'American Idol': A second straight shocker

For two straight weeks now, American Idol viewers have delivered shocking voting results. Last week, they'd have sent Jessica Sanchez home if the judges hadn't used their save. This week, there was no save remaining for Colton Dixon. The Tennessee singer's first trip to the Bottom Three resulted in his elimination.

"You know, I need to apologize," Colton told Ryan Seacrest and the judges after he heard the news. "I wasn't myself last night, and I get it. I appreciate what you told me last night. I'll take that when I'm making a record."

"You have a huge career ahead of you, man," Randy Jackson told him.

So Hollie Cavanagh and Elise Testone, who have "vacation homes in the Bottom Three," as Jimmy Iovine might say, outlasted a possible favorite.