American Idol Season 5 Scorecard -- Finalists GSNN
Week 8 -- May 2 - 3, 2006 "Birth Year & Billboard Top 10"
Order Name   Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 TotPts Overall
2 Paris Bennett   4 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 3           29 4
3 Chris Daughtry   2 1 5 3 5 4 1 1 5           27 3
5 Taylor Hicks   3 5 2 5 4 3 5 2 3           32 5
4 Katharine McPhee   1 3 3 2 3 1 4 5 1           23 1
1 Elliott Yamin   5 2 1 1 2 5 2 3 2           23 1
OUT Kellie Pickler     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Ace Young     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Bucky Covington     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Mandisa Hundley     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Lisa Tucker     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Kevin Covais     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
OUT Melissa McGhee     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
Order Name   Randy Paula Simon Song Choices Previous Standings Results
2 Paris Bennett   +   + -   + x   ++ "Kiss" "Be Without You" 08 07 05 06 05 04 03 04 5th
3 Chris Daughtry   ++   - ++   - ++   - "Renegade" "I Dare You" 02 01 01 02 02 03 04 03 Safe
5 Taylor Hicks   -   + +   ++ x   ++ "Play/Funky Mus." "Something" 07 06 06 05 05 05 05 05 Safe
4 Katharine McPhee   -   + -   + x   + "Against All Odds" "Black Horse/Tr." 06 03 03 03 03 02 01 01 Safe
1 Elliott Yamin   +   ++ +   ++ -   + "On Broadway" "Home" 01 02 02 01 01 01 02 02 4th
Analysis:   All I will say is this…in five years of doing these scorecards, I can't remember scores ever being this close.   NOTE:  I could not decide 
Paris and Taylor for 3rd place in the second song, so I tied them.  That tie did not affect the overall standings.