'American Idol' 2011 Season 10: Who Went Home This Week?

Thursday night on "American Idol" it was time for another grueling elimination. But what was even more grueling was the dreaded ensemble number (sorry, I just hate those) and the rest of the filler of the night (did you know Scotty McCreery wants to be an astronaut when he grows up?).

Sorry, man- just get to the music- or at least an elimination or two!

This week's musical guests were decent: "Idol" Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze performed his new song, "Beautiful Like You." And The Black Eyed Peas were on deck as well.

But the real reason for the show was the elimination. And it was no surprise as to how things panned out. Once again, casual viewer that I am (okay, I was dubbed an "Idol" Superfan last season, but still) I had the bottom three pegged before lunch today. It's not all that hard.

It was a girls club this week, with Haley Reinhart, Naima Adedapo and Karen Rodriguez in the bottom three. But it was Rodriguez who was ultimately in jeopardy.

She sang for her supper- "Idol" style- but judges Jennifer Lopez , Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson chose not to save her.

This was not an easy decision- nor a unanimous one. It was clear that one or two of the judges (Lopez, Tyler) may have wanted to save this girl. Her last chance performance-Mariah Carey's "Hero"- was as good as she's ever been on this show. But Randy gave her the bad news- they weren't going to save her. I kinda think he was speaking for himself.

With Rodriguez gone, it's just one step closer for a boy to win again this season.

"American Idol" Top 11 Contestants

Casey Abrams

Haley Reinhart

Jacob Lusk

James Durbin

Lauren Alania

Haley Reinhart

Pia Toscano

Paul McDonald

Scotty McCreery

Stefano Langone

Thia Megia

You can catch the next performance episode of "American Idol" on Wednesday night at 8:00 pm ET on FOX.