Top 20 (February 28 & March 1)Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Top 16 (March 7 & 8)Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Top 12 finalists- Taylor Hicks was from Birmingham, Alabama. He performed "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke at his original audition in Las Vegas. He performed Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" in Hollywood.
- Katharine McPhee was from Los Angeles, California. She auditioned in San Francisco with Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child," and Randy Jackson said her audition was the best he'd heard yet that season. In Hollywood, she performed Dionne Warwick's "I'll Never Love This Way Again," "I Can't Help Myself," and "My Funny Valentine."
- Elliott Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He auditioned in Boston. In Hollywood, he performed Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road" and "The Shoop Shoop Song."
- Chris Daughtry was from McLeansville, North Carolina. He auditioned in Denver with Joe Cocker's "The Letter." In Hollywood, he performed Samantha Sang's "Emotion."
- Paris Bennett was from Fayetteville, Georgia, and was the granddaughter of Grammy Award winner Ann Nesby. She sang "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks at her original audition in Greensboro. In Hollywood, she performed LeAnn Rimes's "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and Samantha Sang's "Emotion."
- Kellie Pickler was from Albemarle, North Carolina. She originally auditioned in Greensboro.
- Ace Young was from Denver, Colorado, where he auditioned. In Hollywood, he performed Shai's "If I Ever Fall in Love" and Samantha Sang's "Emotion."
- Bucky Covington was from Rockingham, North Carolina. He auditioned in Greensboro.
- Mandisa was from Antioch, Tennessee. She had a successful original audition in Chicago, where she performed Alicia Keys's "Fallin'." In Hollywood, she performed Freda Payne's "Band of Gold."
- Lisa Tucker was from Anaheim, California, and auditioned in Denver with Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time."
- Kevin Covais was from Levittown, New York. For his audition in Boston, he sang "You Raise Me Up". In Hollywood, he performed Shai's "If I Ever Fall in Love."
- Melissa McGhee was from Tampa, Florida, but she auditioned in Denver with "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes.
Finals
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served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants performed one song from his discography and are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Stevie Wonder song | Result | | Ace Young | "Do I Do" | Bottom three | | Kellie Pickler | "Blame It on the Sun" | Safe | | Elliott Yamin | "Knocks Me Off My Feet" | Safe | | Mandisa | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | Safe | | Bucky Covington | "Superstition" | Safe | | Melissa McGhee | "Lately" | Eliminated | | Lisa Tucker | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | Bottom two | | Kevin Covais | "Part-Time Lover" | Safe | | Katharine McPhee | "Until You Come Back to Me " | Safe | | Taylor Hicks | "Living for the City" | Safe | | Paris Bennett | "All I Do" | Safe | | Chris Daughtry | "Higher Ground" | Safe |
Top 11 – Music from the 1950s (March 22)served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Song | Result | | Mandisa | "I Don't Hurt Anymore" | Safe | | Bucky Covington | "Oh, Boy!" | Bottom two | | Paris Bennett | "Fever" | Safe | | Chris Daughtry | "I Walk the Line" | Safe | | Katharine McPhee | "Come Rain or Come Shine" | Safe | | Taylor Hicks | "Not Fade Away" | Safe | | Lisa Tucker | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" | Bottom three | | Kevin Covais | "When I Fall in Love" | Eliminated | | Elliott Yamin | "Teach Me Tonight" | Safe | | Kellie Pickler | "Walkin' After Midnight" | Safe | | Ace Young | "In the Still of the Night" | Safe |
Top 10 – Music from the 2000s (March 29)Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Song | Result | | Lisa Tucker | "Because of You" | Eliminated | | Kellie Pickler | "Suds in the Bucket" | Safe | | Ace Young | "Drops of Jupiter " | Bottom three | | Taylor Hicks | "Trouble" | Safe | | Mandisa | "Shackles " | Safe | | Chris Daughtry | "What If" | Safe | | Katharine McPhee | "The Voice Within" | Bottom two | | Bucky Covington | "Real Good Man" | Safe | | Paris Bennett | "Work It Out" | Safe | | Elliott Yamin | "I Don't Want to Be" | Safe |
Top 9 – Country music (April 5)served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Country song | Result | | Taylor Hicks | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | Safe | | Mandisa | "Any Man of Mine" | Eliminated | | Elliott Yamin | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Bottom two | | Paris Bennett | "How Do I Live" | Bottom three | | Ace Young | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | Safe | | Kellie Pickler | "Fancy" | Safe | | Chris Daughtry | "Making Memories of Us" | Safe | | Katharine McPhee | "Bringing Out the Elvis in Me" | Safe | | Bucky Covington | "Best I Ever Had " | Safe |
Top 8 – Queen (April 12)Queen band members Brian May and Roger Taylor served as guest mentors for this week. Contestants performed one song from the Queen discography and are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Queen song | Result | | Bucky Covington | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | Eliminated | | Ace Young | "We Will Rock You" | Bottom three | | Kellie Pickler | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe | | Chris Daughtry | "Innuendo" | Safe | | Katharine McPhee | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe | | Elliott Yamin | "Somebody to Love" | Bottom three | | Taylor Hicks | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Safe | | Paris Bennett | "The Show Must Go On" | Safe |
served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants performed one song from the Great American Songbook and are listed in the order they performed.
| Contestant | Song | Result | | Chris Daughtry | "What a Wonderful World" | Bottom two | | Paris Bennett | "These Foolish Things " | Bottom three | | Taylor Hicks | "You Send Me" | Safe | | Elliott Yamin | "It Had to Be You" | Safe | | Kellie Pickler | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | Safe | | Ace Young | "That's All" | Eliminated | | Katharine McPhee | "Someone to Watch Over Me" | Safe |
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