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American Idol (season 3)
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American Idol
Season 3
Broadcast from
January 19 (2004-01-19) – May 26, 2004 (2004-05-26)
Judges
Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell
Randy Jackson
Host(s)
Ryan Seacrest
Broadcaster
Fox Broadcasting Company
Finals venue
Kodak Theatre
Winner
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino in The American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World.
Origin
High Point, North Carolina, United States
Song
"I Believe"
Genre(s)
R&B, soul, hip hop soul, gospel
Runner-up
Diana DeGarmo
Chronology
◀
2004
▶
The third season of American Idol premiered on Monday, January 19, 2004 and continued until May 26, 2004. The third season was won by Fantasia Barrino, who defeated Diana DeGarmo by an approximate margin of 2% (1.3 million votes); the vote total (65 million votes) was the highest recorded vote total in the show's history until the May 23, 2007, finale of the sixth season. This season also featured Jennifer Hudson, who would subsequently win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Season 3 is the first season where both the winner and the runner-up had been in the bottom 2 or 3 prior to the finale, being followed by the eighth and twelfth seasons. It is the first season to have a finale with two female contestants, followed by the twelfth season; while the second, seventh and eighth seasons had a finale with two male contestants. It is also the first season where a Wild Card contestant, Leah LaBelle, is eliminated in the first episode of the finals. It is the first season to have a gender imbalance among the finalists, followed by season 8, each having eight finalists of the dominant gender. Season 3 has eight female finalists, whereas the eighth season had eight male finalists.
Both Fantasia and Diana DeGarmo released a single after the finale. Fantasia's first single, released in June 2004 on the RCA record label, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number one, making Fantasia the first artist in the history of Billboard to debut at number one with their first single. In addition to Fantasia and DeGarmo, Jasmine Trias, LaToya London, George Huff, Jennifer Hudson, and Camile Velasco have all released albums since the season ended. Leah LaBelle was signed by Epic Records.[1]
Contents
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1 Regional auditions
2 Hollywood week
3 Semifinals
3.1 Group 1
3.2 Group 2
3.3 Group 3
3.4 Group 4
3.5 Wild Card
4 Finalists
5 Finals
5.1 Top 12 – Soul
5.2 Top 11 – Country
5.3 Top 10 – Motown
5.4 Top 9 – Elton John
5.5 Top 8 – Movie Soundtracks
5.6 Top 7 – Barry Manilow
5.7 Top 6 – Gloria Estefan
5.8 Top 5 – Big Band
5.9 Top 4 – Disco
5.10 Top 3 – Idols' Choice, Judges' Choice, Clive's Choice
5.11 Top 2 – Finale
6 Elimination chart
7 Controversies
8 US Nielsen ratings
9 Music releases
9.1 Major releases
9.2 Minor or independent releases
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Regional auditions[edit]
Auditions were held in the following cities:[2]
Episode air date Audition city Date of audition First audition venue Callback date Callback venue Golden tickets
January 19, 2004 New York City August 25, 2003 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center August 29, 2003 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel[3] 29
January 20, 2004 Atlanta August 20, 2003 Georgia Dome September 2003 Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart[4] 24
January 21, 2004 Houston, Texas August 13, 2003 Minute Maid Park September 4–5, 2003[5] InterContinental Houston[6] 13
January 27, 2004 Los Angeles August 3, 2003 Rose Bowl September 2003 Renaissance Hollywood Hotel[7] 25
San Francisco, California September 22, 2003 Pac Bell Park September 2003 Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel[8] 10
January 28, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii September 30, 2003 Aloha Stadium October 4–5, 2003 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel[9] 17
Total number of tickets to Hollywood 118
In this season over 80,000 attended the auditions in 6 cities. Paula Abdul was absent from the Los Angeles audition. A prominent auditioner was William Hung, a University of California, Berkeley student, who became a surprise cult figure following his tuneless rendition of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" at the San Francisco audition.[10] He was later invited back to perform on a special edition Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented. His appearance on the show landed him a record deal with Koch Records and he released an album soon afterwards.[11] He became one of the most successful contestants to emerge from this year.[12]
During the audition round in Houston, Texas, auditioner Jonathan Rey threw a cup of water at Simon, who moments earlier commented that he was terrible and "there's not a song in the world you could sing." Security quickly escorted Jonathan out, and Houston police questioned him, but released him after Simon decided against pressing assault charges on him. Other prominent auditioners that year were "scooter girl" Nicole Tieri, and Alan Ritchson who sang to Paula Abdul alone.
Hollywood week[edit]
There were 117 contestants in the first Hollywood round which was held at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, California. The contestants first came onto the stage in groups but each performed solo and talked briefly about themselves. Simon Cowell was not impressed with their performances. They were also asked to write original lyrics and melody for one of ten song titles given and perform their song the next day. After their performance, they were divided into four groups and one group was eliminated.
In the next round, the remaining 87 contestants performed in groups in three. The girls and boys were separate and they were each given 3 different songs to choose – Girls with The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love", Vonda Shepard's "Tell Him", Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free", the boys with Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It", Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", The Drifters's "Up on the Roof". 30 contestants were cut and 57 then advanced to the next stage where they performed solo. The contestants were then divided into 3 group and placed in separate rooms, with one group sent home. 32 contestants remained for the semi-finals.
Hollywood rounds contestant Taryn Southern later appeared on the Project My World series and wrote and performed the 2007 "Hott4Hill" viral video.
Semifinals[edit]
The contestants who reached this stage were referred to in the show as the Top 32 finalists. This is the first time that two contestants who previously tried out for American Idol (Matthew Metzger and Lisa Leuschner) made it to the top 3 of their semifinals group. Both contestants were eliminated during Hollywood round in the previous season.
George Huff replaced Donnie Williams in Semifinal Round 4 after Williams was disqualified following a DUI arrest.[13]
Unlike previous seasons, this season the contestants performed in front of a small studio audience, with orchestra accompaniment on backing tape. As with the second season, in these rounds, two from each group were selected by public vote to proceed on to the Top 12, and those who failed at any of the previous stages were given a second chance in the wild-card show.
During the wild card show, twelve contestants were invited back to participate. However, after being evaluated all week in rehearsals, only eight would be chosen by the judges to sing that night.
Four contestants in the wild card round were eliminated by the judges before they had the chance to sing. They were Lisa Leuschner, Eric Yoder, Tiara Purifoy, and Marque Lynche.
Semi-finalist Marque Lynche died on December 6, 2015.[14]
Group 1[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Diana DeGarmo I've Got the Music in Me" (Kiki Dee) Advanced
2 Marque Lynche "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Roger Whittaker) Eliminated
3 Ashley Thomas "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) Eliminated
4 Katie Webber "Orange Colored Sky" (Nat King Cole) Wild Card
5 Erskine Walcott "Open Arms" (Journey) Eliminated
6 Jennifer Hudson "Imagine" (John Lennon) Wild Card
7 Matthew Metzger "Walking in Memphis" (Marc Cohn) Top 3/Wild Card
8 Fantasia Barrino "Something to Talk About" (Bonnie Raitt) Advanced
Group 2[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Matthew Rogers "What You Won't Do for Love" (Bobby Caldwell) Advanced
2 Briana Ramirez-Rial "Don't Know Why" (Norah Jones) Eliminated
3 Noel Roman "This I Promise You" (*NSYNC) Eliminated
4 Kara Master "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) Eliminated
5 Lisa Leuschner "Sweet Thing" (Chaka Khan) Top 3/Eliminated
6 Jesus Roman "Back at One" (Brian McKnight) Eliminated
7 Camile Velasco "One Last Cry" (Brian McKnight) Advanced
8 Marisa Joy "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Soul Brothers Six) Eliminated
Group 3[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Elizabeth LeTendre "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston) Wild Card
2 Eric Yoder "In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins) Eliminated
3 Amy Adams "The Power of Love" (Jennifer Rush) Advanced
4 Jon Peter Lewis "Tiny Dancer" (Elton John) Top 3/Wild Card
5 Charly Lowry "Chain of Fools" (Aretha Franklin) Eliminated
6 Jonah Moananu "I Wish" (Carl Thomas) Eliminated
7 Leah LaBelle "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) Wild Card
8 LaToya London "All By Myself" (Eric Carmen) Advanced
Group 4[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Suzy Vulaca "Un-Break My Heart" (Toni Braxton) Wild Card
2 John Preator "That's What Love Is All About" (Michael Bolton) Eliminated
3 Heather Piccinini "New Attitude" (Patti LaBelle) Eliminated
4 John Stevens "She's Always a Woman" (Billy Joel) Advanced
5 Jasmine Trias "Run to You" (Whitney Houston) Advanced
6 George Huff "Always and Forever" (Heatwave) Top 3/Wild Card
7 Lisa Wilson "Come to My Window" (Melissa Etheridge) Eliminated
8 Tiara Purifoy "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
Wild Card[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Jon Peter Lewis "A Little Less Conversation" (Elvis Presley) Public Vote
2 Elizabeth LeTendre "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Peggy Seeger) Eliminated
3 Katie Webber "So Emotional" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
4 George Huff "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) Simon's Choice
5 Suzy Vulaca "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) Eliminated
6 Matthew Metzger "When I See You Smile" (Bad English) Eliminated
7 Leah LaBelle "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green) Paula's Choice
8 Jennifer Hudson "I Believe in You and Me" (Four Tops) Randy's Choice
Finalists[edit]
Back standing – Leah LaBelle, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia Barrino, John Stevens, Matthews Rogers, Amy Adams, Jon Peter Lewis
Seated – Camile Velasco, Jasmine Trias, LaToya London, Diana DeGarmo, George Huff
Fantasia Barrino (born June 30, 1984, in High Point, North Carolina, aged 19 on the show) auditioned in Atlanta. Her audition songs were Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and Tina Turner's "Proud Mary". She has performed from a young age with her family who had released a CD. She performed Aretha Franklin's "Think" in the Hollywood rounds.
Diana DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987, in Birmingham, Alabama, age 16 on the show) is from Snellville, Georgia, and auditioned in Honolulu, Hawaii with Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". She was on the show America's Most Talented Kid in 2002 as well as other TV shows. She performed Ike & Tina Turner's "A Fool in Love" in the Hollywood rounds. At 16 years, 7 months and 26 days old, she was the youngest contestant reach into the finals until Thia Megia and Lauren Alaina made to the finals in the tenth season. She was also the youngest Runner-Up in the history of American Idol.
Jasmine Trias (born November 3, 1986, in Honolulu, 17 on the show) is from Mililani, Hawaii and auditioned in Honolulu. She is the first Filipino-American contestant in American Idol who made it to the final three, followed by Jessica Sanchez in the eleventh season.
LaToya London (born December 29, 1978, in San Francisco, 25 on the show) is from Oakland, California and auditioned in San Francisco with Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools".
George Huff (born November 4, 1980, in New Orleans, aged 23 on the show) auditioned in Houston, Texas with Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful". He performed Luther Vandross' "Here and Now" in the Hollywood rounds.
John Stevens (born July 28, 1987, in Buffalo, New York, 16 on the show) is from East Amherst, New York and auditioned in New York City with Fred Astaire's "The Way You Look Tonight". He performed Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in Hollywood. He was the youngest male contestant to reach into the finals until Daniel Seavey in the fourteenth season.
Jennifer Hudson (born September 12, 1981, in Chicago, aged 22 on the show) auditioned in Atlanta with Aretha Franklin's "Share Your Love with Me".
Jon Peter Lewis (born November 7, 1979, in Lincoln, Nebraska, aged 24 on the show) is from Rexburg, Idaho and auditioned in Honolulu with Van Morrison's "Crazy Love". He was dubbed the 'pen salesman' by Simon Cowell. He performed The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back".
Camile Velasco (born September 1, 1985, in Makati City, Philippines, 18 on the show) is from Haiku, Maui and auditioned in Honolulu with Fugees' "Ready or Not".
Amy Adams (born July 25, 1979, in Kansas City, Kansas, aged 24 on the show) is from Bakersfield, California and auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia with Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me". She performed Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love" in Hollywood.
Matthew Rogers (born September 16, 1978, in Rancho Cucamonga, California, 25 on the show) auditioned in Los Angeles with James Ingram's "Just Once".
Leah LaBelle (born September 8, 1986, in Toronto, Canada, aged 17 on the show) is from Seattle and auditioned in New York with Whitney Houston's "I Believe in You and Me". She auditioned with her birth name Leah Vladowski. Her family was originally from Bulgaria, who immigrated to the United States. She performed Diana Ross' "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" at the Hollywood rounds. In 2011, LaBelle signed to Epic Records.[citation needed]
Finals[edit]
In this season, guest judges may be introduced in some episodes, and sometimes the mentor joined as judges. During Top 10 was the first time where are there were five judges when the duo Ashford & Simpson joined as judges.
In the result shows, the bottom two vote-getters may reprise their performances before the elimination was announced, or only the eliminated one may perform after the result is revealed, or they may performed before and after their elimination as in Top 5 when George Huff reprised both his songs from the performance night.
Top 12 – Soul[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 LaToya London "Ain't Nobody" (Chaka Khan) Safe
2 Amy Adams "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (The Stylistics) Bottom 3
3 Matthew Rogers "Hard to Handle" (Otis Redding) Safe
4 Camile Velasco "Son of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield) Safe
5 Jon Peter Lewis "Drift Away" (John Henry Kurtz) Safe
6 Fantasia Barrino "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder) Safe
7 George Huff "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding) Safe
8 Jennifer Hudson "Baby I Love You" (Aretha Franklin) Bottom 2
9 John Stevens "Lately" (Stevie Wonder) Safe
10 Leah LaBelle "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes) Eliminated
11 Jasmine Trias "Inseparable" (Natalie Cole) Safe
12 Diana DeGarmo "Think" (Aretha Franklin) Safe
Group performance: Soul Medley
Guest performance: Clay Aiken – "Solitaire"
Top 11 – Country[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Diana DeGarmo "A Broken Wing" (Martina McBride) Bottom 3
2 George Huff "I Can Love You Like That" (John Michael Montgomery) Safe
3 Fantasia Barrino "Always on My Mind" (Brenda Lee) Safe
4 John Stevens "King of the Road" (Roger Miller) Safe
5 Camile Velasco "Desperado" (The Eagles) Bottom 2
6 Jennifer Hudson "No One Else on Earth" (Wynonna Judd) Safe
7 Jon Peter Lewis "She Believes in Me" (Kenny Rogers) Safe
8 Jasmine Trias "Breathe" (Faith Hill) Safe
9 Matthew Rogers "Amazed" (Lonestar) Eliminated
10 LaToya London "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (Garth Brooks) Safe
11 Amy Adams "Sin Wagon" (Dixie Chicks) Safe
Guest performance: Kimberley Locke – "8th World Wonder"
Top 10 – Motown[edit]
Guest judges: Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Camile Velasco "For Once in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) Safe
2 Jon Peter Lewis "This Old Heart of Mine" (The Isley Brothers) Safe
3 LaToya London "Ooo Baby Baby" (The Miracles) Bottom 3
4 Amy Adams "Dancing in the Street" (Martha & the Vandellas) Eliminated
5 John Stevens "My Girl" (The Temptations) Safe
6 Jennifer Hudson "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" (Martha & the Vandellas) Bottom 2
7 Jasmine Trias "You're All I Need to Get By" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) Safe
8 Diana DeGarmo "Do You Love Me" (The Contours) Safe
9 Fantasia Barrino "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (The Miracles) Safe
10 George Huff "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (The Temptations) Safe
Group performance: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)
Top 9 – Elton John[edit]
Guest Mentor: Elton John
Order
Contestant
Song
Result
1 Fantasia Barrino "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" Safe
2 Jon Peter Lewis "Rocket Man" Safe
3 Jasmine Trias "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Bottom 2
4 John Stevens "Crocodile Rock" Safe
5 Camile Velasco "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Eliminated
6 George Huff "Take Me to the Pilot" Safe
7 Diana DeGarmo "I'm Still Standing" Bottom 3
8 LaToya London "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Safe
9 Jennifer Hudson "Circle of Life" Safe
Boys: "Daniel"
Girls: "Bennie and the Jets"
Group: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Guest performance: Tamyra Gray – "Raindrops Will Fall"
Top 8 – Movie Soundtracks[edit]
Guest judge: Quentin Tarantino[15]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Featured Movie
Result
1 George Huff "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) Against All Odds Safe
2 Jennifer Hudson "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) The Bodyguard Safe
3 Jon Peter Lewis "Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis Presley) Jailhouse Rock Eliminated
4 Diana DeGarmo "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) Titanic Bottom 3
5 Fantasia Barrino "Summertime" (Abbie Mitchell) Porgy and Bess Safe
6 Jasmine Trias "When I Fall in Love" (Doris Day) Sleepless in Seattle Safe
7 John Stevens "As Time Goes By" (Dooley Wilson) Casablanca Bottom 2
8 LaToya London "Somewhere" (Reri Grist) West Side Story Safe
Guest performance: Christina Christian – "Forever and Never"[16]
Top 7 – Barry Manilow[edit]
Guest Mentor and Judge: Barry Manilow
Order
Contestant
Song
Result
1 Diana DeGarmo "One Voice" Safe
2 George Huff "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" Safe
3 Jennifer Hudson "Weekend in New England" Eliminated
4 Jasmine Trias "I'll Never Love This Way Again" Safe
5 LaToya London "All the Time" Bottom 3
6 John Stevens "Mandy" Safe
7 Fantasia Barrino "It's a Miracle" Bottom 2
Group performance: "Let Freedom Ring" feat. Barry Manilow
Top 6 – Gloria Estefan[edit]
Mentor and guest judge – Gloria Estefan Guest band – Miami Sound Machine
Order
Contestant
Song
Result
1 Fantasia Barrino "Get on Your Feet" Safe
2 George Huff "Live for Loving You" Bottom 2
3 LaToya London "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" Safe
4 John Stevens "Music of My Heart" Eliminated
5 Jasmine Trias "Here We Are" Bottom 3
6 Diana DeGarmo "Turn the Beat Around" Safe
Group performance: Gloria Estefan medley
Top 5 – Big Band[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Diana DeGarmo "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gertrude Lawrence) Safe
2 "Get Happy" (Ruth Etting)
3 George Huff "Cheek to Cheek" (Fred Astaire) Eliminated
4 "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)
5 LaToya London "Too Close for Comfort" (Eydie Gormé) Safe
6 "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Barbra Streisand)
7 Jasmine Trias "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fred Astaire) Bottom 2
8 "Almost Like Being in Love" (Nat King Cole)
9 Fantasia Barrino "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen) Safe
10 "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Julie Andrews)
Top 4 – Disco[edit]
Guest judge: Donna Summer
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Jasmine Trias "Everlasting Love" (Carl Carlton) Safe
2 LaToya London "Love You Inside Out" (The Bee Gees) Eliminated
3 Fantasia Barrino "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd) Bottom 2
4 Diana DeGarmo "This Is It" (Melba Moore) Safe
5 Jasmine Trias "It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls) Safe
6 LaToya London "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Thelma Houston) Eliminated
7 Fantasia Barrino "Holding Out for a Hero" (Bonnie Tyler) Bottom 2
8 Diana DeGarmo "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer) Safe
Group performance: "Bad Girls"/"Hot Stuff"/"Heaven Knows"/"She Works Hard for the Money"
Guest performance: Donna Summer - "MacArthur Park"
Top 3 – Idols' Choice, Judges' Choice, Clive's Choice[edit]
Guest judge: Clive Davis
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Jasmine Trias "Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
2 Fantasia Barrino "Chain of Fools" (Aretha Franklin) Safe
3 Diana DeGarmo "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"(Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) Safe
4 Jasmine Trias "Mr. Melody" (Natalie Cole) – Paula Abdul Eliminated
5 Fantasia Barrino "A Fool in Love" (Ike & Tina Turner) – Simon Cowell Safe
6 Diana DeGarmo "Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion) – Randy Jackson Safe
7 Jasmine Trias "All by Myself" (Eric Carmen) Eliminated
8 Fantasia Barrino "Greatest Love of All" (George Benson) Safe
9 Diana DeGarmo "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Melissa Manchester) Safe
Guest performance: Tamyra Gray – "Star", "Raindrops Will Fall"
Guest performance: Guy Sebastian – "Angels Brought Me Here"
Top 2 – Finale[edit]
Order
Contestant
Song (original artist)
Result
1 Diana DeGarmo "I Believe" Runner-Up
2 Fantasia Barrino "All My Life" (K-Ci & JoJo) Winner
3 Diana DeGarmo "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer) Runner-Up
4 Fantasia Barrino "Summertime" (Abbie Mitchell) Winner
5 Diana DeGarmo "Don't Cry Out Loud" (Melissa Manchester) Runner-Up
6 Fantasia Barrino "I Believe" Winner
Guest performance: Paul Anka – "My Way"1
Note 1: The song was rewritten by Paul Anka specially for the episode as a recap for the season.
Finale result show
Performer
Song
Artist
Tamyra Gray "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Top 2 with
Kelly Clarkson,
Ruben Studdard
"The Impossible Dream" Richard Kiley
Kelly Clarkson "Beautiful Disaster" Kelly Clarkson
Top 12 "Reach Out I'll Be There"
"1-2-3"
"Heaven Knows"
"She Works Hard for the Money"
"Solid"
"It Don't Mean a Thing"
"I'm Still Standing"
"I Made It Through the Rain"
The Four Tops
Gloria Estefan
Donna Summer
Donna Summer
Ashford & Simpson
Duke Ellington
Elton John
Barry Manilow
Ruben Studdard "What If" Ruben Studdard
Diana DeGarmo "I Believe" Fantasia
Fantasia Barrino "Dreams" Diana DeGarmo
Top 2 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" Aretha Franklin/
George Michael
Fantasia Barrino "I Believe" Fantasia
After a nationwide vote of more than 65 million votes in total—more than the first two seasons combined--Fantasia Barrino won the "American Idol" title beating out Diana DeGarmo. The third season was also shown in Australia on Network Ten about half a week after episodes were shown in the US. Leah LaBelle is the first contestant to advance to the finals via Wild Card then get eliminated in the first week of the finals.
As a nod to the "Did Clay see the card?" controversy in the second season, Ryan Seacrest was instructed to memorize the winner's name and the vote margin and was given a blank card to hold while reporting the results. However, in a post-show interview with USA Today, Diana DeGarmo admitted that she had figured out that she had not won when the contestants were going over the schedule for the finale and she saw she would be singing "I Believe" (the winner's single) before the results were announced. Realizing that she would not be scheduled to sing a song she would have to sing again minutes later if she were announced as the winner, she correctly deduced that she had lost and Fantasia had won.
At the time of the finale many celebrities voiced their support for Fantasia: Frankie Muniz, Sharon Osbourne, Ray Romano, Amy Yasbeck, Nicole Kidman, Lori Loughlin, Patti LaBelle, Andy Richter, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Holly Robinson Peete, Giuliana Rancic, Toni Braxton, Ben Stiller, Redman (TV Guide), Method Man (TV Guide) Richard Schiff, Kate Hudson (On The Tonight Show), Lea Thompson and Mo'Nique.
Henry Winkler said "You've got incredible judges, Simon speaks the truth, I always agree with him. And Ryan is really good at what he does, but Fantasia", he smiles, "there's something in her that is bigger than anything. We voted for her about 250 times!"
Kelly Clarkson is quoted in the June 14, 2004 People magazine as saying she voted for Fantasia: "I just hit redial, redial."
Prior to the results show, the governors of Georgia and North Carolina—the home states of DeGarmo and Barrino respectively—announced a friendly bet between them over which state's resident would prevail, each wagering a VIP NASCAR ticket package and a shipment of his state's signature fruit. The bet participants were Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, a Republican, and North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, a Democrat.[17]
Elimination chart[edit]
Legend
Did Not Perform Top 32 Wild Card Top 12 Winner
Safe Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Eliminated
Stage: Semi-Finals Wild Card Finals
Week: 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/3 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/151 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place
Contestant
Result
1 Fantasia Barrino 1st Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Winner
2 Diana DeGarmo 2nd Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Runner-Up
3 Jasmine Trias 2nd Bottom 2 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Elim
4 LaToya London 1st Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim
5 George Huff 3rd
Wild Card Top 12 Bottom 2 Elim
6 John Stevens 1st Bottom 2 Elim
7 Jennifer Hudson Wild Card Top 12 Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Elim
8 Jon Peter Lewis 3rd
Wild Card 1st Elim
9 Camile Velasco 1st Bottom 2 Elim
10 Amy Adams 2nd Bottom 3 Elim
11 Matthew Rogers 2nd Elim
12 Leah LaBelle Wild Card Top 12 Elim
13–16 Elizabeth LeTendre Wild Card Elim
Matthew Metzger 3rd
Wild Card
Suzy Vulaca Wild Card
Katie Webber Wild Card
17–32 Heather Piccinni Elim
John Preator
Tiara Purifoy
Lisa Wilson
Charly Lowry Elim
Jonah Moananu
Eric Yoder
Lisa Leuschner 3rd
Marisa Joy Elim
Kara Master
Briana Ramirez-Rial
Jesus Roman
Noel Roman
Marque Lynche Elim
Ashley Thomas
Erskine Walcott
Paul Anka made an appearance in the Season Finale.
^Note 1 : During the week of April 14, the week got delayed for White House press conference on Tuesday, April 13, 2004. The performance show was moved to Wednesday, April 14. Jon Peter Lewis was sent home on Thursday, April 15.
Controversies[edit]
Both Jennifer Hudson and LaToya London, part of final twelve, were eliminated, despite high praises from the judges. After Hudson was eliminated, Elton John, who was a mentor for that season, criticized the vote as 'incredibly racist' in a press conference.[18]
The elimination of both Hudson and London has been pointed out as a classic demonstration of vote-splitting in the American Idol vote, in which the presence of similar choices reduces the votes for each of the similar choices. Hudson, London and Barrino (who would eventually go on to win the competition) were female, African-American, highly praised singers—all appealing to the same demographic bloc of voters. All three of these previously popular singers ended up in the "bottom three" the night Hudson was eliminated—the three having the lowest individual vote counts.[19]
Questions were nevertheless raised about the inadequacy of the phone voting system when it was revealed that the state of Hawaii with a population of just 1.2 million managed to log more calls than every other state apart from New York and California.[20] Jasmine Trias' and Camile Velasco's fans from Hawaii, which is on its own time zone, enjoyed a far less crowded calling period and were able to get more of their votes through.
US Nielsen ratings[edit]
This season the show was ranked second overall in total viewer for the 2003–2004 TV seasons, with its Tuesday episodes taking the top spot, averaging 25.73 million viewers, while the Wednesday episodes ranked third with 24.31 million.[21] It became the top-rated show for the 18-49 demographic for the season,[22] a position it has held for all subsequent years up to and including 2011.
[hide]Episode list
Show
Episode
Air date
Week
rank
18-49
rating
Viewers
(in millions)
1 "Audition: New York"[23] January 19, 2004 2 12.9 29.0
2 "Audition: Atlanta"[23] January 20, 2004 3 12.5 28.6
3 "Audition: Houston"[23] January 21, 2004 1 12.7 29.4
4 "Audition: Los Angeles and San Francisco"[24] January 27, 2004 3 13.0 29.6
5 "Audition: Hawaii"[24] January 28, 2004 4 12.0 28.3
6 "Road to Hollywood, Best and Worst of the Rest"[25] February 2, 2004 8 9.7 21.1
7 "Hollywood Week: Part 1"[25] February 3, 2004 1 13.1 30.1
8 "Hollywood Week: Part 2"[25] February 4, 2004 3 12.6 28.8
9 "Top 32: Group 1"[26] February 10, 2004 2 11.1 26.2
10 "Top 32: Group 1 Results"[26] February 11, 2004 4 10.5 24.5
11 "Top 32: Group 2" February 17, 2004 2 10.9 25.2
12 "Top 32: Group 2 Results" February 18, 2004 6 9.8 22.1
13 "Top 32: Group 3"[27] February 24, 2004 4 11.3 26.6
14 "Top 32: Group 3 Results"[27] February 25, 2004 5 10.3 23.0
15 "Special: Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented"[28] March 1, 2004 6 8.5 19.7
16 "Top 32: Group 4"[28] March 2, 2004 1 11.1 25.5
17 "Top 32: Group 4 Results"[28] March 3, 2004 7 8.5 19.3
18 "Wildcard"[29] March 9, 2004 2 10.7 24.6
19 "Wildcard Results"[29] March 10, 2004 4 9.7 22.0
20 "Top 12 Perform"[30] March 16, 2004 1 11.3 26.7
21 "Top 12 Results"[30] March 17, 2004 2 9.7 22.9
22 "Top 11 Perform"[31] March 23, 2004 1 11.5 27.0
23 "Top 11 Results"[31] March 24, 2004 3 8.8 20.4
24 "Top 10 Perform"[32] March 30, 2004 2 8.8 25.9
25 "Top 10 Results"[32] March 31, 2004 3 9.4 21.9
26 "Top 9 Perform"[33] April 6, 2004 1 10.1 23.5
27 "Top 9 Results"[32] April 7, 2004 4 8.9 20.6
28 "Top 8 Perform"[34](1) April 14, 2004 3 9.7 23.1
29 "Top 8 Results"[34](1) April 15, 2004 8 6.2 15.3
30 "Top 7 Perform"[35] April 20, 2004 1 10.1 23.4
31 "Top 7 Results"[35] April 21, 2004 3 9.3 21.2
32 "Top 6 Perform"[36] April 27, 2004 1 10.4 23.4
33 "Top 6 Results"[36] April 28, 2004 3 9.3 21.2
34 "Special: The Final Five"[37] May 3, 2004 22 4.8 11.7
35 "Top 5 Perform"[37] May 4, 2004 6 9.0 22.8
36 "Top 5 Results"[37] May 5, 2004 7 8.8 21.2
37 "Top 4 Perform"[38] May 11, 2004 3 9.6 23.2
38 "Top 4 Results"[38] May 12, 2004 5 10.0 22.3
39 "Special: The Final Three"[39] May 3, 2004 4.2
40 "Top 3 Perform"[39] May 18, 2004 2 10.0 23.6
41 "Top 3 Results"[39] May 19, 2004 4 9.8 22.4
42 "Special: The American Idol Phenomenon"[39] May 23, 2004 27 3.7 10.8
43 "Top 2 Perform (Finale)"[40] May 25, 2004 2 10.6 25.1
44 "American Idol Season 3 Finale"[40] May 26, 2004 1 12.0 28.8
Note 1: The Top 8 shows were shifted to Wednesday and Thursday due to a presidential address on Tuesday.
Music releases[edit]
Major releases[edit]
American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics
"I Believe" (Fantasia Barrino)
"Dreams" (Diana DeGarmo)
Free Yourself (Fantasia Barrino)
Blue Skies (Diana DeGarmo)
My Christmas EP! (George Huff)
"Come Fly with Me" (John Stevens)
Red (John Stevens)
"Love Ko 'To" (Jasmine Trias)
Jasmine Trias (Jasmine Trias)
Love & Life (LaToya London)
"Appreciate/Every Part of Me/All By Myself" (LaToya London)
Miracles (George Huff)
Fantasia (Fantasia Barrino)
Stories from Hollywood (Jon Peter Lewis)
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Hudson)
"Spotlight" (Jennifer Hudson)
Jennifer Hudson (Jennifer Hudson)
"All Dressed in Love" (Jennifer Hudson)
Break the Silence (Jon Peter Lewis)
George Huff (George Huff)
Back to Me (Fantasia Barrino)
TBA (Leah LaBelle)
"Side Effects of You" (Fantasia Barrino)
"The Definition Of... (Fantasia Barrino)
Minor or independent releases[edit]
(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)
Love, Lipstick and Poetry (Kiira Bivens)
Love, Lana (Lana Phillips)
Sing Me Home (Lisa Leuschner)
Reality (Lisa Leuschner)
Str8up Band (Dina Lopez)
I'll Be Seeing You (John Preator)
This Is Next Time (Alan Ritchson)
Sun Shiney Day (Lisa Wilson)
"If I Go Away" / "Man Like Me" (single) (Jon Peter Lewis)
Just Like Magic (Donnie Williams)
See also[edit]
American Idols LIVE! Tour 2004
References[edit]
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In My Life
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"In My Life"
Song by the Beatles
from the album Rubber Soul
Released
3 December 1965
Recorded
18 and 22 October 1965, EMI Studios, London
Genre
Baroque pop[1]
pop rock[2]
Length
2:28
Label
Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)
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"In My Life" is a song by the Beatles released on the 1965 album Rubber Soul, written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song originated with John Lennon, but Paul McCartney and Lennon later disagreed over the extent of their respective contribution to that song, specifically the melody. George Martin contributed the piano solo bridge. It is ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" as well as fifth on their list of the Beatles' 100 Greatest Songs.[3][4] The song placed second on CBC's 50 Tracks. Mojo magazine named it the best song of all time in 2000.[5]
Contents
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1 Composition
2 Recording
3 Personnel
4 Cover versions
5 References
6 External links
Composition[edit]
According to Lennon, the song's origins can be traced to when the English journalist Kenneth Allsop made a remark that Lennon should write songs about his childhood.[6] Afterwards, Lennon wrote a song in the form of a long poem reminiscing on his childhood years. The original version of the lyrics was based on a bus route he used to take in Liverpool, naming various sites seen along the way, including Penny Lane and Strawberry Field.[7] Those original lyrics are on display at The British Library.
Original lyrics to John Lennon's "In My Life"
However, Lennon found it to be "ridiculous", calling it "the most boring sort of 'What I Did On My Holidays Bus Trip' song"; he reworked the words, replacing the specific memories with a generalized meditation on his past.[8] "Very few lines" of the original version remained in the finished song.[7] According to Lennon's friend and biographer Peter Shotton, the lines "Some [friends] are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all" referred to Stuart Sutcliffe (who died in 1962) and to Shotton.[6]
In a 1980 interview, Lennon referred to this song as his "first real major piece of work" because it was the first time he penned personal lyrics about his own life.[9]
Regarding authorship of the melody, Lennon's and McCartney's recollections differ. Referring to McCartney, Lennon said "his contribution melodically was the harmony and the middle-eight itself."[8][10] McCartney claimed he set Lennon's lyrics to music from beginning to end, taking inspiration for the melody from songs by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.[11][12] "I liked 'In My Life'. Those were words that John wrote, and I wrote the tune to it. That was a great one."[13]
Recording[edit]
The song was recorded on 18 October 1965, and was complete except for the instrumental bridge.[14] At that time, Lennon had not decided what instrument to use, but he subsequently asked George Martin to play a piano solo, suggesting "something Baroque-sounding".[1] Martin wrote a Bach-influenced piece that he found he could not play at the song's tempo. On 22 October, the solo was recorded with the tape running at half speed, so when played back at normal pace the piano was twice as fast and an octave higher, solving the performance challenge and also giving the solo a unique timbre, reminiscent of a harpsichord.[7][14]
Personnel[edit]
John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass
George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, bells[A]
George Martin – piano
Personnel per Ian MacDonald[15]
Personnel notes
Jump up ^ MacDonald was unsure if Starr played bells.
Cover versions[edit]
Judy Collins recorded the song as the title cut of her 1966 hit LP.
John Denver recorded it on his 1966 self-produced demo album, John Denver Sings.
José Feliciano recorded a cover version of the song in 1968 for Feliciano!.
Siw Malmkvist recorded in Swedish, "I mitt liv" (1970) on her album Underbara Siw (Wonderful Siw), which was awarded a Swedish Grammis the same year.
George Harrison did a soul-arranged version during his Dark Horse North American tour. Billy Preston did a Hammond organ solo.
Rod Stewart recorded a version for his 1986 album Every Beat of My Heart.
Bette Midler recorded one of the more noteworthy cover versions in 1991. Released as a single in early 1992 from the soundtrack of her movie For the Boys, It peaked at #20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. This version later appeared on her 1993 hits album Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits. It was also used as background music for a tribute to NASCAR on ABC at the end of the 2000 Brickyard 400 which was the final broadcast of NASCAR on ABC until 2007.[16]
Kids Incorporated covered the song in 1993 in the Season 9 episode "Taking A Stand".[17]
Chantal Kreviazuk's cover was used as the theme song for the series Providence.
Johnny Cash covered the song in 2002 for his album American IV.
The Seekers recorded the song for their 2012 Golden Jubilee LP.
Charice covered the song in 2009 for her album My Inspiration.
New Zealand/Australian band Dragon covered the song on their album, It's All Too Beautiful (2011).
Ozzy Osbourne covered the song on his Prince of Darkness boxset.
Darren Criss, Samuel Larsen, Jenna Ushkowitz, Damian McGinty, Vanessa Lengies, Kevin McHale, and Chord Overstreet covered the song in the Glee season three finale "Goodbye".
George Martin produced a version on his 1998 album 'In My Life', narrated by Sean Connery.
Diana Krall covered it on her 2015 Album Wallflower.
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References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Hertsgaard, Mark (1996). A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. New York: Delacorte Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-385-31517-1.
Jump up ^ Doyle Greene (10 March 2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-1-4766-1507-3.
Jump up ^ "The Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Beatles Songs". Rolling Stone. August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
Jump up ^ "5. In My Life". 100 Greatest Beatles Songs. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Mojo lists". Rocklistmusic. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarrymen Through Rubber Soul. Oxford: Oxford Press. p. 319. ISBN 0-19-514105-9.
^ Jump up to: a b c Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 587–91. ISBN 1-84513-160-6.
^ Jump up to: a b Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 152, 178. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
Jump up ^ Sheehan, Ivan (December 3, 2015). "Finding John Lennon's "first real major piece of work"". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jump up ^ The section to which Lennon referred is unclear, as the song does not contain a recognisable middle-eight aside from a brief instrumental break (the melody for which is attributed to producer George Martin).
Jump up ^ Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now. New York: Macmillan. p. 277. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4.
Jump up ^ Compton, Todd (2017). Who Wrote the Beatle Songs? A History of Lennon-McCartney. San Jose: Pahreah Press. p. 130-132. ISBN 978-0-9988997-0-1.
Jump up ^ Gambaccini, Paul, ed. (1976). Paul McCartney in His Own Words. New York: Flash. p. 19. ISBN 0-8256-3910-7.
^ Jump up to: a b Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. pp. 64–5. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
Jump up ^ MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). p. 169. ISBN 1-84413-828-3.
Jump up ^ "For the Boys - Bette Midler : Awards". AllMusic. 12 November 1991. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
Jump up ^ Kids Incorporated Fans (23 May 2012). "Kids Incorporated - In My Life" – via YouTube.
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