( EW.com ) -- What a crapfest ! The judges DID end up using their save this week . Before Jessica Sanchez could make it through a single verse of `` Nobody 's Supposed to be Here , '' tangerine dream Jennifer Lopez had stormed the stage . `` Gim me that mic ! '' she snapped . `` Shall we dance ? '' she continued . `` Why did n't all you b****** watch Â¡Q'Viva ! ? '' Randy Jackson stepped in . `` We are saving Jessica without any doubt , '' he announced . `` This girl is one of the best singers in America . Are you kidding me ? Everybody please vote for the best . '' `` Are you kidding me ? '' said the sparkly tongue-sticking-out emoticon pin on Randy 's lapel . `` Let the people do what they want . < 3 < 3 < 3 . '' Ugh , it was all so staged ! To make matters worse , we 'd already been warned that this charade was about to happen . `` We 're gon na use our card tonight , especially with an outcome like this , '' Steven Tyler had assured Ryan once the shocking bottom three -- Jessica , Joshua Ledet , and Elise Testone -- had been announced . Could have used a spoiler alert there Steven ! That tinkling sound you hear behind you is bits of evil gargoyle overlord Nigel Lythgoe 's granite teeth crumbling to the floor from over-clenching . Just beautiful . Anyway , the judges saved Jessica . Not surprising . Ryan Seacrest carried on his annual tradition of separating the top and bottom three contestants and then making the only officially `` safe '' person -- Skylar Laine -- `` pick the group you think you belong with . '' Skylar promptly marched over to the couches and refused , but Ryan 's meaty grip got her in the end . Turned out Hollie Cavanagh , Phillip Phillips , and Colton Dixon were safe this week . Jimmy Iovine had predicted Hollie , Phillip , and Elise for the bottom three . After Joshua and Jessica landed there instead , Jimmy growled , `` I 'm gon na get a new flat-screen . '' So you can ... see everyone better ? Great plan . Best wishes to Sebastian the crab on his continued wealth . James Durbin -- that mythical creature with the tail from season 10 -- returned with blonde ambition to scream `` Higher Than Heaven , '' off his debut album Memories of a Broken Disaster . I thought I was high myself when they kept randomly zooming in on his drummer 's feet . This time the cloth dangling from the Durbinator 's butt was white , possibly as a metaphor for the diapers he can now afford to purchase for his baby . Good looking out ! I kept worrying that Jennifer Hudson 's `` before weight '' hologram from the Weight Watchers commercials would creep into the frame and try to duet with her on `` Think Like a Man , '' but luckily Ne-Yo did instead . Does anyone not love Ne-Yo ? I kept obsessing over this during their performance filled with push-and-pull flirting and plenty of sass appeal . I think he is universally adored . I even ended up marveling that the `` design '' on his white t-shirt was just a big black rectangle . That 's genius , I thought , genuinely . Ne-Yo 's got ta have it , Ryan ! Hopefully no one was home or visiting or peering at you through a hidden camera as you watched the Top 7 's `` Raise Your Glass '' abomination . I actually apologized to my recapping buddy Tanner out of secondhand embarrassment . Two visual moments did save these dirty little freaks from complete failure , though : Phillip gently caressing Colton 's hair-animal in his lap ( ? ! ) and a final pose featuring an off-balance Ryan Seacrest clutching a Coke cup ( ! ! ) . Cheers , queers . Can you believe Jessica received the lowest amount of votes ? Was this J . Lo 's best acting performance since `` Out of Sight '' ? Was Colton Dixon totally channeling Emily Thorne as he cautiously opened that wooden box from a prospective prom date ? Separate your thoughts into two groups and pick a side in the comments ! See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
The judges saved Jessica Sanchez . Hollie Cavanagh , Phillip Phillips , and Colton Dixon were safe . I think the jury was pretty much split on this one.