Season 5
Episodes
1 Auditions #1 (Chicago, IL) Jan 17, 2006 2 Auditions #2 (Denver, CO) Jan 18, 2006 3 Auditions #3 (Greensboro, NC) Jan 24, 2006 4 Auditions #4 (San Francisco, CA) Jan 25, 2006 5 Auditions #5 (Las Vegas, NV) Jan 31, 2006 6 Auditions #6 (Austin, TX) Feb 1, 2006 7 Auditions #7 (Boston, MA) Feb 7, 2006 8 Hollywood Round #1 Feb 8, 2006 9 Hollywood Round #2 Feb 14, 2006 10 Hollywood Round #3 Feb 15, 2006 11 Performance Show Females #1 (top 12) Feb 21, 2006 12 Top 12 Men Perform Feb 22, 2006 13 and then there were 20... Feb 23, 2006 14 Top 10 Women Perform Feb 28, 2006 15 Performance Show Males #2 (top 10) Mar 1, 2006 16 and then there were 16... Mar 2, 2006 17 Performance Show Females #3 (top 8) Mar 7, 2006 18 Performance Show Males #3 (top 8) Mar 8, 2006 19 and then there were 12... Mar 9, 2006 20 Top 12 perform live Mar 14, 2006 21 and then there were 11... Mar 15, 2006 22 Top 11 perform live Mar 21, 2006 23 and then there were 10... Mar 22, 2006 24 Top 10 perform live Mar 28, 2006 25 and then there were 9... Mar 29, 2006 26 Top 9 perform live Apr 4, 2006 27 and then there were 8... Apr 5, 2006 28 Top 8 perform live Apr 11, 2006 29 and then there were 7... Apr 12, 2006 30 Top 7 perform live Apr 18, 2006 31 and then there were 6... Apr 19, 2006 32 Top 6 perform live Apr 25, 2006 33 and then there were 5... Apr 26, 2006 34 Top 5 perform live May 2, 2006 35 and then there were 4... May 3, 2006 36 Top 4 perform live May 9, 2006 37 and then there were 3... May 10, 2006 38 Top 3 perform live May 16, 2006 39 and then there were 2... May 17, 2006 40 Top 2 perform live May 23, 2006 41 The Finale May 24, 2006