Alexis Grace’s elimination from “American Idol” last week changed the game by taking the favored singer out of the race to the Final Four. The Post caught up with the pink-haired and punky mom, who says she can’t wait to get back to her daughter and boyfriend.
* “I’m going to go back home and spend some time with my family first. And then I’m going to get to work and start talking about recording some music and trying to get it out there and just continue singing…
* “I learned that if you want to do anything in life, if you want to pursue a dream, that you have to work hard at it and believe in yourself for one thing and just have fun with whatever it is that you want to do…
* “I would have loved to have gone on tour, especially with all those guys. I’m really close with them and I know that they’re going to do really well. It would have been fun to do some duets with some of those people, too, but there will be other tours…
* “I never imagined myself going home that early. I figured I’d stay in the game a little bit longer, so I was disappointed a little bit, because I made it that far. It’s like I want to make it a little bit farther at least…
* “I’m from the South and we’re supposed to do country well and I think I actually sing country pretty good, so it was a disappointment. I kind of let them down a little bit, but I can redeem myself. I think I’ll be able to redeem myself from that…
* “I think I’m going to take away a lot from this experience. I know who I am. I know what I want to do, what career path I want to take. It’s given me a lot of confidence in myself to go out there and be a singer and pursue it. So it’s giving me a lot and I can’t wait to see what’s next…
* “I did [cry] backstage. It’s such a crap thing to go through and nobody wants to go home and I definitely didn’t want to go home. I thought I really wanted to stay longer, but somebody has to go home and I’ve come to grips with it, but it was me last night, but it’s okay. I’ll get over it and move on and better things will come my way.”
Don’t miss the Top 10 perform tonight at 8pm on Fox.