Brandon Rogers booted off American Idol

Los Angeles native Brandon Rogers was the first finalist to perform on Tuesday's (March 13th) edition of American Idol -- and he was the first one to get the heave-ho from the competition last night (March 14th). Rogers' lackluster rendition of "You Can't Hurry Love," complete with forgotten lyrics, was the primary reason for his demise. Phil Stacey and Sanjaya Malakar joined Rogers in the bottom three, but they squeaked through to the next round of sing-offs.

Rogers' exit, and his flubbing of the Supremes' song, must have been especially painful for Rogers, considering that just last week he told us the only thing could control on Idol was his performance: "In this competition, it seems the best thing to do is to focus on the thing you can control, which is your performance and how well you do. You can't focus on what people are going to think or what people, whether they're going to vote for your personality or going to vote for you. You just hope that you do the best that you can and they like it."

Rogers' number one singing slot might have put him at a disadvantage as well. He said the last performer on the show usually has the best chance to stick around: "If you've got a big song on the show, last is the best spot. We like to call it the p-i-m-p spot. Like that's the spot. Almost no one goes home if they're last."
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