| American Idol Season 5 Scorecard -- Preliminary Rounds | GSNN InSites | ||||||||||||
| February 28 - March 2, 2006 | |||||||||||||
| denotes InSites' pick for elimination | |||||||||||||
| GIRLS -- Tuesday (2/28/06) | |||||||||||||
| Order | Name | Song Choice | Randy | Paula | Simon | Wk1 Rank | Wk2 Rank | Overall | Result | ||||
| 7 | Paris Bennett | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | +/- | +/- | +/- | 3 | 6 | 5 | Safe | ||||
| 8 | Ayla Brown | "I Want You To Need Me" | + | + | +/- | 5 | 4 | 3 | Safe | ||||
| 5 | Heather Cox | "Hero" | - | - | x | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9th | ||||
| 6 | Brenna Gethers | "Last Dance" | x | x | x | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10th | ||||
| 10 | Mandisa Hundley | "Cry" | +/- | + | +/- | 4 | 5 | 4 | Safe | ||||
| 4 | Melissa McGhee | "Why Haven't I Heard From You" | ++ | ++ | x | 6 | 2 | 2 | Safe | ||||
| 1 | Katharine McPhee | "All In Love Is Fair" | - | - | x | 2 | 9 | 7 | Safe | ||||
| 9 | Kellie Pickler | "Something To Talk About" | ++ | ++ | + | 8 | 3 | 6 | Safe | ||||
| 2 | Kinnik Sky | "Here for the Party" | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8th | ||||
| 3 | Lisa Tucker | "Who's Loving You" | - | + | + | 1 | 1 | 1 | Safe | ||||
| OUT | Stevie Scott | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | T-21st | ||||
| OUT | Becky O'Donohue | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | T-23rd | ||||
| GUYS -- Wednesday (3/1/06) | |||||||||||||
| Order | Name | Song Choice | Randy | Paula | Simon | Wk1 Rank | Wk2 Rank | Overall | Result | ||||
| 5 | Kevin Covais | "I Heard It Through/Grapevine" | + | + | x | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8th | ||||
| 8 | Bucky Covington | "The Thunder Rolls" | + | ++ | - | 9 | 4 | 7 | Safe | ||||
| 10 | Chris Daughtry | "Hemorrhage" | +++ | +++ | +++ | 3 | 1 | 2 | Safe | ||||
| 1 | Taylor Hicks | "Easy" | - | - | x | 6 | 8 | 8 | Safe | ||||
| 7 | Will Makar | "Lady" | - | - | x | 8 | 5 | 6 | Safe | ||||
| 4 | Gedeon McKinney | "Change Is Gonna Come" | + | ++ | ++ | 7 | 3 | 4 | Safe | ||||
| 9 | David Radford | "The Way You Look Tonight" | x | x | x | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10th | ||||
| 6 | Sway Penala | "Overjoyed" | x | x | x | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9th | ||||
| 2 | Elliott Yamin | "Moody's Mood for Love" | +++ | +++ | ++ | 1 | 2 | 1 | Safe | ||||
| 3 | Ace Young | "If I'm Not Made for You" | + | + | - | 2 | 7 | 3 | Safe | ||||
| OUT | Patrick Hall | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | T-21st | ||||
| OUT | Bobby Bennett | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | T-23rd | ||||