"American Idol" finalist
Allison Iraheta has a reason to cry.
The flame-haired 17-year-old high school student from Los Angeles, who crooned
Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby" for her rock performance this week, was
revealed Wednesday to have received the fewest viewer votes.
Iraheta seemed to take her dismissal in stride, belting out an energized "Cry Baby" reprise then razzing the last three dudes standing —
Kris Allen,
Danny Gokey and
Adam Lambert.
Throughout the competition, judge
Simon Cowell chided Iraheta for not showing off more of her personality, but she finally lashed back at the him on Tuesday.
"He was asking for it," she said.
Before the results were revealed, the final four were joined by this week's mentor, former Guns 'N Roses guitarist
Slash, for a frantic rendition of
Alice Cooper's "School's Out."
The finalists left in contest are Lambert, a 27-year-old theater actor from San Diego; Gokey, a 29-year-old church music director from Milwaukee; and Allen, a 23-year-old college student from Conway, Arkansas.
This week, the three singers will travel to their hometowns before performing two songs next week: one of their choosing, another from the show's judges.
