Lauren Gray closes out "American Idol" in St. Louis with Adele's "One and Only,"  and the judges are "wowing" just a few seconds into it.

The 22-year-old from Hardy, Ark., tells the judges she performs in a Southern rock band with her dad.

She has some real power, and sounds very sincere; "I love how you go up there, and you're fearless about it," says Steven Tyler.

"You're one of the best female voice we've heard," says Jennifer Lopez. They exult about her after she's gone. For the judges, she's on a whole different level than everyone else in St. Louis.

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