Despite losing another hopeful, Canadian Idol's explosive classic rock week ended with a bang as 22-year-old Josh Palmer rocked the house after being eliminated from the competition.

Wednesday's results show revealed that Palmer received the least amount of votes out of the 3.3 million cast by viewers.

Although the Saskatoon-native received positive reviews for his rendition of Eric Clapton's "Layla" the previous night, the performance proved not enough to keep him in the competition.

It also appeared to stir up slight controversy when judge Zack Werner called Palmer's performance "flat out cheating" after the singer slipped in a guitar solo at the end of his song.

But on Wednesday night, the rules of competition no longer mattered for the eliminated competitor who added a few extra riffs as he played out the Clapton hit for the final time.

Before doing his reprise, however, Palmer offered his words of goodbye.

"I'd like to send my thank you from the bottom of my heart that I've been able to connect with such a wide audience, young and old," Palmer said.

"I'm going to, beyond this earth, give back to music what it has given me and that's that connection, that feeling. Thank you so much and I'll see you guys very soon. Peace."

Joining Palmer in the bottom three were Kamloops, B.C.'s Suzi Rawn and Burlington, N.L.'s Rex Goudie, whose first appearance on centre-stage seemed to shock many in the audience.

Host Ben Mulroney asked judge Jake Gold what he thought of the outcome that saw Idol's three rocker-types as the lowest vote-getters during classic rock week.

"Unfortunately the people sitting on the stools may not have a music career if they don't win this thing. These three people will have a music career whether they win this or not," Gold said.

To Goudie's relief, he was sent back to the stools to join Aaron Walpole, Melissa O'Neil and Casey LeBlanc. Rawn, however, waited through another commercial break before tearfully returning to safety.

Canadian Idol's hunt heats up with only five competitors left on the roster. They pay tribute to Canada's legendary rock and roll band, The Guess Who, on Tuesday 8 p.m. on CTV.