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"So long, Elise Testone.\r\nAmerican Idol said goodbye to the bubbly blonde South Carolina singer Thursday, after the 28-year-old received the lowest number of votes cast after Wednesday&amp;apos;s performance round.\r\n\r\nFacing elimination with Hollie Cavanagh, Testone said she wasn&amp;apos;t entirely shocked she got the boot. &amp;quot;I feel like my brain is wired to accept everything that happens, so as soon as they said my name&amp;#x2026;I accepted it immediately,&amp;quot; Testone told Us Weekly after the elimination show.\r\nSlammed by the judges for her obscure song choice of Jimi Hendrix&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Bold as Love&amp;quot; Wednesday, Testone -- who went into the show thinking she&amp;apos;d win -- didn&amp;apos;t always understand Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler&amp;apos;s constructive criticism.\r\nPHOTOS: Before they were Idol judges\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve had a longer lifetime of work [than some other contestants] just because of how much I&amp;apos;ve done, so I&amp;apos;ve learned so much. Some things [the judges] say don&amp;apos;t line up with what I feel I&amp;apos;ve learned on my own,&amp;quot; Testone argues. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t always feel like [their feedback] was helpful. I&amp;apos;m not saying I&amp;apos;m the best. I don&amp;apos;t think for the most part it always made sense.&amp;quot;\r\nTestone -- who received a shout-out from celeb fan Jason Segel on a recent episode -- says she&amp;apos;ll definitely take Stevie Nicks up on her offer to possibly sing backup for the music legend.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m going to reach out to everyone. [Queen&amp;apos;s] Brian May and I are pretty much best friends now, so we&amp;apos;re going to hang out,&amp;quot; the eliminated singer says. &amp;quot;Ellen [DeGeneres], we&amp;apos;re pretty much homegirls. I haven&amp;apos;t met her yet, but she tweeted me and said she loves me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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