James Durbin Fans Shocked, Upset At His 'American Idol' Ouster

James Durbin wasn't the only one who was shocked and awed by his surprise dismissal from "American Idol" on Thursday night. The sensitive California rocker shed tears and gave an emotion-choked send-off performance after host Ryan Seacrest broke the bad news, but his fans gave him an even bigger tearstained goodbye, sending hundreds of messages of support to MTV News in the wake of his booting.

After being tipped to possibly face off against country favorite Scotty McCreery in the finale two weeks from now, Durbin was instead sent to the showers, prompting many of his fans to inundate MTV News with their howls of disbelief.

"Done with 'American Idol' ..now that James is gone no need to watch," wrote an upset Pamela. "Can't wait for his CD!!"

Diane couldn't have agreed more, aiming some of her ire at survivor Haley Reinhart while writing, "I am so done with 'Idol.' The voting system needs a major overhaul. It is too bad that 'Idol' has stooped so low as to support a girl with such a disrespectful attitude that should have been bounced instead of Pia. I will follow James and his great career and will now support Scotty, he will get my votes."

In fact, it seemed like the ladies in particular were worked up about the situation, with Maria giving an "amen" and adding, "Seriously, James is already an Idol! He is one hell of a performer! The 3 left have a long way to go before they could even measure up to James! I think that is why the show got rid of him!"

Many of the commenters said they were done watching the show for the season (though, to be fair, there are only two weeks left), but Robert perhaps voiced the many gripes best when he wrote, "America proved they would rather vote for karaoke singers who try to sing the songs close to the original rather than those who show talent and creativity."