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Colton - who was on his second try at "Idol" stardom, having auditioned last year as well - had been generally praised by the judges and by Jimmy Iovine throughout the competition. Still, few thought he would go home, since he was joined in the bottom three by Hollie Cavanagh and Elise Testone, both of whom had been there before.

Initially, Ryan Seacrest sent Joshua Ledet, who'd been in the bottom three last week, to safety, while Hollie got another trip to the silver stools of doom. Then, he sent Skylar Laine to safety, while Elise once again landed in the bottom three.

When Ryan asked Elise if she felt the judges were harder on her than the other contestants, she said, "Yeah, definitely," and mused that perhaps it was because they felt she could "take it" because she's older. Still, she says she found it "disheartening" to feel "discredited" because she'd worked so hard. But Wednesday night he fell flat when he chose to start off with Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," which turned out to be more of a "Bad Rendition.

As the night went on, Colton failed to redeem himself when he took to the stage a second time to perform Earth, Wind and Fire's "September. However, despite any further confusion caused by the arrangement, he still stands by his motto: Stay true and take chances. A lot of people don't like change, or so much change, you know, and I definitely changed that song and I understand the feeling that the original gave off. But um, that wasn't me and that wasn't my style.

I chose that song and I ran with it and I think I did me and I loved it. So in some cases, there is a balance, but if you're feeling something, you need to run with it no matter what they are going to say. Scroll to continue reading. Three years ago, the American Idol deal ended, which meant the label deal ended as well so it was an uncertain time for me in my career. I was signed to a Christian label and Atlantic, as we all know, is a mainstream record label.

It just meant, right off the bat, a very different approach to what I do. With that said, I love Christian music, I grew up on it and still love it but I love the opportunity of stepping outside of the box for a second and exploring new things and new sounds and even new things to talk about. I think we came up with something really beautiful and authentic that still goes in line with what I believe and my morale but at the same time it opens the door for even more people to relate and to appreciate what I do.

Was it important to stay true to yourself even though musically this is new territory? Yeah, that was really important to me.

I still believe the same way. We just saw an opportunity to include some more people. My goal with my music is to leave people better than they were when they came to listen to my music. Miracles is a big song and it demands to be played loud. Why did you choose to have that as the lead single for the EP?

That one seems to play both markets well, both Christian and mainstream. I wrote the song with busbee and a guy named Michael Jade. Busbee started the production and after he passed his assistant finished out the song, so it obviously meant a lot to us.

Having such a legend work on the song, it fits right in with everything else that I hear on pop radio. We just thought it met our needs well, as far as this is a really pivotal song and very important song to tell the world like what this EP is going to be.

You just need to listen to your voice to know this is what you were born to do. How serious were you about stopping making music?

When that label deal ended, I realised really quickly how much my identity was wrapped up in my career and music. I consider myself a creative in everything that I do, not just music, I love to express myself that way. Having to actually live that out was challenging.