard - "A House Is Not a Home
"A House Is Not a Home" is a 1964 song recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick. Written by the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the song was a modest hit in the US for Warwick, peaking at #71 on the pop singles chart as the B-side of the top 40 single, "You'll Never Get to Heaven "...
" by Luther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- Clay Aiken - "This Is the Night"
- Ruben Studdard - "Imagine
"Imagine" is a song written and performed by English rock musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971. "Imagine" was released as a single in the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100...
" by John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles...
- Clay Aiken - "Here, There and Everywhere
"Here, There and Everywhere" is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney , recorded for the Beatles 1966 album Revolver. In his biography Many Years From Now, McCartney said the song is one of his favourites. Beatles' producer George Martin has also mentioned it as one of his favourite McCartney...
" by The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
- Ruben Studdard - "Flying Without Wings
"Flying Without Wings" is a song by Westlife, from their self-titled debut album. The song became an instant hit in the United Kingdom and many parts of the world. The song became the group's third UK number 1 single. It is also one of Westlife's biggest selling number ones to date...
" by WestlifeWestlife is an Irish boy band formed on July 3, 1998.The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Brian McFadden...
- Clay Aiken - "Bridge over Troubled Water
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's final album together, released January 26, 1970. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" also topped the adult...
" by Simon & Garfunkel
- Result show - "One Voice" (with Kelly Clarkson) by Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, entertainer, and performer, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana"....
; Judges' Medley; "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" was a popular disco song by the R&B duo McFadden & Whitehead. They wrote and produced this along with keyboard player Jerry Cohen. Released from their self-titled debut album in 1979, the song spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart...
by McFadden & WhiteheadMcFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"...
Winner: Ruben Studdard
Runner-Up: Clay Aiken
The two night season finale was held at the
Gibson AmphitheatreThe Gibson Amphitheatre is a theatre located in Universal City, California, USA. It was originally built in 1972 as an outdoor venue, but to the chagrin of many, was remodeled and converted into an indoor theatre in 1982 to improve acoustics...
in Los Angeles, California.
Finals
In season two, Seacrest surfaced as the lone host.
Brian DunklemanBrian Dunkleman is a comedian and actor. He is best known as being co-host with Ryan Seacrest on the first season of American Idol on the Fox Network.-Acting:...
reportedly hated working on the show and the studio was dissatisfied with his performance.
Kristin HoltKristin Adams , born on August 17, 1981 in Plano, Texas, is a television personality and entertainment news correspondent. She is most noted as a host of G4's Cheat!, a television show dedicated to video game cheats and strategies. The show now airs as a segment on G4's X-Play. She also substitutes...
was a special correspondent.
This time,
Ruben StuddardChristopher Ruben Studdard is an American pop, R&B, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
emerged as the winner with
Clay AikenClay Aiken is an American pop singer who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released in October 2003...
as a very close runner-up. Out of 24 million votes recorded, Studdard finished just 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken. The accuracy of the reported results remains controversial. There was much discussion in the communication industry about the phone system being overloaded, and that more than 150 million votes were dropped, making the voting results suspect. Since then the voting methods have been modified to help avoid this problem. In an interview prior to the start of the
fifth seasonThe fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell returned to judge, and Ryan Seacrest returned to host. It is the most successful season to date ratings-wise and also with 17 contestants getting record deals -...
, executive producer
Nigel LythgoeNigel Lythgoe is an English television and film director and producer, and former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He is noted for being the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol as well as creating, executive producing and being a regular judge for So You Think You Can...
revealed for the first time that Aiken had led the fan voting from the wild card week onward until the finale. Despite Studdard's win, Aiken has enjoyed more widespread popularity, emerging as the season's true breakout star.
A mini-controversy emerged after the finale when Simon Cowell alleged that Clay Aiken knew the results of the show nearly an hour before they were announced on-air because he had snuck a peek at Ryan Seacrest's handheld cue card backstage. On
Larry King LiveLarry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. The show debuted in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly.The show broadcasts from CNN's Los Angeles studios...
the next day, Aiken admitted he had indeed seen the card but could not read it in the backstage light; however, he
had seen enough to determine that the name on it was too long to be "Clay Aiken". On the live broadcast, Aiken can be seen turning his body to face Studdard and whispering something in his ear right before the results were announced, a visual clue fans took as confirmation that Aiken had somehow found out he was not the winner.
During the course of the contest, Ruben became known for wearing 205 Flava jerseys representing his area code; when asked about them early in the season, Ruben told Ryan Seacrest that he was "just representing 205". Shortly after the end of the contest, Ruben sued 205 Flava, Inc. for $2 Million dollars for using his image for promotional purposes. 205 Flava responded by alleging that Ruben had accepted over $10,000 in return for wearing 205 shirts, and produced 8 cashed checks to validate their claim. The allegations, if true, were a clear violation of the
American Idol rules. The lawsuit was settled out of court.
The rumor mills were buzzing once again in 2005 when Season Two contestant
Corey ClarkCorey Delaney Clark is an American singer. He is well known for his highly-publicized disqualification from the second season of American Idol and later allegations of a sexual relationship between him and then-Idol judge, Paula Abdul.-Early life and career:Corey Clark was born in San Bernardino,...
-- who was himself kicked off the show because of a police record he had not disclosed to the show -- alleged that he had had an affair with judge Paula Abdul. Clark also alleged that Abdul gave him preferential treatment on the show because of their alleged romance. A subsequent investigation by Fox found no evidence to support Clark's charges.
Elimination chart
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|Clay Aiken
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|Kimberley Locke
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|Josh Gracin
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|Trenyce
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|Carmen Rasmusen
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|Kimberly Caldwell
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|Rickey Smith
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|Corey Clark
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|Julia DeMato
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|Charles Grigsby
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|Vanessa Olivarez
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|Aliceyn Cooney
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|Chip Days
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|Janine Falsone
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|Olivia Mojica
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|Nasheka Siddall
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Final
4
|Juanita Barber
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|Sylvia Chibiliti
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|Ashley Hartman
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|Patrick Lake
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Final
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|Samantha Cohen
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|Equoia Coleman
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|Louis Gazzara
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|Kimberly Kelsey
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|Jordan Segundo
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|George Trice
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Final
2
|Rebecca Bond
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|Candice Coleman
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|Jennifer Fuentes
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Final
1
|J.D. Adams
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|Meosha Denton
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* None of the bottom 3 were eliminated on the April 2nd results show due to the disqualification of Corey Clark on previous day.
Major releases
- American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs
Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs was compiled of classic American love songs performed by the top eleven finalists from season 2 of American Idol and contains two ensemble tracks...
(Compilation - CD)
- "Flying Without Wings
"Flying Without Wings" is a song by Westlife, from their self-titled debut album. The song became an instant hit in the United Kingdom and many parts of the world. The song became the group's third UK number 1 single. It is also one of Westlife's biggest selling number ones to date...
"/"Superstar"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best known version is by The Carpenters in 1971.-Original Delaney and Bonnie version:...
" (Ruben Studdard - single)
- "Bridge over Troubled Water
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's final album together, released January 26, 1970. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" also topped the adult...
"/"This Is the Night" (Clay Aiken - single)
- Measure of a Man (Clay Aiken - CD)
- Soulful
Soulful is the 2003 debut album from second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard.The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 U.S. album chart selling over 400,000 copies in its first week, and has since been certified a platinum record. In the U.S...
(Ruben Studdard - CD)
- "Sorry 2004
"Sorry 2004" is a song recorded by the American R&B singer Ruben Studdard. It was released as a single from his 2003 album Soulful. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart on February 17,...
" (Ruben Studdard - single)
- "8th World Wonder
"8th World Wonder" is the 2004 debut single from American Idol finalist Kimberley Locke, from her One Love album. The single debuted on the Billboard Singles Sales Chart at #1, making it the first non-Idol single to top the chart from any Idol finalist...
" (Kimberley Locke - single)
- "The Way/Solitaire
"The Way"/"Solitaire" is the second commercial double A-side CD single by Clay Aiken released on March 16 2004 on the RCA label.In the summer of 2004, "Solitaire" replaced "This is the Night" as the bonus track on new versions of Aiken's Measure of a Man.The Way was featured in Scooby Doo 2:...
" (Clay Aiken - single)
- "Photograph" (Carmen Rasmusen - single)
- "What If" (Ruben Studdard - single)
- One Love
One Love is the debut album of American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke. According to SoundScan, total sales of the album to date is approximately 213,000 copies.-Track listing:# "8th World Wonder" – 3:59...
(Kimberley Locke - CD)
- Josh Gracin
Josh Gracin is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Josh Gracin. It was released in the United States on June 15, 2004 on Lyric Street Records, and has received RIAA gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies...
(Josh Gracin - CD)
- Merry Christmas with Love
Merry Christmas with Love is Clay Aiken's first Christmas album, released by RCA Records on November 16, 2004. It was certified platinum and was recognized by Billboard as the Best Selling Christmas Album of 2004 and the Best Selling Christian Album of 2005.The album was re-released on August 18,...
(Clay Aiken - Holiday CD)
- I Need an Angel
I Need an Angel is the 2004 second album from American singer Ruben Studdard.An album of gospel music, it sold 96,000 in its first week to debut at number 20 on the Billboard 200 U.S. album chart, and has since been certified a gold record...
(Ruben Studdard - Gospel CD)
- Carmen (EP) (Carmen Rasmusen - CD)
- Corey Clark (Corey Clark - CD)
- "Coulda Been
"Coulda Been" is the third single from American Idol finalist, Kimberley Locke, from her One Love album. This is an enhanced disc which contains the music video for the single. Though originally plans were to release "You've Changed" as the third single in the USA while "Coulda Been" would be the...
" (Kimberley Locke - single)
- '"Favorite State of Mind" (Josh Gracin - single)
- A Thousand Different Ways
A Thousand Different Ways is the third studio album by Clay Aiken. The album, which was executive produced by Jaymes Foster, consists of ten covers and four new songs. It was released by RCA on September 19, 2006...
(Clay Aiken - CD)
- The Return
The Return is the third album by R&B artist Ruben Studdard and was released on October 17, 2006. The first single, "Change Me", was released on July 31, 2006....
(Ruben Studdard - CD)
- "All Is Well
All Is Well, released November 28, 2006 is a studio EP recorded by Clay Aiken. Originally an exclusive for Walmart the album was made available on iTunes in December 2007. The four tracks are all Christmas songs...
" (Clay Aiken - Holiday EP)
- "Nothin' Like the Summer" (Carmen Rasmusen - single)
- Based on a True Story
Based On A True Story is the second album from American Idol finalist, Kimberley Locke. Kimberley chose this title because the songs on the album, 8 of which co-written by Kimberley herself, tell the true story of the emotions she dealt with during and after her relationship with her ex-fiance...
(Kimberley Locke - CD)
- Nothin' Like the Summer
Nothin' Like the Summer is the debut album of country music artist Carmen Rasmusen . It was released on iTunes on August 14, 2007, and was physically released on August 28, 2007 on Lofton Creek Records....
(Carmen Rasmusen - CD)
- We Weren't Crazy
We Weren't Crazy is the second studio album from American country music artist Josh Gracin. Originally titled All About Y'all, the album was slated for release in mid-2006 after the release of its debut single "Favorite State of Mind". A second single, "I Keep Coming Back", was issued in early...
(Josh Gracin - CD)
- On My Way Here
On My Way Here is the fourth full length studio album released by American Idol Season 2 alumnus Clay Aiken on May 6, 2008. This album of both ballads and pop-rock is an eclectic mix of styles and tempos. Aiken wanted to get away from using multiple producers and chose Grammy Award-winning British...
(Clay Aiken - CD)
Minor or independent releases
(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)
- The One (Vanessa Olivarez)
- Jordan (Jordan Segundo)
- Charles Grigsby (Charles Grigsby)
- Use Your Gift (Quiana Parler)
- George Trice (George Trice) - released in the summer of 2007
Source: Idolsmusic.com
External links