LaKisha Jones (L)and Simon Cowell(File Photo)

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BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- "American Idol" is down to its final three contestants, after LaKisha Jones was eliminated on the Fox talent show Wednesday night.

The 27-year-old Michigan resident was eliminated just one week after she so impressed the Simon Cowell that he kissed her.

But her songs of Barry Gibb the night before led to a particularly brutal week of Cowell criticism. "No kiss tonight, baby,"Cowell told Jones.

Even Randy Jackson called her performance "weird" and Paula Abdul said it "lacked energy."

Even before she heard the bad news, Jones was fidgety and was talking to herself during one of the commercial breaks, as Host Ryan Seacrest pointed out.

Cowell was even tougher on Blake Lewis, calling one of his takes "absolutely terrible." But asked to choose whether Lewis or Jones would be going home Wednesday, Cowell correctly predicted the results from the 45 million votes.

Lewis, 25 and the only man left in the competition, will compete against 17-year-old Jordin Sparks, the youngest performer left, and 29-year-old Melinda Doolittle, the first one given entrance into the group of three.

(Agencies)