Ace says: don't blame the ponytail!

Instead, he says, blame "fate."

Yeah, OK, not his song selection or his performance or the fans, but that ever vague, mysterious thing known as "fate."

Actually, as I've said before, I don't think Ace should have been voted out last week. It was clearly Kellie's night to go. But Americans who voted all had anuerysms disagreed, and now she's around for another week. But she won't win. "Fate" will catch up to her (plus, she looks too much like Carrie Underwood, who won last year).