american idol 8: surprise elimination, alexis grace is out

last night was country night of the eighth season of american idol. some stood to the challenge, like kris allen and anoop desai who gave great performances. some were really off last night, like adam lambert, scott macintyre and lil rounds.

in my previous post, i predicted that the bottom 3 will be megan joy corkrey, michael sarver and scott macintyre. among the three, i picked megan to go home tonight.

so to the results. the first three sent to safety are danny gokey, anoop desai and lil rounds. allison iraheta and michael sarver are made to stand. i think both of them did a good job last night, especially allison. i ranked her fourth among the eleven finalists. but sadly, both of them are in the bottom 3.

the next ones sent to safety are scott macintyre, megan corkrey, matt giraud and kris allen. only adam lambert and alexis grace are left. both of them are in my bottom 4 last night. no surprises here but they are both early favorites in the competition. adam was sent to safety. alexis is in the bottom 3.

so our bottom three tonight are allison iraheta, michael sarver and alexis grace. i only got michael correct among the three i predicted. so one was sent to safety, and the first one is allison.

so only michael sarver and alexis grace are left. so after tallying the 31 million votes casted last night, it's time to say goodbye to alexis grace. michael will be joining the tour this season.

alexis has her last chance tonight, singing for her life since the judges can save her. she sang "jolene" again, much more nervous than last night. after her song, the judges thought she was good but not good enough, alexis grace was eliminated.

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