American Idol eliminated another contestant last night – with the bottom three consisting of some surprising names.

The show began with the contestants having a cake fight in their shared house, leaving their kitchen completely destroyed. Host Ryan Seacrest asks the group who was responsible for starting the mess, with the blame left at Danny Gokey. Seacrest then hands him an envelope containing a bill for $6,000 for the maid service that had to clean up the mess, before Gokey replies, “You don’t think American Idol can pay for this, with all the money they make?”

The fun soon disappears when the results are announced. Seacrest asks Matt Giraud and Kris Allen to stand on one side of the stage, and Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey to stand on the other, before asking hotly tipped series favourite Adam Lambert which side he thinks he should be on. As Adam decides that he should be with Allison and Danny, Seacrest pulls him back and tells him to stand with Matt and Kris, with the three of them receiving the fewest votes on the night.

The drama continued as Kris was declared to be safe – leaving Adam and Matt in the bottom two to sweat it out.

Seacrest then ribs Simon about how Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson were better at judging than him this week, and made all the right calls, whereas [Simon] made the wrong ones. Cowell admits to defeat, saying “Well, one week out of twelve isn’t bad”.

The result is finally revealed at the end of the show with Adam revealed as being safe – with Matt becoming the next contestant to be eliminated. Giraud said on his elimination: “I’ll definitely remember being the cat with nine lives. This is definitely not the last time you’ll see me.”

The show also featured performances from this week’s celebrity mentor Jamie Foxx, as well as Taylor Hicks, who was crowned winner of series five.

Next week’s theme will be rock and roll week, with Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist Slash confirmed to be next week’s celebrity mentor.

Watch the full episode on Friday 1 May, 9pm, ITV2