I was a little sad to see Amanda go b/c at least her performances had emotion and were semi-exciting. I just can't get into Kristy, Ramiele, Syesha, heck, even little David is getting boring. She obviously wasn't going to win it all but it would have been cool if she could have been in the top 10 and gone on the tour.
That being said, I honestly think Carly in the bottom 3 was a ploy. I don't believe the votes actually worked like that. I think they put here there to try and give her a boost. Typically when someone like that is in the bottom and stays they get a huge surge in votes b/c people panic and don't want her gone. Ya, I'm a skeptic.