Alexis Grace

As it turns out, Alexis Grace's swan song for American Idol was Dolly Parton's "Jolene," which makes this country getup not only expected but appropriate. For her last appearance, Alexis wore a blouse from Urban Behavior with a Fornarina skirt and boots. At least she looked good on her way out.

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American Idol logged its first shocking elimination of the season when Alexis Grace went home on Wednesday over the suspected eliminee Michael Sarver. This morning, after packing up her "30 pairs of shoes" and moving out of the Idol mansion, she hopped on the phone with reporters to talk about her journey. Here are highlights:

• On being a Southerner eliminated on country night: "I feel kind of like I let my state down. I'm from the South and we're supposed to do country well."
• On whether she thought the judges might actually use their save: "Yeah, of course I did. I was like, maybe they could save me, possibly. It is really early in the game, and it wouldn't be good for TV if they did. . . . It just wasn't the right time."
• On whether it would have made a difference if she could have picked which song to sing for the save: "Probably. I'm going to be honest, I think it could have. I think if I sang the first song that I sang, 'Never Loved a Man,' maybe I would still be there. I don't know. I think that 'Jolene' is a beautiful song, I love to sing it, but I don't think it was [the judges'] favorite performance. So I didn't get to really show them and remind them again why they picked me and why America picked me."
• On missing the tour: "I'm really disappointed about that. I would have loved to have gone on tour. To sing with all those guys — I'm really close with them, and I know that they're going to do really well, and it would have been fun to do some duets with some of those people, too. But there'll be other tours."
• On her love for Tom Jones: "My mom likes Tom Jones a lot, and I just like his voice — it just puts me in a good mood. In fact, I probably should have listened to some Tom Jones last night. It would have helped me a lot!"

To see what Alexis said was the toughest part of Idol, what she thought about Randy forgetting her name, and whether she'll keep her "dirty" look, just read more

On this episode of American Idol, Alexis Grace rocked the house with her rendition of Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana. Luckily she had the clothes to match her dynamic voice, especially the on-trend strapless jumpsuit. Beyond that it was all about her Forever 21 necklace and Charles David shoes. Shop it all now.

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