Ryan Seacrest: (Introduction) Next, a number one from the R'n'B charts. Mary J Blige had it first, now it is "Be Without You" with Paris Bennett.
Paris sings...
¯ (I wanna be with you) ¯ (Gotta be with you) ¯ (Need to be with you) ¯ Chemistry was crazy ¯ From the get go ¯ Neither one of us ¯ Knew why ¯ We didn't build ¯ Nothin' over night ¯ Cause a love like this ¯ Takes some time ¯ People swore it off ¯ As a phase ¯ Said "We can't see that" ¯ Now from top from bottom ¯ They see that we did that ¯ (Yes) ¯ It's so true it ¯ (Yes) ¯ We've been through it ¯ (Yes) ¯ We got real sh.. ¯ (Yes) ¯ See, baby we've been ¯ Too strong ¯ For too long ¯ (And I can't) ¯ (Be without) ¯ (You baby) ¯ Oh-oh-ohh ¯ And I'll ¯ Be waitin' up ¯ Until you get home ¯ (Cause I can't sleep) ¯ (Without you baby) ¯ Anybody who's ¯ Ever loved ¯ Knows just how ¯ I feel ¯ Too hard to fake it ¯ Nothin' can replace it ¯ Call your radio ¯ If you just can't ¯ Be without ¯ Your baby ¯ C'mon, heh! ¯ See, this is real talk ¯ I'm ah always stay ¯ (No matter what) ¯ Good or bad ¯ (Thick and thin) ¯ Right or wrong ¯ (All day, everyday) ¯ Hey! Yeah! ¯ (We've been) ¯ (Too strong) ¯ (For too long) ¯ (And I can't) ¯ Hey-ay=ay-ey-ah! ¯ (Be without) ¯ (You baby) ¯ Hey! ¯ I wanna be ¯ Got to be ¯ Need to be ¯ With you ¯ Yeah-eh-eh ¯
(Cheers and applause)
Randy Jackson: All right, so yo! Definitely takin' a big risk singin' Mary 'cause that's Mary's like 'joint'. That's her like 'vibe'. But d'you know what? All in all, there were a couple of little pitchy things here and there, but you rocked it man.
Paris: Thank you.
Randy Jackson: You did your thing up there on that record. I like that! (Cheers) I like that.
Paris: Thank you.
Randy Jackson: I like that. (Cheers)
Paula Abdul: It's very... it's very difficult to catch that vibe like Mary has, but you know, you got it. I... I love your voice I... I was hoping that maybe you would do your own Paris flip on it though.
Paris: Thank you.
Paula Abdul: You can definitely see it's hard to sing her.
Paris: Thank you Paula.
Simon Cowell: Actually, I think you got that wrong Paula. I think she did rather well with that.
Paris: (Grinning) Thank you Simon.
Paula Abdul: No, I said she did.
Randy Jackson: Wow. Wow! Wow. Wow.
Ryan Seacrest: (Joining Paris on stage) Attagirl.
Paris: Thank you.
Ryan Seacrest: That feels good, doesn't it?
Paris: It does. It feels really good.
Ryan Seacrest: You wanna vote for Paris, 'Princess P'... (Gives out the voting numbers) Paris Bennett friends.
Paris: Thank you.
Ryan Seacrest: Good luck sweetheart.