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"Lillie McCloud and Josh Levi have been voted off The X Factor USA. The 54-year-old McCloud was the first to leave the competition, having achieved the least amount of public votes for her performance of &amp;#039;Summertime&amp;#039; last night (November 27).  The remaining two bottom acts emerged as Josh Levi and Rion Paige, who went head-to-head for the judges&amp;#039; votes performing Bruno Mars&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;When I Was Your Man&amp;#039; and Pink&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;F**kin&amp;#039; Perfect&amp;#039; respectively. Demi Lovato and Simon Cowell voted to eliminate Levi, while Paulina Rubio and Kelly Rowland voted against Paige, resulting in deadlock. Levi was revealed as the act with the least amount of public votes leading to his departure from the competition. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had an amazing opportunity on this stage,&amp;quot; he said alongside mentor Rubio. &amp;quot;I trust God. Everything happens for a reason.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; &amp;#039;The X Factor&amp;#039; USA Big Band Week: Five best performances Following her elimination, McCloud commented: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really happy. I didn&amp;#039;t want to leave. There&amp;#039;s so much more I wanted to show. This has been a major ride for me. I&amp;#039;ve learned a lot of things. I&amp;#039;m good, I&amp;#039;m good. God knows what he&amp;#039;s doing.&amp;quot; The singer&amp;#039;s mentor Rowland added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been here, I&amp;#039;ve watched Lillie grow even more. She&amp;#039;s such an incredible woman, not just a performer, but an incredible woman. I&amp;#039;ve enjoyed working with her. I&amp;#039;ve learned from her as well.&amp;quot; Six acts remain in the competition, including Paige and Ellona Santiago in the Girls, Carlito Olivero in the Boys, Restless Road and Alex &amp;amp; Sierra in the Groups, and Jeff Gutt in the Over 25s. The X Factor USA airs on Fox. Watch Lillie McCloud&amp;#039;s performance of &amp;#039;Summertime&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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