Monday, September 28, 2026

VHS Tape #33: American Idol 5 Tape 2



Here we go with my 33rd old VHS tape that I'm indexing. As you can probably tell by the title of the tape, it is simply a continuation of my last one, which had nothing on it but American Idol 5.


(00:00:00)

American Idol 5 - Day 2 of Hollywood auditions
 - Woman stresses out about being sick and sucks when she goes up to sing. The judges still put her through though.
 - People who suck make lame excuses
 - The other group on the Hollywood tour notices that Ryan Seacrest has a star on the walkway but Simon does not, and comment on it
 - Brittenum twins audition and make it through
 - Touring contestants visit the Kodak Theater
 - Brittenum twins get mad over the criticism directed their way
 - Gina Glocksen, David Radford, Ace Young, and Kevin Covais all sing the same song and make it through
 - Other set of black twins audition but they don't make it through
 - Touring contestants visit the Magic Castle
 - Young cowboy auditions and makes it through
 - Brittenum twins continue to bicker
 - Chris Daughtry sings The First Cut is the Deepest and makes it through
 - Mandisa moves on
 - Katharine McPhee sings I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again and advances
 - Crazy Dave sings but doesn't impress the judges this time around
 - Round One of the Hollywood rounds is recapped and the group songs are previewed
 - Groups practice their songs. Some fight and some get along fine
 - Paris Bennett's group sings and she makes it through
 - Elliott Yamin's group auditions and he makes it through - along with Sway and Terrell Brittenum

Price is Right clip where a man has a shirt that says "Push" on it. When Bob Barker pushes it, his shirt plays the Price is Right theme music. The guy wins his game too
 
AI5 (cont)
 - Kevin Covais, Will Makar, and David Radford are in the same group and all make it through
 - Derrell Brittenum's group sings and he makes it through. However, he quits, mistakenly thinking that his brother had been cut. His error is realized and he contemplates going back and apologizing.
 - Mandisa's group sings and she moves on
 - Montage of people messing up the words to Sugar Pie Honeybunch
 - All female group is awful and they all go home
 - Brittenum twins apologize and the judges say they will think about whether to let Derrell back
 - A different all female group makes it through
 - Brenna's group sings Sugar Pie Honey Bunch and they all make it through
 - Brokenote Mountain skit about the 3 cowboy dudes
 - Brittenum twins allowed to stay in the competition
 - Cowboys perform but suck and are all sent home
 - Contestants are separated into 4 rooms but only 1 room is cut

(1:02:33)

AI5. Top 24 is formed as contestants are sent up via elevator to learn their fate from the judged
 - Many contestants are told no
 - A nervous Katharine McPhee is the first person to get a yes
 - Ace Young makes it through
 - Some more nos
 - Bobby Bennett makes it through
 - Mandisa makes it through and Simon apologizes for the comment he made about her weight
 - Nervous contestants work out the jitters
 - Lisa Tucker, David Radford, Sway Penala, and Brenna Gethers make it through
 - Chick who doesn't like Brenna is denied
 - Gedeon McKinney, Stevie Scott, and Ayla Brown make it through
 - Chris Daughtry gets stuck in the elevator but when he gets to the top he makes it through
 - Becky O'Donohue makes it through
 - One yes and one no to 2 chicks who come up
 - Bucky Covington, Patrick Hall, Kevin Covais, and Paris Bennett make it through
 - Brittenum twins arrested for fraud and have to drop our of the competition
 - Kellie Pickler and Taylor Hicks make it through
 - Final 2 chicks come in together and only one makes it through. It is Kinnik Sky.
 - Final 2 boys come in together and only one makes it through. It is Will Makar

(1:44:37)

AI5. First live performance show. The top 12 girls go first
 - Introduction stuff. Blah blah blah.
 - Mandisa sings Never by Heart and is good
 - Kellie Pickler sings How Far. Meh.
 - Becky O'Donohue sings Because The Night. Meh.
 - Ayla Brown sings Reflections. Meh.
 - Paris Bennett sings Midnight Train To Georgia and is good
 - Stevie Scott sings To Where You Are. Boring.
 - Brenna Gethers sings You Are The Sunshine Of My Life and sucks
 - Heather Cox sings When You Tell Me That You Love Me. Meh.
 - Melissa McGhee sings When The Lights Go Down. Meh. What's with all the suckage?
 - Lisa Tucker sings some song I've never heard before. Meh again.
 - Kinnik Sky sings some song I've never heard before and is meh. Seriously... wtf?
 - Katharine McPhee sings Can't Get You Out of My Heart. Meh but she sang it good. This episode was awful.

AI5. The Top 12 guys performance show.
 - Patrick Hall sings Come To My Window and is mediocre. In the background there is a crazy looking lady with too much collagen in her lips during the judge's comments. Wow. I had to make her the thumbnail for this episode.
 - David Radford sings Crazy Little Thing Called Love. It's entertaining but not a great vocal.
 - Bucky Covington sing Simple Man and is all right
 - Will Makar sings I Want You Back. Not a great vocal performance but it was entertaining.
 - Sway Penala sings a song called Reasons entirely in falsetto and is meh
 - Chris Daughtry sings Dead or Alive and is good. Yay finally a performance I really liked.
 - Kevin Covais sings One Bright Night or something like that and is just okay
 - Gedeon McKinney sings Shout and is decent
 - Elliott Yamin sings If You Really Love Me and is decent
 - Bobby Bennett sings Copacabana and isn't great. It is entertaining though. Seacrest gets on Simon's case for not offering constructive criticism
 - Ace Young sings Father Figure and is pretty good
 - Taylor Hicks sings Levon and is just okay 

(3:46:45) 

AI5. First results show. 2 guys and 2 gals are sent home
 - Group performance of Take It Easy
 - Becky has the lowest number of votes among the girls and is the first one sent home
 - Bobby has the lowest number of votes among the guys and is the second one sent home this episode
 - Stevie and Patrick sent home

Recap of AI5 Top 10 girls performance show. Apparently it sucked so bad I didn't even record the whole episode. Just the recap. Good choice because the first girl's show was terrible.


AI5 Top 10 boys performance show
 - Taylor - Easy. The judges unfairly criticize him and the song choice. I think it was good.
 - Elliott - Moody's Mood For Love. Solid performance.
 - Ace - If You're Not The One by Daniel Bedingfield. I liked it but Simon didn't.
 - Gedeon - A Change Is Gonna Come. It's decent. If I didn't like the song I probably would have been bored though.
 - Kevin - Heard It Through The Grapevine. Meh.
 - Sway - Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder. Dull and boring.
 - Will - Some dull boring ballad. Meh.
 - Bucky - Some countryish song that sounds like it's title might be Thunder Road. It's okay.
 - David - The Way You Look Tonight. I thought it was good, but the judges bash him.
 - Chris - Hemorrhage by Fuel. Great performance. He is clearly the best guy.

AI5 results show. 2 more guys and gals go home.
 - Group performance of Love The One You're With. Yikes, it is not good.
 - Carrie Underwood is interviewed and then she sings Jesus Take The Wheel
 - Seacrest recaps all of the girls performances and tells them who is in the bottom three
 - Brenna and Heather sent home
 - Seacrest recaps the guys performances and tells them who is in the bottom three
 - David and Sway sent home

(5:04:09)

AI5 Top 8 girls performance show
 - Paris - Conga. It's okay,
 - Lisa - Some boring ballad. Meh.
 - Melissa - What About Love. I thought this was good and her best performance.
 - Kinnik - She talks about chitlins and sings If I Ain't Got You. Meh.
 - Katharine - Think by Aretha Franklin. It's really good.
 - Ayla - Unwritten. I like it but the judges aren't too thrilled with it.
 - Mandisa - I'm Every Woman. Good job.
 - Kellie - I'm The Only One. I like it. Simon calls her a naughty little minx.

AI5 Top 8 boys performance show
 - Gedeon - When A Man Loves A Woman. Meh. He sings it well but doesn't do anything to change it up and it's boring.
 - Chris - Broken. Good but not great.
 - Kevin - Starry Starry Night. Boring.
 - Bucky - Some country song called Wave On Wave. Bleh.
 - Will - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You. Meh.
 - Taylor - He is interviewed in a bunny suit and then sings Takin' It To The Streets and is excellent
 - Elliott - Baby You're All That I Want. It's a boring song but he sings it alright. It is just okay.
 - Ace - High pitched boy band sounding song. Meh.
 
(5:59:54)

AI5 results show. The last one where 2 girls and 2 guys go home
 - Bo Bice is interviewed and sings the Real Thing. How many times is this now he has sung this song on one of these tapes? Seems like a lot.
 - Kinnik sent home
 - Will sent home
 - Ayla sent home. Seacrest and the judges console her and she sings one last time.
 - Gedeon sent home
 - Musical recap of the Idol journeys of the 4 booted players

AI5 Top 12 performance show. Stevie Wonder themed week. Ugh.
 - Ace - Do I Do. Meh. The judges don't like it either.
 - Kellie - Blame It On The Sun. Awful. After the song she comments that her eyelashes feel like tarantulas.
 - Elliott - He cries when he meets Stevie Wonder and then sings Knocks Me Off My Feet. It's okay.
 - Mandisa - Don't You Worry About A Thing. It's okay.
 - Bucky - Superstition. It's definitely the best performance so far. Simon comments on Bucky's "Jessica Simpson" hairstyle.
 - Melissa - Lately. Meh. I cut out most of the song.
 - Lisa - Signed, Sealed, Delivered. It was good.
 - Kevin - Part Time Lover. I actually kinda like this. I think it's his best performance.
 - Katharine - Until You Come Back to Me. Meh.
 - Taylor - Livin' For The City. Good job.
 - Paris - All I Do. Meh,
 - Chris - Higher Ground. It is good.

AI5 results show
 - All I Want Ford music video
 - Ace, Melissa, and Lisa all revealed to be in the bottom 3
 - Melissa goes home

(7:19:58)

AI5 Top 11 performance show. 50's music is the theme. Barry Manilow mentors.
 - Mandisa - I Don't Want To Hurt Anymore. Good singing but a boring song.
 - Bucky - Oh Boy. It's just okay,
 - Paris - Fever. It's all right.
 - Chris - I Walk The Line. This is pretty good.
 - Katharine - Come Rain Or Shine. It's okay.
 - Taylor - Not Fade Away. It's all right. It is one of my least favorite of his performances.
 - Lisa - Why Do Fools Fall In Love. Meh, It's too fast or something.
 - Kevin - When I Fall In Love. Boring.
 - Elliott - Some boring song. It's okay.
 - Kellie - Walking After Midnight. Best performance of the night.
 - Ace - In The Still Of The Night. Meh. I'm starting to dislike Ace.

(8:09:04)

AI5 results show
 - We Got The Beat Ford music video



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