American Idol now has just ten contestants remaining after the latest elimination show saw Alexis Grace ousted in a surprise result – and she received a double blow when the judges also passing up on the opportunity to save her. But wait a minute….I thought the show had been fixed for her to win?

After over 30 million votes were cast for this week’s show, Grace found herself in the bottom three alongside Michael Sarver and Allison Iraheta.

Judge Simon Cowell gave Grace a glimmer of hope after revealing the judges were “considering” saving her, however, after she delivered one last performance, Cowell told her “It was good….but not good enough”, and she was sent packing.

Ex-Idol winner Carrie Underwood also performed a duet with Randy Travis, who had been mentoring the contestants this week.

Next week, the Idol contestants will tackle Motown.

The show airs on Friday night from 9pm on ITV2.