As we all saw on Thursday night, Lilly Scott was eliminated from American Idol as the Top 12 advanced.  I was just as shocked as she was when Katie Stevens made it through over her.  BUT, I was not expected the bitter bite that Lily was going to give in the aftermath.

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Lily Scott told Us Weekly how she really felt about her elimination, and let’s just say, she’s not taking it well:

US: What was going through your head when you were eliminated? I just wanted to break the mold and be that off-beat contestant that did exactly what I wanted to do … I have no regrets in that department. But watching certain people make it into the top 12 that have not done so well these past three weeks and facing the judges’ comments on my songs these past three weeks, I was just frustrated. My fanbase wasn’t really there, even though the producers and the judges seemed to love me. I guess my fans weren’t there which is why I said ‘I don’t know what America wants to listen to.’ But having said that, my voting demographic is probably people who don’t even own a TV and if they do, they’re probably out doing something more productive than watching TV, let alone American Idol! I guess they just weren’t voting.

US: What do you think happened? Do you think it was because you performed a Patsy Cline song? I love Pasty Cline, but then again the American Idol voting demographic is probably tweens, like 11- and 12-year-old girls, and I’m sure they don’t know who Patsy Cline is and that probably affected me.

US: Where do you see yourself going now? I definitely think I would fit in the summer festival circuit like Coachella and Bonaroo. I know there’s a fanbase out there that’s loving what I’m doing and that’s not necessarily the voting demographic of American Idol. I thought maybe I could break the mold, but it’s just another season of the same old stuff!

US: What did the judges say after you were voted off? Randy [Jackson] definitely walked up to me and said I definitely knew who I am and he was very upset to see me go. Kara [DioGuardi] came up to me and said maybe America … didn’t know what to do with me.

I don think she has a point.  I just wish she hadn’t been so jaded by it.  She has gotten great exposure and she’s going to go far.  She just needs to keep her head up and not knock the Idol contestants that are still in it….

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