Lakoda Rayne and LeRoy Bell were voted off 'x factor' USA in a double elimination last night (23.11.11).

The girl group performed Taylor Swift's 'You Belong With Me', but they had to leave after scoring the lowest number of public votes, while LeRoy Bell was forced to take on Marcus Canty in the sing-off in a last ditch attempt to impress judges Simon Cowell, La Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul.

Marcus did a rendition of Christina Aguilera's 'You Lost Me', and LeRoy opted or The Beatles hit 'Don't Let Me Down' - but the decision went to deadlock and he was sent home after receiving the lowest number of public votes out of the two.

Following their elimination, Lakoda Rayne's Cari Fletcher admitted they "weren't really expecting" to leave the programme.

In an interview with the show's official website, she said: "To be honest, we weren't really expecting it. Last night was definitely one of our best performances and we finally felt like we were coming into our own and really figuring out where we were supposed to be."

Marcus, Drew Ryniewicz, Astro, Rachel Crow, Chris Rene, Josh Krajcik and Melanie Amaro are still aiming to win the competition, which continues on Wednesday (30.11.11) on Fox.