American Idol Season 5 Scorecard -- Finalists GSNN
Week 9 -- May 9 - 10, 2006 "Elvis"
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 Chris Daughtry   2 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 4 3 3       29 3
1 Taylor Hicks   3 4 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 2 2       31 4
4 Katharine McPhee   1 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 1 4 4       28 2
3 Elliott Yamin   4 2 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 1       22 1
OUT Paris Bennett     ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
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 Chris Daughtry   +  ++ ++  ++ ++  - "Suspicious Minds" "A Little Less Cnv" 02 01 01 02 02 03 04 03 03 4th
1 Taylor Hicks   ++  +++ ++  ++ x  +++ "Jailhouse Rock" "In the Ghetto" 07 06 06 05 05 05 05 05 05 Top 2
4 Katharine McPhee   -  - -  + x  x "Hound Dog"/"All" "Can't Help Falling" 06 03 03 03 03 02 01 01 01 3rd
3 Elliott Yamin   ++  +++ +++ +++ ++  +++ "If I Could Dream" "Trouble" 01 02 02 01 01 01 02 02 01 Top 2
Analysis:  Look at those numbers!  Given that America hasn't been rating Elliott as high as I have…it's basically a four-way dead heat.  Based on this
week alone, you have to go with Katharine (who missed lyrics and was way off pitch on her second song) as the one to go.