Scott: I chose 'She's Gone' by Hall and Oates from 1976, the year I was born. And everybody talks about the rockers in this competition. I'm the real rocker in this competition. When I was like 2 or 3 years old, I would rock out on anything! Toy guitars, pots, pans, anything I could find to make noise with that sounded like music to me. I grabbed it, and I rocked out! Yes!
Scott sings...
Randy Jackson: Scotty. Scotty.
Paula Abdul: Yayyyy!
Randy Jackson: Scotty. Yo man! What's up baby? Scotty, one of the true dog pound members. What's up, man? So listen...
Scott: (off camera) Yeah. Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!
Randy Jackson: So listen, man, you know, you got it started, man. You know, you started off a little rough, man. Them low notes in the first and the second verse were a little... little pitchy. It was kind of rolling a little bit. But when you hit the chorus man!
Paula Abdul: You try performing in front of Hall and Oates with their song.
Randy Jackson: Hey, you know what, I wouldn't be doing it! But I would get my low notes in tune, though. So you know...
Scott: It was so hard to hear the low notes, you know...
Randy Jackson: ...yeah, the low notes are ... see he knows the low notes were a little rough. See, 'cause a true singer knows where they made mistakes.
Paula Abdul: He...
Randy Jackson: But...
Paula Abdul: But...
Randy Jackson: ...to say that, you brought it home though in the end though dawg. Good! Very good! Very good.
Paula Abdul: I got to give it up to you. You know, that was like nerve wracking! I can't believe you took that on, but you did awesome Scott! You did awesome. (Applause - Paula looks at Simon and laughs!)
Simon Cowell: Look, Scott. You know, you're a nice guy. However...
Paula Abdul: (Laughs - Simon stares at her.)
Simon Cowell: ...there were more bum notes than there were good notes.
Paula Abdul: Baloney!
Simon Cowell: No, no, no. I'm being serious. I'm being serious. So... (Audience boos)
Paula Abdul: Why?
Simon Cowell: I'm trying to keep this real...
Randy Jackson: Oh.
Paula Abdul: Oh.
Simon Cowell: ...so therefore, on a whole, it wasn't very good.
Paula Abdul: Yes, it was.
Scott: What's real is that I'm up here, and there's like millions of people at home who didn't have the nerve to do this. So, I think I rocked. (Cheers)
Ryan Seacrest: Scott Savol. Let's ask the ultimate critics here. Darryl, John, is he keeping it real?
Hall and Oates: (Give Scott the thumbs up!) Ryan Seacrest: Keeping it real... good! Stamp of approval right there. Hall, Oates and Savol?
Hall and Oates: (Both do a 'maybe' gesture.) Ryan Seacrest: Close enough... all right.