Bo: I'm singing 'Free Bird' from Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's from the year 1975, which was the year of my birth. My grandmother was in the delivery room, she said "He looks like a little Humphrey Bogart". So I've always been called Bogart by my family. Up until kindergarten, then I shortened it to Bo, just 'cause Bogart wasn't... it wasn't cool. (Bo laughs) But my family still calls me Bogart.
Bo sings...
Randy Jackson: Bo! Bo! ... Yo man! You know what? You know what? Yo Bo, you know what, man? I love that song dude. I'm one of your biggest fans. I mean it's the perfect song. You could actually have a hit with that song again. Excellent dude. Excellent! (Cheers)
Paula Abdul: See you at the finals, Bo. See you at the finals.
Bo: Thank you, Paula. (Cheers)
Simon Cowell: Ahm, I'm going to disagree with Paula.
Paula Abdul: Oh, you always disagree with me!
Randy Jackson: Oh, come on.
Simon Cowell: And I think...(Audience boos and groans) Let me finish! Let me finish! (Simon cups his hands around his mouth and shouts!) Let me finish! Thank you. The reason why Bo, is that I think a huge part of the audience who watches this song at home will think, 'What the hell was that?' I think where you're going to do well in this competition is to use the rock influence on your voice on well-known songs. If you come up, run all over the stage, and sing... which is a sacred song like that... I don't think you're going to get many votes.
Paula Abdul: (Laughs) What are you talking about?
Randy Jackson: This is a well-known song! It's a huge hit!
Paula Abdul: (Yelling in Simon's face) What are you talking about?
Randy Jackson: America! America baby. What are you talkin'... Ryan!
Ryan Seacrest: Bo Bice!
Randy Jackson: Ryan!
Ryan Seacrest: Everybody loves a little 'Free Bird'.