Only a week away from the finals, Melinda Doolittle gets voted off the show!
Tuesday night was a challenge for Melinda because two of the three songs she sang were not chosen by her! Judge Randy Jackson gave her 'I believe in You & Me', the Idol producers gave her 'Nutbush City Limits'. In both performances she did great! The judges were really happy about how she'd performed.
Melinda chose to sing 'I'm a Woman' for the last song ... she proved to be ahead of the other two finalists Sparks & Lewis.

But it was such a surprise for her & the three judges, when she got the lowest number of votes!
Most of the 60 Million votes weren't for her & thus she clears the way for Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis to compete in next week's sixth season Idol finale.

Good Luck Melinda, you're a star & you'll make it big!