'American Idol' Loses Its Joy

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LOS ANGELES (April 2) - Megan Joy Corkrey, the irrepressibly perky, tattooed contestant on this season of 'American Idol,' is going home. The 23-year-old single mother from Sandy, Utah, who crooned Bob Marley's "Turn Your Lights Down Low," received the least number of viewer votes on the popular Fox network singing competition Wednesday ? and she didn't even get to hope for a judges' save.

"I'm not going to pretend that we're even going to contemplate saving you," said Simon Cowell in the moments before Joy's "last-ditch" performance, which was supposed to be her chance to convince them to keep her around.

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Joining Joy as the bottom three voter-getters this week: 16-year-old high school student Allison Iraheta from Los Angeles and 21-year-old college student Anoop Desai from Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Joy had been supported by VoteForTheWorst.com, a subversive "Idol" fan site that encourages viewers to vote for bad ? but entertaining ? singers. Her final moments in the show didn't fail that goal - as she was sent to await her fait in the bottom three, Joy flapped her arms like a bird and cawed, recalling the equally strange end to her Michael Jackson theme week tune 'Rockin' Robin.'

On Tuesday night's performance show, Kara Dioguardi attacked her song choice while being heckled by the audience, insisting said she would have rather heard Adele's "Chasing Pavements" instead of the Marley tune. Cowell also lashed out, calling her performance "boring" and "indulgent."

"I love you, Simon, but I don't care," Joy retaliated Wednesday.

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Idol' Hosts and Judges

** FILE ** In this Sept. 5, 2008 file photo, TV Personality Paula Abdul attends the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

** FILE ** In this April 14, 2008 file photo, "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

** FILE ** In this April 6, 2008 file photo, Robin Williams, left, and Ryan Seacrest embrace on stage at the "Idol Gives Back" fundraising special of "American Idol" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

Actor Keanu Reeves visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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Singer-TV personality Paula Abdul visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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Singer-TV personality Paula Abdul visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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Singer-TV personality Paula Abdul visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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Keanu Reeves visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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Paula Abdul visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on December 10, 2008 in New York City.

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A miffed Cowell got the last word, even though she had been one of the judges' wild-card picks: "Megan, with the greatest respect, when you said that you don't care, nor do we. ... This is your swan song. Enjoy it."

The eight contestants who remain in the singing competition: Iraheta, Desai, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre.

On next Tuesday's performance show, the top eight finalists will perform tunes released the year of their birth. All of the remaining finalists ? except for Iraheta ? were born in the 1980s.

2009-04-02 07:18:51

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