'Idol' Carly Smithson Explains That Tattoo

Irish songbird Carly Smithson, who was eliminated from "American Idol " Wednesday (4/23), clarified during a press teleconference the following day that she does not, indeed, have pop star Amy Winehouse tattooed on her right arm.

"It's actually a geisha," Smithson said with a laugh. "It's so funny. Even Andrew Lloyd Webber said, 'Oh look, you have Amy Winehouse on your arm.' I was like, 'No.' It was funny. But I love my tattoo. That was one thing on the show that really bothered me--that it wasn't finished and we never get any time. I really wanted to go and get it finished. Her face will be white. Her lips will be red and she'll look nothing like Amy Winehouse once it's finished."

Now that she's finished--with "American Idol" that is--the show is down to five contestants including the frontrunners, the two Davids, Archuleta and Cook. She avoided making any predictions.

"It's anyone's game," said Smithson, of San Diego. "People have their favorites already, if you know what I mean. It could be anything. [Jason] Castro could look into the camera and bat his eyelids, go into his amazing falsetto voice. Brooke [White] could melt someone's heart. Everyone's so different. Nobody saw Michael Johns going home. Nobody saw Alaina Whitaker going home. There's all these shocking eliminations. There could be another shocker."

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