Jim Carrey's daughter gets boot from 'Idol'

Jane Carrey won praise, but sent home Wednesday night

Author: By Breeanna Hare, CNN
Published On: Feb 09 2012 02:04:11 PM CST  Updated On: Feb 09 2012 09:57:02 PM CST
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Jim Carrey

(CNN) -

The "American Idol" judges had praise for Jane Carrey when they voted to send her on to Hollywood week, but it looks like they've held firm to their statement that the daughter of actor Jim Carrey wasn't going to get special treatment. On Wednesday night's episode, she was sent home.

Us Weekly reports that the 24-year-old gave a "shaky" performance of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Looking Out My Back Door," and that Jane knew even before she was done singing that she wasn't going to become the next "Idol."

"I freaked out when I was [up] there so I was really, really shaky," Jane said. "I know I can do way better than that, so I'm really disappointed."

Jane also placed a call to her dad, who's gushed to CNN about his daughter's talent, to ease the disappointment.

"I talked to my dad and he was kind of comforting," Jane said. The 50-year-old actor told her, "'I've been said no to a bunch of times,'" Jane said, "and it worked out for him. So hopefully I have a shot."

Some were surprised that the judges had given the go-ahead to Jane when she auditioned, but judge Jennifer Lopez told us that she really was impressed with the singer/songwriter's vocals.

"To [reject] her because of who her dad is would not be fair either," Lopez said. "She sang well and we put her through to the next round, period. That's how it goes. If she wasn't [good], we would have had to say very sadly, 'No, and say "Hi" to your dad for me.' But that wasn't the case, she earned her way to the next step."


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