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They unanimously agreed to keep Woolf in the competition, which confirms another Top 8 performance show next week.<\/p>\n<p>Also likely working in Woolf&#8217;s favor was the commercial success of his Wednesday night performance.  Woolf&#8217;s cover of &#8220;Lego House&#8221; was one of the night&#8217;s better-charting songs on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>Malaya Watson and CJ Harris landed alongside Woolf in the bottom three.  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