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# | Date | Episode / Theme | #Cn | #Pf | Average Rating | Hi | Lo | σ | 0-19 | 20-39 | 40-59 | 60-79 | 80-100 | ||
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201 | May 6, 2008 |
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
|
4 | 8 |
| 71 | 9 | 20.1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
202 | Feb 17, 2009 |
Billboard Hot 100
|
12 | 12 |
| 80 | 9 | 15.6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
203 | Mar 31, 2009 |
Top iTunes Downloads
|
9 | 9 |
| 87 | 9 | 18.6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
204 | Mar 2, 2011 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| 93 | 9 | 17.3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
205 | Apr 2, 2014 |
Audition Songs
|
8 | 12 |
| 89 | 9 | 18.6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
206 | Feb 26, 2015 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| 87 | 9 | 17.2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
207 | May 10, 2020 |
Disney / Mothers' Day (online)
|
7 | 14 |
| 82 | 9 | 20.9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
208 | Feb 11, 2003 |
Open
|
8 | 8 |
| 81 | 8 | 16.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
209 | Apr 15, 2003 |
Billy Joel
|
7 | 7 |
| 91 | 8 | 14.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
210 | Apr 6, 2004 |
Elton John
|
9 | 9 |
| 89 | 8 | 15.8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
211 | Apr 27, 2004 |
Gloria Estefan
|
6 | 6 |
| 72 | 8 | 16.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
212 | Mar 13, 2007 |
Diana Ross
|
12 | 12 |
| 85 | 8 | 15.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
213 | Feb 20, 2013 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 78 | 8 | 14.9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
214 | Mar 6, 2013 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 76 | 8 | 19.4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
215 | Apr 23, 2018 |
Open
|
14 | 14 |
| 86 | 8 | 20.5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
216 | Jul 16, 2002 |
Motown
|
10 | 10 |
| 77 | 7 | 13.6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
217 | Mar 2, 2004 |
Open
|
8 | 8 |
| 79 | 7 | 16.3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
218 | Mar 8, 2005 |
Open
|
8 | 8 |
| 80 | 7 | 16.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
219 | Mar 22, 2005 |
Billboard #1 Hits
|
11 | 11 |
| 89 | 7 | 19.8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
220 | Feb 22, 2006 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| 85 | 7 | 16.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
221 | Feb 28, 2006 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 70 | 7 | 16.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
222 | Feb 27, 2007 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 75 | 7 | 19.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
223 | May 5, 2009 |
Rock
|
4 | 6 |
| 88 | 7 | 18.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
224 | Feb 23, 2010 |
Billboard charts
|
12 | 12 |
| 79 | 7 | 18.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
225 | May 4, 2011 |
Now And Then
|
5 | 10 |
| 94 | 7 | 19.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
226 | Feb 28, 2012 |
Open
|
13 | 13 |
| 79 | 7 | 20.3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
227 | Feb 18, 2014 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 74 | 7 | 20.3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
228 | Mar 5, 2015 |
Motown
|
8 | 8 |
| 82 | 7 | 19.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
229 | Feb 17, 2004 |
Open
|
8 | 8 |
| 61 | 6 | 14.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
230 | Mar 16, 2004 |
Soul
|
12 | 12 |
| 87 | 6 | 17.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
231 | Mar 30, 2004 |
Motown
|
10 | 10 |
| 84 | 6 | 16.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
232 | Feb 20, 2008 |
1960s
|
12 | 12 |
| 84 | 6 | 19.5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
233 | Mar 3, 2010 |
Billboard charts
|
10 | 10 |
| 90 | 6 | 16.4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
234 | Mar 27, 2013 |
Detroit
|
8 | 11 |
| 81 | 6 | 19.3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
235 | Apr 1, 2015 |
Kelly Clarkson
|
9 | 9 |
| 86 | 6 | 16.4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
236 | Apr 25, 2006 |
Love Songs
|
6 | 6 |
| 88 | 5 | 15.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
237 | Feb 27, 2008 |
1970s
|
10 | 10 |
| 83 | 5 | 16.6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
238 | Mar 1, 2011 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| 90 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
239 | Mar 5, 2013 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 86 | 5 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
240 | Mar 19, 2015 |
Songs from the Cinema
|
11 | 11 |
| 83 | 5 | 14.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
241 | Feb 10, 2016 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| 71 | 5 | 18.4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
242 | Feb 25, 2009 |
Billboard Hot 100
|
12 | 12 |
| 84 | 4 | 19.8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
243 | Feb 19, 2014 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| 74 | 4 | 19.4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
244 | Mar 11, 2015 |
Audition Songs
|
12 | 12 |
| 80 | 4 | 17.8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
245 | May 6, 2018 |
Prince / Year You Were Born
|
7 | 14 |
| 89 | 4 | 18.6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
246 | Mar 11, 2008 |
Lennon-McCartney
|
12 | 12 |
| 85 | 3 | 16.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
247 | Feb 24, 2010 |
Billboard charts
|
12 | 12 |
| 84 | 3 | 19.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
248 | Apr 14, 2019 |
Open
|
14 | 14 |
| 85 | 3 | 17.4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
249 | Feb 25, 2003 |
Open
|
8 | 8 |
| 81 | 2 | 13.1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
250 | Mar 23, 2010 |
Billboard #1 Hits
|
11 | 11 |
| 85 | 2 | 16.0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
251 | Apr 10, 2013 |
Burt Bacharach / Wish You Wrote
|
6 | 12 |
| 96 | 2 | 15.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
252 | Apr 15, 2019 |
Open
|
14 | 14 |
| 81 | 2 | 17.9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
253 | Apr 4, 2021 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
254 | Apr 5, 2021 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
255 | Apr 11, 2021 |
Open
|
16 | 16 |
| n/a | |||||||||
256 | Apr 12, 2021 |
Open
|
15 | 15 |
| n/a | |||||||||
257 | Apr 18, 2021 |
Oscar Nominated Songs
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
258 | Apr 19, 2021 |
Open
|
10 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
259 | May 2, 2021 |
Disney
|
10 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
260 | May 9, 2021 |
Coldplay / Mothers' Day
|
7 | 14 |
| n/a | |||||||||
261 | May 16, 2021 |
Personal Idol / OWS™ / Reprise / Finneas
|
4 | 14 |
| n/a | |||||||||
262 | May 23, 2021 |
Judges / Hometown / Reprise
|
3 | 8 |
| n/a | |||||||||
263 | Apr 10, 2022 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
264 | Apr 11, 2022 |
Open
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
265 | Apr 17, 2022 |
Open
|
20 | 20 |
| n/a | |||||||||
266 | Apr 18, 2022 |
Open
|
20 | 20 |
| n/a | |||||||||
267 | Apr 24, 2022 |
Breakout Hits
|
14 | 14 |
| n/a | |||||||||
268 | Apr 25, 2022 |
Judges Song Contest
|
11 | 11 |
| n/a | |||||||||
269 | May 1, 2022 |
Disney
|
10 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
270 | May 8, 2022 |
TikTok / Mothers' Day
|
7 | 14 |
| n/a | |||||||||
271 | May 15, 2022 |
Carrie Underwood / Open
|
5 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
272 | May 22, 2022 |
Bruce Springsteen / OWS™ / Reprise
|
3 | 8 |
| n/a | |||||||||
273 | Apr 16, 2023 |
Open
|
13 | 13 |
| n/a | |||||||||
274 | Apr 17, 2023 |
Open
|
13 | 13 |
| n/a | |||||||||
275 | Apr 23, 2023 |
Open
|
20 | 20 |
| n/a | |||||||||
276 | Apr 24, 2023 |
Open
|
20 | 20 |
| n/a | |||||||||
277 | Apr 30, 2023 |
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
|
12 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
278 | May 1, 2023 |
Judges Song Contest
|
10 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
279 | May 7, 2023 |
Alanis Morissette / Ed Sheeran
|
8 | 12 |
| n/a | |||||||||
280 | May 14, 2023 |
Disney
|
5 | 10 |
| n/a | |||||||||
281 | May 21, 2023 |
Keith Urban / Hometown / OWS™
|
3 | 8 |
| n/a |