Send-off Songs
Starting Season 5, when contestants in the final rounds are eliminated, a video of their journey through the contest was showed, accompanied by a song as a send-off. The song is also commonly called the "boot song".
| Season | Single | Artist | Peak | Sales | RIAA Cert. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | "Bad Day" | Daniel Powter | 1 | 3,000,000 | 3x Platinum |
| 6 | "Home" | Daughtry | 5 | 2,172,000 | Platinum |
| 7 | "Celebrate Me Home" | Ruben Studdard | — | ||
| 8 | "Home Sweet Home" | Carrie Underwood | 21 | 300,000 | |
| 9 | "Leave Right Now" | Will Young | 81 | 50,000 | |
| 10 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | David Cook | — | 33,000 | |
| 11 | "Please Remember Me" | Scotty McCreery | — | 58,000 | |
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