He's giving it a real 1950s rock feel, complete with an old-fashioned mc and period clothes. Side of him we haven't seen before; best part is when the band and backup singers go silent and he just belts out a couple lines himself -- impeccable timing, a real musician.

He gets a staggered standing ovation from the judges. "That was unbelievable," says Randy Jackson for what feels like the third time tonight (we've only had three performers.) At some point it becomes believable, no?

"You sound like nobody else -- that was just fantastic," says Steven Tyler.

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