Lacey Brown voted off 'American Idol' in a sad surprise

Paige Miles or Lacey Brown is about to be the first finalist cut from "American Idol." I think it'll be Paige. I like both of them, but she just doesn't seem to have much of a following.

Really, the other contestant in the bottom three, Tim Urban, should be going based on his horrific reggae-ization of the Rolling Stones, but he's got a lot of teenyboppers voting for him.

Wow, it's Lacey Brown!  She sings "The Story" to try and get the judges' save, and I'm telling you, she should not be going -- she's got a great voice and a really interesting personality and has tons of charm.

The judges are really unlikely to use the save so early, but her performance is really good; it's one of the best of the season so far.

Simon says they're not using the save. Man, I'm really gonna miss her. I thought six other contestants performed worse than her -- Tim was very clearly at the bottom, followed by Casey James, Andrew Garcia, Michael Lynche, Katie Stevens and Paige Miles.

Lacey really deserved a bigger following. "American Idol" just got worse without her.

PHOTOS: "American Idol" final round | "Idol" top 12 party with "Glee" stars

REWIND: See the winners and top finalists from each season of "American Idol"

MORE: Read all of our other "American Idol" posts

TALK: Should Lacey Brown have been voted off "American Idol"? Click on "Add a comment" at the bottom of this post, or e-mail me and I'll post it for you.