Eliminated contestants discuss 'American Idol'

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Anoop Desai says he was comfortable with his "geeky" image on "American Idol." Lil Rounds says her soulful singing is what made her unique -- that and her name, of course.Desai and Rounds were eliminated from "Idol" on Wednesday. The judges used the save option last week to keep Matt Giraud in the competition, so the contestants with the two lowest vote totals this week were sent packing. Five contestants remain: Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta and Daniel Gokey.

Judge Simon Cowell described Desai's performance of "Dim All the Lights" on Tuesday's program as "mediocre at best." In an interview with CNN on Friday, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, native said was disappointed about his elimination and felt he had a few more "good weeks" left in him.

"I pride myself on being versatile," Desai said. "Sometimes, you're sort of forced to fit yourself into a niche that the audience or the judges want to see."............news has been take by cnn news.