The Next Great American Band
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The Next Great American Band is a reality television
Reality television
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 talent show. The show premiered on October 19, 2007 and aired on FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 at 8 p.m. Eastern
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 and Pacific
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 times Friday nights
Friday night death slot
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. The show was taped at CBS Television City
CBS Television City
CBS Television City is a television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of North Fairfax Avenue...

 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 on Wednesday evenings in Studio 36, which is the same studio used for American Idol.

The program was created by 19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...

, which is one of the companies behind American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

, and the show shared the same basic concept as Idol. This time, however, the winner was not a singer but instead a musical band. The contest was open to performers of all genres of music, and there were no age limits for the performers. The three judges were Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...

judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson, Sheila E.
Sheila E.
Sheila Escovedo , known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American drummer and percussionist, perhaps best known for her work with Prince, George Duke and Ringo Starr.-Early life and Prince period:...

, and John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls. Dickson served as a judge on Australian Idol concurrently. The host of the show was New Zealand Idol
New Zealand Idol
NZ Idol, more commonly known as New Zealand Idol, was the New Zealand version of the Idol series originated as the hit British TV series Pop Idol. New Zealand first saw the Idol format when TV2 aired American Idol 2, which garned impressive ratings...

host Dominic Bowden
Dominic Bowden
Dominic Joseph Bowden . is a New Zealand television personality, host, radio and voice actor. He is best known as the host of the reality series New Zealand Idol. Bowden was also the host of TVNZs game shows Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old? and Dare to Win, which has a similar format to Minute...

.

In promotional announcements that aired on the final episodes of So You Think You Can Dance, another 19 creation, the title was given one night as American Band, then the next night as The Next Great American Band. The show was officially announced May 16, 2007 at the American Idol website and Fox announced the pickup the next day.

On May 15, 2008, a year after the show was announced, the series was officially cancelled.

Auditions

Over 6000 bands sent in audition tapes. 60 bands from around the country were chosen to participate in a judging session that took place at the Montelago Resort in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada on August 19 - August 25, 2007. While most of these 60 bands were flown straight to Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 as 'gimmick' acts, the ones being seriously considered for the show participated in a round of regional auditions and then auditions in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 before advancing to Las Vegas. Twelve of these forty acts were chosen by show producers and judges to become semifinalist acts to compete against each other in the main season of the show beginning October 19. Again, the show resembled Idol at this point, with telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 and text message
Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...

 votes deciding the winner. There was no results show after the live performance. In each episode, the results were shown in the green room. The two bands (one in later episodes) with the lowest votes were forced to perform in the green room via the internet. Unlike American Idol, however, the final episode was a winner-takes-all showdown between the top three bands, not two. The results were shown live in the grand finale and the host only presented the winner to the viewing audience right after the final commercial break.

The audition rounds of the show were kept very secretive by the producers, and thus caused a bit of controversy between bands who had sent in audition tapes. Many online forums and chat rooms were full of bands falsely stating they had been selected to appear on the show, and further confused hopefuls by posting several versions of the rules, contracts, and audition details.

Top 12

Place Band Round 1
(10/26)
Round 2
(11/2)
Round 3
(11/9)
Round 4
(11/16)
Round 5
(11/23)
Round 6
(11/30)
Round 7
(12/7)
Round 8
(12/14)
Round 9
(12/21)
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 &
Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...

Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

Jerry Leiber &
Mike Stoller
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

None Results Show
1 The Clark Brothers
  • "Maggie's Farm
    Maggie's Farm
    "Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year...

    "
  • "Billy the Kid" (original)
  • "Country Comfort"
  • "Country Time" (original)
  • "She's Got a Way
    She's Got a Way
    "She's Got a Way" is a song by Billy Joel. The original version is on the 1971 album Cold Spring Harbor, while the remade live version was released as a single from the 1981 album Songs in the Attic and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1982.After its original recording,...

    "
  • "Saved"
  • "Gimme Shelter
    Gimme Shelter
    "Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. Although the first word was spelled "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made "Gimme" the customary spelling...

    "
  • "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
    You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
    "You're in My Heart " is the name of a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The song proved a popular single, reaching the top ten of many national charts, including #4 on the U.S...

    "
  • "These Are the Days of Our Lives
    These Are the Days of Our Lives
    "These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by English rock band Queen. It was written largely by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. It is harmonically and structurally one of the simplest songs of the band's catalogue...

    "
  • "Homestead" (original)
  • "Change the World
    Change the World
    "Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick which was recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Babyface for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year , as well as Best Male Pop Vocal...

    "
  • "Amazed
    Amazed
    "Amazed" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey. The first version of the song was recorded by the American country music group Lonestar, whose version was released in March 1999 as the second single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill...

    "
  • "This Little Light of Mine
    This Little Light of Mine
    "This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel children's song written by Harry Dixon Loes in about 1920. Loes, who studied at the Moody Bible Institute and the American Conservatory of Music, was a musical composer, and teacher, who wrote, and co-wrote, several other gospel songs. The song has since...

     / Faith, Faith, Faith" (original)
  • Next Great American Band
    2 Sixwire
    Sixwire
    Sixwire is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group is composed of Andy Childs , Robb Houston , John Howard , Steve Mandile , and Chuck Tilley . The band's name references the six strings on a guitar. Sixwire recorded one album for Warner Bros...

  • "Mr. Tambourine Man
    Mr. Tambourine Man
    "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and...

    "
  • "Good to Be Back" (original)
  • "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
    Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
    "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John's 1974 album Caribou; it was released that year during the latter half of May in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June in the United States.-Lyrics and music:...

    "
  • "Gotta Get Away" (original)
  • "She's Always A Woman
    The Stranger (album)
    The Stranger is the fifth studio album by musician Billy Joel, released in 1977 . While his four previous albums had been moderate chart successes, this was his breakthrough album, and is generally regarded by critics as his magnum opus, spending six weeks at #2 in the U.S. album charts...

    "
  • "I Keep Forgettin'
    I Keep Forgettin'
    "I Keep Forgettin'" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in the early 1960s, and it was originally recorded by Chuck Jackson. It reached #55 on the Billboard Top 100 and remained on the chart for 7 weeks. It did not chart on the R&B chart...

    "
  • "The Last Time
    The Last Time (song)
    In 1967, after the imprisonment of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, on drugs charges, The Who recorded covers of "The Last Time" and "Under My Thumb" as a single. The intention was to help Jagger and Richards make bail, but by the time the single was made available, they had been released. The...

    "
  • "Hot Legs
    Hot Legs
    "Hot Legs" is a single by Rod Stewart. It was written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart included the song on his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The 1978 single performed moderately well on the US Hot 100 , and very well on the UK pop chart . In the UK, "Hot Legs" and "I Was Only...

    "
  • "Fat Bottomed Girls
    Fat Bottomed Girls
    "Fat Bottomed Girls" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the track featured on their 1978 album Jazz, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits...

    "
  • "Go On" (original)
  • "Reelin' in the Years
    Reelin' in the Years
    "Reelin' In the Years" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the sixth track on their 1972 album, Can't Buy a Thrill.The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and features Fagen on vocals. The song was also a #11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005, Q...

    "
  • "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
    Nights Are Forever
    Nights Are Forever is the fourth and breakthrough album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" became one of their biggest hits, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    "
  • "Good to Be Back" (original)
  • Eliminated on 12/21
    3 Denver and the Mile High Orchestra
    Denver and the Mile High Orchestra
    Denver and the Mile High Orchestra is a horn-driven band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. DMHO was formed by a group of friends at Belmont University in 1999. They have traveled across the world, playing at churches, conferences, and festivals...

  • "Freight Train Blues
    Bob Dylan (album)
    Bob Dylan is the debut album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 on Columbia Records. It features two original compositions, the rest being old folk standards, and was produced by Columbia's legendary talent scout John H...

    "
  • "One Time Show" (original)
  • "I'm Still Standing
    I'm Still Standing
    "I'm Still Standing" is a song on English pop rock performer Elton John's 1983 album, Too Low for Zero. He sings about making a comeback despite problems in daily life. The video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur in France and features the colours of the...

    "
  • "All Night" (original)
  • "Tell Her About It
    Tell Her About It
    "Tell Her About It" is a hit 1983 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album An Innocent Man. An apparent homage to the Motown Sound, the song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week on September 24, 1983, replacing the Phil Ramone-produced song, "Maniac" by Michael Sembello. The...

    "
  • "Ruby Baby
    Ruby Baby
    "Ruby Baby" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Drifters and was a major R&B hit for them in 1956...

    "
  • "I'm Free"
  • "Baby Jane
    Baby Jane (song)
    "Baby Jane" was a UK number one single for three weeks in July 1983 for Rod Stewart.Written by Rod Stewart and Jay Davis and produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan. The song was the lead single from his Body Wishes album and was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm...

    "
  • "Sleeping on the Sidewalk"
  • "Big White House" (original)
  • "September"
  • "Vehicle"
  • "You Move Me" (original)
  • 4 Light of Doom
  • "All Along the Watchtower
    All Along the Watchtower
    "All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The song, which has been included on most of Dylan's greatest hits compilations, initially appeared on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Over the past 35 years, he has performed it in concert more...

    "
  • "Eye of the Storm" (original)
  • "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
    Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
    "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" is a rock song performed by musician Elton John and covered by W.A.S.P., Flotsam and Jetsam, Nickelback , Queen and The Who...

    "
  • "Light of Doom" (original)
  • "The Stranger
    The Stranger (song)
    "The Stranger" is a song by rock artist Billy Joel from his 1977 album of the same name, The Stranger. The song was released as a single in Japan where it became very popular and peaked at #2 on the Oricon chart...

    "
  • "Jailhouse Rock
    Jailhouse Rock (song)
    "Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock...

    "
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash
    Jumpin' Jack Flash
    "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by Rolling Stone, the song was perceived by some as the band's return to their blues roots after the psychedelia of their preceding...

    "
  • "Infatuation
    Camouflage (Rod Stewart album)
    Camouflage is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on June 18, 1984 . It was Stewart’s 13th studio album and was released on Warner Bros. Records . Three singles came from this album...

    "
  • 'We Will Rock You
    We Will Rock You
    "We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...

    "
  • "Matter of Time" (original)
  • Eliminated on 12/14
    5 Dot Dot Dot
  • "Like a Rolling Stone
    Like a Rolling Stone
    "Like a Rolling Stone" is a 1965 song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England...

    "
  • "Another Stupid Love Song" (original)
  • "Your Song
    Your Song
    "Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. It appeared on John's self-titled second album in 1970....

    "
  • "Stay" (original)
  • "Pressure
    Pressure (Billy Joel song)
    "Pressure" is a synthesizer-driven song from 1982 by Billy Joel about difficulty dealing with the stress of daily living. The song was a single from the album The Nylon Curtain.-Themes:...

    "
  • "Love Potion No. 9
    Love Potion No. 9 (song)
    "Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by The Clovers.-Story:The song describes a man seeking help finding love, so he talks to a Gypsy, who determines through palm reading that he needs "love potion number 9"...

    "
  • "Let's Spend the Night Together
    Let's Spend the Night Together
    "Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released as a single by The Rolling Stones in 1967...

    "
  • "Young Turks
    Young Turks (song)
    "Young Turks" is the title of a song by Rod Stewart that first appeared on his album Tonight I'm Yours. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at #11 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 in Australia....

    "
  • Eliminated on 12/07
    6 Très bien
  • "Subterranean Homesick Blues
    Subterranean Homesick Blues
    "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, originally released in 1965 as a single on Columbia Records, catalogue 43242. It appeared 19 days later as the lead track to the album Bringing It All Back Home. It was Dylan's first Top 40 hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also...

    "
  • "Easy to Love Me" (original)
  • "Love Lies Bleeding
    Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
    "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is the opening song on the double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. The first part, "Funeral for a Friend", is an instrumental created by John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral...

    "
  • "How I Feel" (original)
  • "Movin' Out"
  • "Some Other Guy
    Some Other Guy
    -Other recorded versions:The song was very popular in Liverpool's Merseybeat scene. Both the original and the version by fellow Merseybeaters The Big Three are part of John Lennon's jukebox...

    "
  • "Get off of My Cloud
    Get off of My Cloud
    "Get Off of My Cloud" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was written as a follow-up single to the successful " Satisfaction"...

    "
  • Eliminated on 11/30
    7 Cliff Wagner and the Old #7
  • "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
    Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
    "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.-Context:...

    "
  • "Old Fire" (original)
  • "Honky Cat
    Honky Cat
    "Honky Cat" is a song from the 1972 Elton John album Honky Château, the album's lead-off track.A fast, spirited number played without any guitar, with Davey Johnstone playing banjo instead, "Honky Cat" is essentially about the illusion created by city life...

    "
  • "Little White Chapel" (original)
  • "You May Be Right
    You May Be Right (song)
    "You May Be Right" is a single written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses. The song reached #7 on the US charts, but failed to chart in the UK unlike his preceding and succeeding singles "All for Leyna" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"...

    "
  • "Poison Ivy
    Poison Ivy (song)
    "Poison Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959. It went to #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...

    "
  • Eliminated on 11/23
    8 Franklin Bridge
    Franklin Bridge (band)
    Franklin Bridge is an American band composed of four musicians hailing from Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey. Their sound is described as a fusion of R&B and Rock music. Collectively they have played for a list of renowned recording artists including Jay-Z, Diddy, LL Cool J, Pharrell, DJ Jazzy...

  • "Tangled Up in Blue
    Tangled Up in Blue
    "Tangled Up in Blue" is a song by Bob Dylan. It appeared on his album Blood on the Tracks in 1975. Released as a single, it reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    "
  • "Incredible" (original)
  • "Philadelphia Freedom
    Philadelphia Freedom (song)
    "Philadelphia Freedom" is a song released by Elton John as a single in 1975. The song was one of John's numerous number-one U.S. hit singles during the early and mid-1970s, which saw his recordings dominating the charts. In Canada, it was his eighth single to hit the top of the RPM national...

    "
  • "Love's Fool" (original)
  • "Big Shot"
  • Eliminated on 11/16
    9 Rocket
    Rocket (band)
    Rocket is an all-girl pop-punk band from Los Angeles, California.-Members:Current members* Lauren Rocket- Vocals* Lauren C. Rocket- Guitar, Backing vocals* Peaches Rocket- Guitar* Kristen Rocket- Bass* CC Rocket- DrumsFormer members...

  • "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door"
  • "Mean to You" (original)
  • "Rocket Man"
  • "Future Ex-Boyfriend" (original)
  • Eliminated on 11/09
    10 The Muggs
  • "Meet Me in the Morning
    Meet Me in the Morning
    "Meet Me in the Morning" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 15th studio album Blood on the Tracks in 1975. The song is also featured in the 2009 movie Away We Go....

    "
  • "Slow Curve" (original)
  • "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
    I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
    "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a song by British singer Elton John featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica...

    "
  • "Should've Learned My Lesson"
    (original)
  • 11 The Hatch
  • "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records . The song was originally recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica and William E. Lee's bass...

    "
  • "Stretch Out the Time" (original)
  • Eliminated on 11/02
    12 The Likes of You
    Geoff Byrd
    Geoff Byrd is an American musician, born in Portland, Oregon. He has been credited as the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet. Byrd was the lead singer of the band The Likes Of You...

  • "Blowin' in the Wind
    Blowin' in the Wind
    "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...

    "
  • "Love and Gravity" (original)

  • : Each band performed an original song and a cover of a song by the theme artist.
    : The bands only performed a cover of a song by the artist listed above.
    : The bands played a song chosen by the judges, a song chosen by the producers and a song they chose.
    : In the final episode the bands did not perform any theme, but chose songs to showcase their band.
    : The elimination date is the date of broadcast of the show where the elimination was announced. The actual elimination in each case occurred two days earlier, when the show was taped.

    Other participating bands

    The following is a list of bands who did not make it to the Top 12. These bands were either seen on Episode 1 (the Vegas auditions) or are featured on the official website:
    • waketheday
    • The 440 Alliance
      The 440 Alliance
      The 440 Alliance is an American cello rock band from Arlington, Texas consisting of four cellists and a percussionist. The group formed in 2004 and is known for their diverse approach to the cello, incorporating electric effects, turntables, piano, and mallet percussion...

    • The Queue
    • Fat Shitty Surprise
    • Blackbird
      September Hase
      September Hase is an American alternative rock band formed by singer/guitarist Al Janelle in 2005. Janelle formed the group as a three-man project with Adam Smith and Matthew Heller after the dissolution of his high school blues band....

    • BoTcHED
    • Faces Without Names
    • Mezcal
    • Nothing More
    • Northmont
    • The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad

    • Zombie Bazooka Patrol
    • Simply Sick
    • Fifi LaRue
    • The Groovin Grannies
    • Just Live
    • Starchild
    • Red Halo
    • Honky Stomp
    • The Cat's Pajamas

    • El Toro's League
    • J.I.Z.
    • Big Provider
    • Viva Las Jablonski
    • Zolar X
      Zolar X
      Zolar X is a proto-punk glam rock band, established in 1973, recently staging a comeback.From 1973 to 1981 Zolar X became legendary on the west coast USA for dressing and acting like space-aliens 24 hours a day. They spoke ceaselessly in an "alien language" of their own invention, which would...

    • The Sizzling Happy Family
    • Sunset West

    • Lexicon
    • Dova Grove
    • The Fabulous Johnson Brothers
    • The Big Toe
    • Heaven Bound
    • Thirteen Stars
    • Potential Difference
    • CJA
    • Ballroom Dancing(aka Band LeGrand)


    Nielsen ratings

    No. Air Date Rating Share 18-49
    (Rating/Share)
    Viewers
    (m)
    Rank
    Night Timeslot Overall
    1 October 19, 2007 2.1 4 1.5/5 3.57 9 5 83/97
    2 October 26, 2007 1.8 3 1.2/4 2.89 10 5 87/97
    3 November 2, 2007 1.4 3 1.0/3 2.31 11 5 92/100
    4 November 9, 2007 1.8 3 1.0/4 2.69 12 5 91/101
    5 November 16, 2007 1.7 3 1.1/4 2.57 12 5 94/101
    6 November 23, 2007 1.6 3 1.1/3 2.61 10 5 83/95
    7 November 30, 2007 1.5 3 0.9/3 2.16 10 5 92/98
    8 December 7, 2007 1.9 3 1.2/4 3.04 12 5 87/102
    9 December 14, 2007 1.8 3 1.1/3 3.14 9 4 84/98
    10 December 21, 2007 1.8 3 1.0/3 2.64 10 5 89/100

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