By Whitney Baker Johnson

Many viewers were disappointed to see Paul Jolley eliminated on last Thursday’s American Idol episode. The sweet Southern boy from Palmersville, Tennessee, knew that it would be his final week though. “I was just so ready for it,” the performer said of leaving the show. “I talked about it throughout the day. Everybody could see that I was going to be okay no matter what.”

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