Ryan Seacrest: (Introduction) All right, Taylor is next with some Wild Cherry!
Taylor: I was born in 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama. I started out as a blond, progressively got to a darker brunette and now I have a headlight and it's safe to say that I've had more hair changes than Ryan Seacrest.
Taylor sings...
¯ C'mon get up! Get up! ¯ Hey! Yeah! ¯ Hey! ¯ Once I was a boogie singer ¯ Playin' in a rock 'n' roll band ¯ I never had no problems ¯ Yeah ¯ Checkin' out the one night stands ¯ And we were dancin' and singin' ¯ And movin' to the groovin' ¯ And just when it hit me ¯ Somebody turned around and shouted ¯ Play that funky music white boy ¯ Play that funky music right ¯ Play that funky music white boy ¯ Lay down the boogie and play that funky music till you die ¯ Ohh! ¯ (Play that funky music white boy) ¯ Play that funky music ¯ (Play that funky music white boy) ¯ I wanna take you higher ¯ (Play that funky music) white boy ¯ Lay down the boogie and play that funky music till you... ¯ Till you die! ¯ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ¯ Whoo! ¯
(Cheers and applause)
Randy Jackson: (Laughs) Yo... Dude I... I know you had a good time dawg, but I mean...
Paula Abdul: You had fun.
Randy Jackson: ...that was another wild choice for me. I felt like I was in a bar and I had a couple, you know? But ah... (Laughter) ...Wow! Ah, yeah! I mean wa-yah!
Paula Abdul: You dressed the part. You had fun. This is the authentic Taylor that we love! (Cheers)
Taylor: Yay! (Punches the air) All right!
Paula Abdul: (To Simon) Funky music, white boy. White boy... funky.
Simon Cowell: Taylor... (sighs)...
Paula Abdul: Funky... white boy...
Simon Cowell: For me it was like... and I've said this before... like a horrible, horrible wedding performance. (Boos) Sorry!
Randy Jackson: No, no...
Simon Cowell: Sorry!
Randy Jackson: No, no, no, no, no, no.
Simon Cowell: I liked the end when you collapsed.
Ryan Seacrest: (Meeting Taylor on stage) You looked like you were having fun.
Taylor: Oh man, I'm having a great time!
Ryan Seacrest: What was that last move? What's that last move?
Taylor: (Demonstrates. Ryan joins in and they both collapse on the floor) It's...
Ryan Seacrest: (Falling) That's what it is.... Like that?
Taylor: (On the floor) Yeah!
Ryan Seacrest: (Also floored) This is... this is comfortable. If you wanna vote for Taylor... (Gives out the voting numbers)
Taylor: Soul patrol!... Soul patrol.
Ryan Seacrest: (Still lying on the floor with Taylor, announces the next act, but breaks off...) That's a cool shirt too. A lot goin' on there.
Taylor: Thank you. I appreciate that!