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"American Idol&amp;apos;s Haley Reinhart is headed home.\r\nAfter a record 95 million votes were cast during this week&amp;apos;s top 3 round, Reinhart, 20, was eliminated Thursday, leaving Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina to compete in next Wednesday&amp;apos;s finale.\r\n\r\nDespite taking a nasty fall during one of her final performances on the Idol stage Wednesday, Reinhart -- often the focus of negative judge criticism -- received high marks from Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and guest mentor Beyonce.\r\n&amp;quot;She has conviction and makes you believe in what she&amp;apos;s singing,&amp;quot; Beyonce gushed during her rehearsal session with Reinhart. &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s a big part of being a superstar. Haley&amp;apos;s a rockstar [and she&amp;apos;s] incredible.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough she fell just short of the season 10 title, the Wheeling, Ill. singer -- whose hometown visit was chronicled on Thursday&amp;apos;s show -- is grateful for her Idol experience.\r\n&amp;quot;This is the biggest platform anybody can ask for and I rocked it out and had a blast,&amp;quot; Reinhart, who offered Elton John&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Bennie and the Jets&amp;quot; as her exit song, told fans after getting the boot. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s only the beginning.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs McCreery, 17, and Alaina, 16, become the youngest finalists to compete for the title in Idol history, tell Us: Who are you rooting for?\r\nBy Allison Corneau for UsMagazine.com. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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