SHOCKING: American Idol 11 Top 7 Results: Jessica Sanchez voted off, saved by the judges!

Before the results show even started, a breaking news / leak  from TMZ was released:

From TMZ:

There will be a stunning turn of events on “American Idol” tonight, because TMZ has learned one of the absolute favorites to win the competition will be eliminated.

Sources connected with the show tell TMZ … producers are scrambling to persuade the judges to use their “save” on the contestant.

We’re told producers actually thought 2 of the 3 contestants in the bottom tonight were strong candidates to win the entire competition.

It turned out that these 2 were Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet.

Frontrunners Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet falls on the bottom 3 together with hot seat semi-regular, Elise Testone. After learning who were in the bottom 3 tonight, judge Steven Tyler already said that no matter what, they will use their save vote on any of those three singers in the hot seat.

Jessica Sanchez had to sing Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (and Jessica is not supposed to be there in the bottom 3) by Deborah Cox for the save.

"You're not going home! This is ridiculous! We're using the save!" Lopez said after grabbing the mic from Jessica.

Jackson added: "This girl is one of the best singers in America. Are you kidding me? Everyone, please vote for the best!"

Sanchez, 16, said she wasn't surprised by the results of the voting this week.

"I don't expect anything. Whatever happens happens, and I just want people to know that I've been working hard my entire life," she said.

Sanchez has consistently been praised by the Idol judges for her vocal skills. On Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) Sanchez gave a soulful rendition of Jazmine Sullivan's "Stuttering," prompting judge Randy Jackson to say that she "slayed the biggest fish of the night."

The use of the judges' save means 2 contestants will be eliminated next week.

Come on people! Let’s not be overly confident and let’s support Jessica!