Stefano Langone's glass slipper has broken.

The hunky 21-year-old, who surprisingly outlasted Pia Toscano earlier this month, was shown the door on American Idol Thursday, the same night season seven winner David Cook returned to the stage that made him a music mainstay.

"It's the start of my career," Langone told Ryan Seacrest in the wake of his elimination. "You can't put a price on that."