Songs sung (1st song random, 2nd song judges choice, 3rd song Idol's choice):
Kimberley Locke-"Band Of Gold" by Freda Payne (1st song),"Anyone Who Had A Heart" by Dionne Warwick (2nd song) and"Inseparable" by Natalie Cole (3rd song)
Ruben Studdard"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder (1st song),"Smile" by Charlie Chaplin (2nd song) and"If Ever You're In My Arms Again" by Peabo Bryson (3rd song)
Clay Aiken-"Vincent" by Don McLean (1st song),"Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin (2nd song) and"Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers
The first song and last song had video clips before them, while for the second song Ryan just asked a judge what song had been picked for them. This is the first time that there was a video clip after more than just one song.
Ryan did not read out the numbers until the final round.
This is the first competition episode since the Top 12 began to not have a guest judge.
Brooke Burke and Quentin Tarantino were both in the audience.
Clay Aiken made a very apparent mistake while singing "Vincent".
Each of the contestants had to sing three songs. One picked by each of the judges, one picked by the contestants themselves, and one random pick.
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