(MK SCOTT) ‘American Idol’ Drops Down to Final Five, Who Got Cut?

My least fave, Hollie, once again escaped elimination and my Female fave, Elise Testone was the scapegoat. 

Jimmy Iovine saw Elise’s elimination coming (well, unless you consider that he’s predicted it just about every week of the competition). In his analysis of last night’s show, he said her Queen song came off as “clubby” and her Hendrix number fell apart. “Elise has a problem—she’s a great singer, but she made bad choices,” he said.

Besides Elise, Hollie Cavanagh’s shaky “Save Me” landed her in the bottom three. And Skylar Laine’s country number, “self-indulgent,” according to Jimmy, sent her into the third spot. She was the first to be sent back to safety, and finally, Hollie followed, with Elise signging off with a reprise of her best performance of the season, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”


Ryan Seacrest reminded Elise that erstwhile mentor Stevie Nicks offered to hire her. “Let’s take her up on that,” he said. “Ok,” responded Elise. [Nervous giggle.]

It was good to see but two of MK's faves last season, Casey and Stefano. However Casey has let his looks go and Stefano was Lip Synching. OUCH!