Published 5/8/2008
by The Huffington Post News Team
at Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK — Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time.
The dreadlocked heartthrob was voted off "American Idol" Wednesday as the show narrowed the competition to three finalists: David Cook, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado.
Castro, 20, from Rockwall, Texas, started off strong in the show's seventh season but lost momentum in recent weeks. He gave weaker performances, and flubbed the lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" on Tuesday's performance show.
Cowell predicted Castro's gaffe could spell the end of him. "Jason, I'd pack your suitcase," Cowell told the singer.
Castro took his fate in stride and didn't wipe the ever-present grin off his expansive face after learning the result.
Earlier in Wednesday's show, he told host Ryan Seacrest: "I think it's just getting tough for me. I think my inexperience is coming in."
Castro said this week he tried to pick songs he knew _ "Mr Tambourine Man" and Bob Marley's "I ...
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