Lazaro Arbos 'truthful,' Cortez Shaw bulletproof, Burnell Taylor 'original' on 'American Idol'

"First, you look great, man" says Keith Urban. He says he was "so strikingly original," the way he moves, his cadence, the entire package; loved it. Nicki Minaj says "Right now, I would pay to see you sing." She is by far the deepest, most lyrical judge this show has ever had; talks to him for a while about how symbolically all the weight he lost since he and his family lost their home in Hurricane Katrina and his desire to move "his family out of the 'hood" shows his rebirth, his renewed spirit. Randy Jackson calls his performance "captivating," liked his original spin on it. Mariah Carey says it was "fantastic." 

Crowd and judge favorite Lazaro Arbos, who stutters badly except when he sings and has endeared himself to everyone with his honesty about his self-doubt and vulnerability, takes the stage with Urban's "Tonight I Wanna Cry." It's so emotional and sincere; he's sweating throughout it. He's a bit hard to understand at points, but you can't help but root for him.

"That was a really brave and bold move," says Urban, "to tackle that song into a ballad form like that, because there was nowhere to hide." He says there was a lot of inconsistency, but it was tough thing to do, and overall he liked it.