Ryan Seacrest: (Introduction) Let's see what advice Kenny Rogers had for Katharine McPhee.
Intro clip... Kenny: (To camera) Katharine will be "Bringin' Out The Elvis". It's a perfect choice.
Katharine: (To Kenny during rehearsal) I love country music but it's not really what I do. So, um, I kind of wanted to find something that had like a bluesy feel to it too.
Kenny: (To camera) She's not a classical country singer but she's chosen a song that fits her personality very well.
Katharine: (Singing in rehearsal) ¯ You're bringin' out the Elvis in me ¯
Kenny: (To camera) It's not "country" country, it's more sultry. I think she's gonna do really well with this song.
Katharine sings...
¯ You're bringing out the Elvis in me ¯ You're bringing out the Elvis in me ¯ Just like a fossil ¯ Frozen in time I could not move ¯ My heart, my soul, my feet ¯ Then you unearthed me ¯ And put me in a hot pulsating groove ¯ Now I'm a slave to the beat ¯ You're bringing out the Elvis in me ¯ Making my hips want to swing ¯ You bring out the Elvis in me, yeah-eh ¯ Making me burst out and sing ¯ People think you are so nice and cool ¯ Because I think you are so nice and cool ¯ And some people say ¯ You're so square ¯ But I don't care ¯ You're bringing out the Elvis in me ¯ You're bringing out the Elvis in me ¯ Yea-ey-ey-ey ¯
(Cheers and applause)
Randy Jackson: Yo-yo. All right. So... yo-yo. So kind of bluesy country, yah? It's kind of a bluesy country... I like it. You sang it very nice. Very nice. Good job dawg, good job. (Continuing cheers)
Paula Abdul: (Echoing Randy) Good job dawg. That's... that is your style. That's your niche. You look sexy, hot... you feel cool!
Simon Cowell: (Bemusued) I... I don't know what to say anymore. I really don't. That song was just so peculiar.
Katharine: You just...
Paula Abdul: You're peculiar!
Katharine: ...Simon, you just don't like country music. It's okay.
Simon Cowell: You're right.
Katharine: Just say it!
Simon Cowell: I don't. I don't.
Katharine: Yeah. (Shrugs)
Simon Cowell: I hate it.
Ryan Seacrest: Profound statement of the evening from Katharine McPhee. (Ryan gives out the voting numbers) You nailed it.
Katharine: (Bobbing) Thank you.
Ryan Seacrest: Well done.