The remaining 99 hopefuls competed in Round Two, which was three- or four-person groups singing one of six or so pre-selected songs. Cuts were made (of individuals, not whole groups) after this round.
Approximately 60 contestants went on to Round Three, which was a solo a capella performance of one of 95 possible songs. After this, cuts were made by segregating performers into different rooms, with everyone in a given room either moving on or being cut.
Across both rounds, 55 were cut, including:
Meredith Bandas
Leah Barrettsmith, one of the two sisters who auditioned together in Chicago and were profiled as "small town" girls, sang the song "Blessed" during Chicago auditions
Matthew Buckstein
Rochelle-Elaine Dye came to her Denver audition with several friends and family who had her name spelled out in t-shirts. She said she was about to be evicted.
Sarah Enouen
Michael Evans
Hannah Freeman
Gina Glocksen was profiled as a dental assistant and the lead singer in an all-girl band, auditioned in Chicago.
Anthony Hansen
Rickey Hayes was a music major, auditioned in Austin
Jason Horn, Funeral director, auditioned in Austin with "You Raise Me Up".
Ashley Jackson, "fit model", sang with her mouth closed, auditioned in Austin.
Josh Jordan, sang during the group performance together with semi-finalists, David Radford and Will Makar, and finalist, Kevin Covais
Garet Layne Johnson, profiled as the "Wyoming Cowboy," auditioned in Denver, was advised to get voice lessons before going to Hollywood. He was featured as part of a Brokeback Mountain parody called "Brokenote Mountain".
Mecca Madison was an 18-year-old high-school senior and belly-dancer. Auditioned in Las Vegas.
Celeste Scalone was a former contestant on Making the Band.
Tyra Juliette Schwartz came from New York and was dumped by her boyfriend shortly before auditioning in Greensboro. She was a former contestant on Making the Band.
Jennifer Sieminski later gave a very detailed interview describing behind-the-scenes practices of American Idol
Jordan Southerland auditioned in Greensboro and was profiled wearing a fireman outfit on the show. He received complimentary reviews in his audition and wore the firesuit in honor of all the firemen who assisted in Hurricane Katrina and in honor of his father who was very sick and had been a fireman for 20 years. In Hollywood he performed the song "Bless the Broken Road".
Halicia Thompson sang the theme from A Different World and kissed Simon. She auditioned in Greensboro.
Nicole Turk
Tatiana Ward auditoned in Boston. Simon compared her to his pet poodle, and complained that her singing was too "old fashioned." Randy and Paula let her through.
Lauren Weckerly
Megan Zieger was first seen in Hollywood, where she had a bad case of laryngitis, but managed to sustain her voice.
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