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"Carly Smithson is the latest American Idol contestant to be voted off the show. Despite receiving universal praise from the judges for her performance of &amp;#039;Superstar&amp;#039; from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, the Irish barmaid found herself in the bottom two with Syesha Mercado after a public vote. Judge Simon Cowell admitted his praise for Smithson&amp;#039;s performance may have hindered her chances of progressing. &amp;quot;I apologise for giving you a compliment last night, the kiss of death,&amp;quot; he said after Smithson&amp;#039;s exit. &amp;quot;You can leave with your head held high.&amp;quot; Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber acted as guest mentor, with contestants performing songs from his stage musicals. Brooke White forgot her lines while performing &amp;#039;You Must Love Me&amp;#039; from Evita and Jason Castro&amp;#039;s rendition of &amp;#039;Memory&amp;#039; from Cats was described as a &amp;quot;train wreck&amp;quot; by Randy Jackson. The remaining finalists, Mercado, White, Castro, David Cook and David Archuleta, will next week be mentored by Neil Diamond. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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