NEW YORK - Amanda Overmyer sang "Back in the U.S.S.R." — and now, she's going back home.

Overmyer — a crowd-pleasing performer with streaked hair and a flair for southern rock — seemed to take her departure from the Fox show in stride.

"It's been a run. ... No. 11 out of all them people is more than I could expect," she told host Ryan Seacrest.

Carly Smithson and Kristy Lee Cook were the other lowest vote-getters.

Cook, a 24-year-old from Selma, Ore., has been a bottom-three fixture in the past weeks and the finalist that judge Simon Cowell picks on the most.