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"Ashthon Jones has become the first finalist to be eliminated from the tenth season of American Idol. The singer - who had been in the bottom three alongside Karen Rodriguez and Haley Reinhart - was eliminated after it was revealed by host Ryan Seacrest that she had received the lowest number of votes following last night&amp;#039;s performance.  Jones chose to sing Diana Ross&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;When You Tell Me That You Love Me&amp;#039; - which she did during last night&amp;#039;s show - as her final performance. However, J.Lo informed her that the judges would not be using their save vote.  &amp;quot;Not this time baby, I&amp;#039;m sorry,&amp;quot; Lopez said. &amp;quot;It was unanimous. You know I was rooting for you and I&amp;#039;m sorry.&amp;quot; The singers who are still in the running are: Lauren Alaina, Casey Abrams, Paul McDonald, Karen Rodriguez, Pia Toscano, James Durbin, Jacob Lusk, Haley Reinhart, Thia Megia, Stefano Langone, Naima Adedapo and Scotty McCreery. Tonight&amp;#039;s episode also featured performances from Diddy Dirty Money with their hit song &amp;#039;Coming Home&amp;#039; and former American Idol winner Adam Lambert with an unplugged version of his new single &amp;#039;Aftermath&amp;#039;.  American Idolcontinues next Wednesday on Fox.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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