American Idol 2012: Erika Van Pelt voted off

American Idol finalist Erika Van Pelt

American Idol once again bade farewell to another contestant during today's results show.

Despite mentor Jimmy Iovine saying she "deserves to be in the top of the batch" with her version of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind," disk jockey Erika Van Pelt went home after getting the lowest number of votes from the show's viewers. The judges also did not use their lone save vote for the season for the 26-year-old Rhode Islander.

Van Pelt has been in the bottom trio for three weeks in a row.

For this week, she was revealed to be among the bottom three vote-getters with 17-year-old student Deandre Brackensick of San Jose, Calif., and 22-year-old nonprofit organizer Heejun Han of New York.

The nine remaining American Idol finalists, including the "dark horse" Filipina-Mexican Jessica Sanchez, will return to the stage to perform for viewer votes next week (Thursday morning, Manila Time).

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American Idol 2012: Shannon Magrane Voted Off

American Idol Finalist Shannon Magrane Eliminated

"American Idol" chose to have its usual results show Thursday despite already having disqualified earlier this week contestant Jermaine Jones for failing to disclose his full criminal history prior to the voting rounds commencing. It was a sad news for 16-year-old Shannon Magrane, who was voted off the show during the episode.

Magrane was given a chance to sing for her life to be the recipient of the judges' sole save vote for the entire season, but unfortunately, her performance of "One Sweet Day" did not persuade the judges.

Magrane was joined in the "bottom three" by  Erika Van Pelt and Elise Testone which shocked judge Jennifer Lopez.

"I'm not happy with the bottom three, especially with the performance that Elise had last night," J.Lo said.

With Shannon's elimination, the Top 10 finalists who will go on tour were revealed - Erika, Elise, DeAndre Brackensick, Hollie Cavanagh, Colton Dixon, Heejun Han, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jeremy Rosado, and Jessica Sanchez.

Also on the March 15 results show, Chris Daughtry returned to "Idol" stage to perform "Out of My Head" with his band. Demi Lovato also appeared and performed her latest single, "Give Your Heart a Break."

Check out Shannon Magrane's "One Sweet Day" performance below: