'American Idol' selects first 3 finalists (AP)

called a "drama queen" after her performance Tuesday, bawled after she wasn't selected to continue in the "Fox" singing competition.

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"It's up to America," she told host Ryan Seacrest before the results. "It's up to the power of love." No tears were shed by the first three finalists of season eight: Alexis Grace, the soulful 21-year-old single mother from Memphis, Tenn.; Michael Sarver, the beefy 27-year-old oil rig worker from Jasper, Texas; and Danny Gokey, the spikey-haired 28-year-old church music director from Milwaukee. The trio received the most viewer votes. Kelly Clarkson . Sarver, who sang Gavin Degraw's " I Don't Wanna Be," received a mixed reaction from the panel.

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