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American Idol•Season 2•Episode 17

The First One Bites The Dust!

5.1/10 · 31 votesMar 12, 200385 min

Ranked #12 of 39 in Season 2•+0.1 vs season avg

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One contestant must leave.

Season 2 Episodes39

Start It Up! stillE1 5.5

Start It Up!

Part Deux stillE2 5.6

Part Deux

One Last Batch stillE3 5.6

One Last Batch

Cut 'Em Up stillE4 5.6

Cut 'Em Up

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E5 5.3

Eight is Enough!

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E6 4.9

Two to Tango

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E7 4.9

Here We Go Again

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E8 4.7

Oh, Who Will It Be?!

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E9 4.8

Eight more will come before us…

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E10 4.6

Get ready to see two happy people. And six unhappy ones.

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E11 4.6

American Idol: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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E12 5.4

Last Batch

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E13 4.8

Two By Two They March To The Finals

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E14 5.0

Wild!

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E15 5.0

I Need Results, Not Excuses!

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E16 5.0

The Clean Dozen

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E17 5.1Now viewing

The First One Bites The Dust!

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E18 4.8

Eleven Man Band

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E19 5.2

One More Shall Fall

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E20 5.0

10, 9, 8… Ah, You Know How The Rest Goes

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E21 4.8

Ten Will Become Nine

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E22 5.0

You Kids Be Good!

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E23 4.7

Not The Final Countdown!

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E24 4.9

The Hits!

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E25 4.7

Eight Minus One is Seven

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E26 4.9

(Insert Clever Headline Here)

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E27 4.7

One Will Go. Six Will Remain. A Recap Will Be Written. You Will Laugh At Least Once.

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E28 4.7

American Idol Special: Halfway Home

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E29 5.0

Six Of One, Half Dozen Of Another.

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E30 5.0

Six To The Five On A To The I

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E31 4.8

And Then There Were Five (A Title That Can Be Used With Any Number)

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E32 4.9

Five Minus One Equals Four. (And Other Simple Math)

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E33 5.2

The Final Four Is A Trademarked Term, So I Won't Use It As A Cliched Title.

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E34 5.3

Want To See A Magic Trick? Tonight Somebody Will Disappear!

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E35 4.9

Trifecta!

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E36 5.4

Soon, There Will Be Two. Very Soon, In Fact.

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E37 4.3

Let's learn about Ruben and Clay!

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E38 5.0

Clay v. Ruben

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E39 5.9

I Bet It'll Be Ruben! Or Clay!

Cast4

Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest

Self - Host

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Self - Judge

Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson

Self - Judge

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Self - Judge

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Episode Summary

"The First One Bites The Dust!" is episode 17 of American Idol season 2. It scored 5.1/10 from 31 votes, ranking #12 of 39 episodes this season (season average 5.0). It aired on March 12, 2003.