Mississippi School of the Arts Jasmine Murray was eliminatedfrom competition on “American Idol” Thursday night, but there’sstill a chance her fans could be seeing her again soon.

Murray sang Sara Bareilles’ “Love Song” on Wednesday night’sshow. The judges criticized her performance, calling her “pitchy”and saying she might have just debuted a few years early. Thoughimpressed with her potential, they said she probably would havebeen better served by singing another song.

Results revealed on last night’s show sided with the judges’comments. Viewer votes advanced Kris Allen, a youth director fromConway, Ark.; Allison Iraheta, a 16-year-old high school studentfrom Downey, Calif.; and Adam Lambert, a stage actor from LosAngeles, Calif.

But there is still a chance that Murray could be chosen for theshow’s wild card round next week. In next Thursday’s wild cardround, the judges will bring back eight or nine contestants andpick three to round out this season’s Top 12.

Murray’s Brookhaven supporters are hopeful.

“I feel like she has a really good chance,” said JenniferJackson, Murray’s host-mother. “The judges love her, they thinkshe’s commercial, they’ve said they love her look. I hope she’llcome back as a wild card.”

MSA Principal Jana Perry said when the judges panned Jasminelike they did, she text-messaged MSA English teacher Kim Este, whois in Hollywood with Jasmine.

“I sent her a text that said, ‘Tell Jasmine we’re proud of herand we love her and that you never know,'” she said. “We’rehopeful, and even if she doesn’t make it through ‘Idol,’ she’sgoing to go on and do great things.”

Meanwhile, Murray’s MSA host family believes things would havegone better for the 17-year-old Mississippi Outstanding Teen if shehadn’t had to sing at the top of the show on Wednesday.

“I think that if she hadn’t gone first the judges wouldn’t havebeen so harsh on her,” Jackson said. “They didn’t have anything tocompare her to yet, and her performance was so much better than somany of them. I feel she was at a disadvantage going first.”

Jackson said that if Jasmine is given a chance to resurrect herchances at being the next “American Idol,” every vote willcount.

“It is so important for everybody to vote when she’s there, andto vote over and over and over again,” Jackson said. “The othernight I had the house phone in one hand, and my cell phone in theother, hitting redial and resend until my thumbs were sore. Peoplethink my vote can’t make a difference but it does. We just need allof Mississippi to get behind her.”

But either way, Jackson said, Murray has been a greatrepresentative of her state.

“No matter what , she has been graceful and represented ourstate well, especially the other night, when she reacted to thejudges with such grace and poise,” she said. “And she’s only 17years old. She’s just a junior in high school. We’re so proud ofher.”

Perry agreed with Jackson, saying Murray has been a positiverepresentative for the school as well.

“She has handled herself beautifully through the whole thing,any time you’re in the media there are people that are against you,and she has handled herself exceptionally well,” Perry said. “Herpositive attitude and the way she interacts really let other peoplesee who she really is.”