Thousands auditioned...
And now just 24 acts remain.
Cece frey.
Emblem3.
Tate Stevens.
Carly rose sonenclar.
Last night the acts were split into four categories, and
the judges became mentors.
The category that they would like you to mentor is... the teens!
Are you serious?
The groups.
Um... The young adults.
No way!
The over-25s.
Yeah!
Oh, my God.
Each category was invited to their judge's home.
When I found out that I had the overs, that was a little bit disappointing.
And the fight was on for a place in the final 16.
♪ Ahhh ♪
The young adults performed for their mentor, Demi.
♪ Oh, oh, oh! ♪
I don't think he could win this competition.
This is really hard.
♪ Every little thing ♪
♪ she does is magic ♪
And the groups sang for Simon.
♪ Impossible ♪
♪ impossible ♪
My heart says yes to them, and my head says yes to them.
But we can't have both.
Tonight... I'm here to find a star.
Prove to me that you're worth my time.
The over-25s face their mentor, L.A. Reid.
Talent isn't the question.
Viability in the marketplace is the question.
And the teens face Britney Spears... I'm just not convinced it's
strong enough.
With guest judges... She cares about her moves too much.
Will. I.Am... She's like a little dragon, scorching the town.
And... ♪ LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪
♪ LA, LA, LA, LA ♪
Justin bieber.
I felt it, you know.
Emotionally, I felt it.
The battle for a place in the live finals is on.
Flawless.
How do you compete against that?
We need to get these six down to four.
I don't want to see anybody go.
One, two, three... You sure you're making the right decision?
I think I am.
Here we are at my home in Beverly hills, and I am
mentoring the category over-25s.
This is what it is, the final six in our category, and
everybody's got the same dream.
My contestants are Jason Brock, Tara Simon,
vino Allen, David correy, Tate Stevens, and Daryl black,
but only four can go through to the live shows.
I really didn't want this category.
I'm known for developing young artists like Justin bieber, who.
I decided to bring to help mentor this category, and his
manager, scooter braun.
Whatever you did in your first audition, wonderful.
What you did in boot camp, wonderful.
Now you're here at my house.
You know, at the end of the day, it's going to be about winning.
And I want to win, so I'm not happy, but I'm still planning on
winning.
You guys have this platform to just do so much, and I feel
like, you know, you just have to just give it your all.
I'm here to find a star.
You're already the underdogs, so I need you to go out there and
really prove to me that you're worth my time.
I want L.A. to really believe in me.
I want him to be on my side.
There's really great talent here, you know.
I want to be one of the ones that he wants to keep and that
he thinks really has a chance.
I had people tell me when I was a kid, like family, "Jason, you
can't do that.
You can't do that.
There's a lot of people who sing better than you."
And that is something you believe inside, because...
it's your family.
And I still remember it.
Just to be this far is really an honor.
I mean, when I was a kid, I was a total misfit.
Finding my voice really helped me develop confidence.
I could think to myself, "well, at least I have my singing."
♪ I'm in a New York ♪
♪ state of mind ♪
Your voice is a song's best friend.
Thank you so much.
I love you.
Just experiencing this, I can't imagine going back to my
tech-support job.
I have a lot to give to the world, but I'm 35, and this
might be my last chance to make it big.
I mean, this is a huge opportunity.
Hey, there.
Good afternoon.
Good to see you.
You ready for today?
I'm ready for today.
I'm ready to impress y'all.
Take it.
All right.
♪ the smell of your skin ♪
♪ lingers on me now ♪
♪ you're probably ♪
♪ on your flight back ♪
♪ to your hometown ♪
♪ I hope you know ♪
♪ that this had nothing ♪
♪ to do with you ♪
♪ it's personal ♪
♪ myself and I ♪
♪ we got some ♪
♪ straightening out to do ♪
♪ and I'm going to miss you ♪
♪ like a child ♪
♪ misses his blanket ♪
♪ but I got to get ♪
♪ a move on with my life ♪
♪ it's time to be ♪
♪ a big girl now ♪
♪ and big girls don't cry ♪
Okay.
Thank you.
How did that feel?
It felt great.
Yeah?
It felt great, yeah.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, guys... of course.
I felt so good about that, and it just went out just the way.
I wanted it to.
That was a really strong vocal performance.
Vocal performance, of course.
He didn't hold back at all.
I think that he gave it everything, and that showed.
That's not in question.
But it's not only about that.
You're looking for one.
Yeah.
Yes, we are.
One.
And is that the one?
You got to make that decision in the end.
That's right.
Would you do it?
$5 million?
That's a big contract.
Hold that thought.
How you feel?
I feel good.
My voice was, like, all there.
Mm-hmm.
It was there.
I think they liked it.
The pressure has just gone up 5 million percent knowing
that this is your last audition to make it to live's.
I mean, everyone here is talented.
There is no question.
Everyone's talented.
That's when it starts messing with your mind.
"Damn, that what they want?"
What do you think makes you different than the other
contestants?
I'm adopted, so I feel like this opportunity will reconnect
me with my birth mother if she hears my voice.
Beautiful.
That's beautiful.
In this competition, forget pressure.
It's do or die.
What's going on, y'all?
What's going on?
How y'all feeling?
Good.
Great. How are you?
I've been waiting for this moment my whole life, man.
Well, good luck to you.
♪ you got me losing my mind ♪
♪ my heart beats out of time ♪
♪ I'm seeing Hollywood stars ♪
♪ you strum me like a guitar ♪
♪ rock my world ♪
♪ under the sunlight ♪
♪ make this dream ♪
♪ the best I've ever known ♪
♪ dirty dancing ♪
♪ in the moonlight ♪
♪ take me down ♪
♪ like I'm a domino ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ yeah, yeah ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ like I'm a domino ♪
Mm.
Thank you all so much, man.
Appreciate it.
Yes, sir.
Appreciate it.
Whew.
Like, there were some notes that were just like...
I don't know... they were giving me chill bumps.
I thought he was great.
What do you mean?
I thought he was great.
I think the voice was there.
I think he's got a look to him, you know.
I think he could go far.
Talent isn't the question.
Viability in the marketplace is the question.
I saw pure passion.
I think that's the hardest thing
to find... someone who's just pure passion.
I gave them all of me.
And at the end of the day, I can go home and live with that.
Hopefully this isn't my... end of my journey, and if they do
decide to pick me, I'm going to go 20 times harder than I've
gone so far.
What I'm looking for from each audition today is the
contestant that will walk on to that platform and leave it all
right there on that stage... really show me that you really want it.
Ready for this?
I'm ready.
The stage is yours.
♪ Everybody's high ♪
♪ on consolation ♪
This is the last audition before possibly going to live
shows... a lot of pressure.
My wife is proud of me.
My kids are proud of me.
You know, that's what drives me.
♪ Now it's up to me ♪
♪ ooh ♪
♪ 'cause she's gone ♪
♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪
♪ I'd pay the devil ♪
♪ to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪
♪ what went wrong ♪
♪ went wrong, went wrong ♪
You felt that.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Yeah, thank you, Daryl.
Thank you.
I don't know what's going to happen, but I put my heart and soul out there.
I really hope I did enough to move on to the live shows.
I mean, you never really know.
You don't know what they're looking for, so I hope I did enough.
He's got a special voice.
With a band behind him, it could work.
But I didn't find the voice tone to be unique.
I just didn't.
I just thought it was singing.
I mean, it was powerful.
You know, he brought it down.
He... you know, I feel like he was strong.
It was funny because, you know, when I got there in
Kansas City, saw a few cowboy hats, you know, throughout the
crowd, but not very many.
The farther along we got in the live audition with the judges,
I'm the only dude in a hat.
♪ But anything goes ♪
♪ when everything's gone ♪
You are a true country star.
I'm a father, first and foremost, and a husband, and
I put my career on hold to raise my family.
This is so for them.
I want them to be proud, and I want them to say, "that's my dad."
I don't want go back to asphalt work and concrete work.
I don't want to do that.
For me to be able to make it to the live show for my family would be huge.
What's going on, fellas?
I have to bring it.
I have to be on and show that I do have what it takes to win.
Good luck to you.
Thank you.
♪ It's undeniable ♪
♪ that we should be together ♪
♪ it's unbelievable ♪
♪ how I used to say ♪
♪ that I'd fall never ♪
♪ the basis is need-to-know ♪
♪ if you don't know ♪
♪ just how I feel ♪
♪ but let me show you now ♪
♪ that I'm for real ♪
♪ one ♪
♪ you're like a dream ♪
♪ come true ♪
♪ two ♪
♪ just want to be with you ♪
♪ three ♪
♪ girl, it's plain to see ♪
♪ that you're the only ♪
♪ one for me ♪
♪ and four ♪
♪ repeat steps ♪
♪ one through three ♪
♪ five ♪
♪ make you fall in love ♪
♪ with me ♪
♪ if ever I believe ♪
♪ my work is done ♪
♪ then I'll start back at one ♪
Good song choice.
Thank you, sir.
Felt good?
It felt good.
You think he's a keeper?
There's something about him that you want to root for him.
I think he's charismatic, and I think he has a great voice.
If you had to go in that bank account and write a check
for $5 million, would you give it to that guy?
I'm not sure.
I hope they saw something that they said, "hey, you know what?
We can mold something out of that."
I hope I did enough to stay.
If I make it through, there ain't no more asphalt work,
ain't no more concrete work for this old boy right here.
To be surrounded by such talent in this six has been,
like, the most validating thing that's happened in my life.
I'm trying to make sure to remember I'm blessed for, you
know, having this opportunity.
Yeah.
When I was a kid, my mom married an abusive man, you know.
I was physically tortured and mentally tortured, but the
biggest torture of all was having her beaten, you know, nightly.
Music was always the thing that kind of took away the pain.
It kept me sane.
If I had a kid, I'd be skyping with him every night.
That'd be the only sanity I have right now.
As a provider, as a man, as a
father, I wanted to do something different than what was being
done to me and my mom.
Winning the $5 million would allow me to offer my son, you
know, a future and a life that I didn't have.
This is the most important performance of my life.
If I don't win L.A. over, this could be my last chance.
Hey, guys.
You ready?
I'm ready.
Good luck to you.
Do your thing.
♪ I don't want to be ♪
♪ the guy ♪
♪ all night, yeah ♪
♪ or the guy who never ♪
♪ wants to be alone ♪
♪ ah, the sun is blinding ♪
♪ that's not the way ♪
♪ I want my story to end ♪
♪ I'm safe up high ♪
♪ nothing can touch me ♪
♪ so why do I feel ♪
♪ this party's over? ♪
♪ no pain inside ♪
♪ you're my perfection ♪
♪ so why do I feel ♪
♪ this good sober? ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ ah, the sun is blinding ♪
♪ this is not the way ♪
♪ I want my story to end ♪
Thank you, sir.
Appreciate your help.
Yeah.
Appreciate you settling me down.
Thanks, man, appreciate your help.
If you win the $5 million, I'm going to need some shoes.
Appreciate y'all.
I can tell the dude is petrified.
He's nervous, he's scuffing up your shoes, but he stepped up.
Yeah, that was a great performance.
Just... I felt it, you know.
Emotionally, I felt it.
Great voice, all that soul, right?
But then I'm looking, and I'm like, "okay, the package, the
package, the package."
The package.
It's not... I don't know.
I gave everything, every bit of me on that performance just
now, so we shall see if it's enough.
This is the most nervous I've been, though, for real.
That's good to hear, because I haven't seen you nervous yet.
I'm nervous because I can taste it now.
Like, it's real.
I feel like I will win the whole thing.
I'm going to say it.
I'm just going to say it.
Everyone's a star until one really walks in the room.
It don't even have to be the best singer... you just know.
You know.
I've always been a star, you know.
People just have now caught on to it.
Why does it have to be less is more?
Why can't more be good?
If there's a buffet, I am taking something of everything, even if
I don't like it.
So my voice is no different.
If I can do it, I'm going to try and do it, and... I'm trying my best to show,
like, vocal maturity and vocal restraint.
It's been really tough.
Oh!
This is way too crucial.
I feel like I can't, like,.
I hope that America is going to love me, and I want to be...
I want to be America's darling.
Let's do it, oh.
Give me a tour... I'm on it.
I'll choreograph my own stuff.
I will arrange my own harmonies.
I'm going to make them a lot of money, and I'm going to prove it to them today.
Hello.
Hello. How are you?
I'm fabulous.
You ready?
I'm ready.
Okay, the stage is yours.
Good luck.
Okay, thank you.
♪ I'm not a perfect person ♪
♪ there's many things ♪
♪ I wish I didn't do ♪
♪ but I continue learning ♪
♪ I never meant to do ♪
♪ those things to you ♪
♪ I'll be the one who catches ♪
♪ all your tears ♪
♪ that's why I need ♪
♪ you to hear ♪
♪ I found a reason for me ♪
♪ to change who I used to be ♪
♪ a reason to start over ♪
♪ new ♪
♪ and the reason is you ♪
Thank you, Jesus.
All right.
That was super fun.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Okay, see you soon.
♪ I wouldn't want to be ♪
♪ anybody else ♪
♪ Happy dance, happy dance ♪
♪ happy dance, happy dance ♪
I believe that I showed them enough, and I believe that.
I deserve to go to live shows.
It was a near-perfect performance.
She's got a big voice.
Yeah, she's got a big voice, but, like, she should make sure
to have those more sweet moments with her voice.
I came into this "judge's home" segment thinking.
I knew which of the contestants were my favorite.
I didn't know nothing.
In the beginning, I wasn't particularly thrilled with this
category, but after hearing the contestants, I'm having a change
of heart.
And deliberating this category is much tougher than I could
have ever imagined.
All right, guys, this is the moment of truth.
We have to now decide who do we keep and who do we send home.
The waiting is excruciating.
Yeah, but us three in this room are not going home.
You feel stardom.
You feel passion.
You feel lovability.
Can you love them?
Can the world love them?
Now everything I've done, it lays in L.A. Reid's hand.
And I want to prove to him I am that person who's going to
make him a lot of money.
Let's talk about this contestant right here.
That's one of the two that are very tough for me.
You know, I feel like the dark horse.
All I know is I definitely don't want to go home.
I don't want to see anybody go.
This is steep competition.
Holy cow, it's a shark tank.
Everyone here is talented.
Everyone's a threat.
And one of those two is going home.
On three, put your finger on it... ready?
All right, ready?
This is going to suck.
It would be shock and awe if I didn't make it.
I have to hear "yes"
tomorrow.
I feel like I deserve to be here.
One, two, three.
That sucks.
That sucks real bad.
♪ Party like a rock star ♪
Flawless, to the point where it's not fair.
♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ in the center of the ring ♪
♪ just like a circus ♪
I've got six acts, but I can only take four through with me
to live shows.
In this category, I've got carly rose sonenclar,
Reed deming, diamond white, James Tanner, arin ray,
and Beatrice Miller.
This is team Britney, folks.
I know.
Um, except that she is sending two of us home tomorrow,
so it's not really team Britney.
Yet.
It's team whoever Britney likes.
It's pre-team Britney.
I got to step my game up.
Competition this year is crazy.
You can't really put that guard down, because you never
know what they're going to come out with.
I'm just anxious a lot.
It just gets more and more important.
We are all obviously competitive, because they are
all really good.
It's going to be a fight to the death.
I'm not fighting to save myself.
I'm fighting to win.
If we were all, like, archrivals, we'd be totally...
I mean, not like, totally like, we'd want to sabotage each
other, but just, like, we didn't like each other.
So here today to help me make my decision is will. I.Am.
He has such a fresh sound, and he knows what kids are listening
to.
It's going to be really tough.
I'm glad I don't have to choose.
I'm glad you're here to help me.
Oh, my gosh, I think I just heard my name.
It's really important for me to win, because right now my living
situation in L.A. is not good for me.
I live in a tiny apartment.
It's not like a home at all.
Yeah, me and my mom do share a bed, and it's not the best thing.
Oh, my God.
Diamond, the judges are ready for you.
Oh, my gosh.
Okay, guys, wish me luck.
I can't believe I'm here.
It's crazy, and I'm really proud of myself.
This is what is going to help me
to pursue my dreams, so I'm just hoping everything works out.
Hi, sweetie.
Hi.
We're ready whenever you are, sweetie.
♪ it's a dang cold night ♪
♪ trying to figure out ♪
♪ things like ♪
♪ won't you take me ♪
♪ by the hand ♪
♪ take me somewhere new ♪
♪ I don't know who you are ♪
♪ but I'm ♪
♪ I'm with you ♪
♪ oh, why is everything ♪
♪ so confusing? ♪
♪ maybe I'm just ♪
♪ out of my mind ♪
♪ yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ I'm with you ♪
So what do you think?
I think, um, she sings amazing.
But I think she cares about her moves too much.
This is such a big opportunity for me.
Like, a lot of people say, like, this means the world, but for
me, it means way more than the world.
Flawless... to the point where it's not fair.
I feel like I did the best I could do.
I wouldn't go back and change anything.
I think she needs to work on her stage performance and a
little more confidence.
Do you see her being one of the four you pick?
I don't know.
I have to see the rest of them to see.
Yeah.
She just killed it.
How do you compete against that?
The competition is fierce.
They're all so amazingly talented, and it's intimidating.
It's nerve-racking.
In my very first audition, I was nervous, and it got the best of
me.
I'm just nervous.
♪ And I'd catch a grenade ♪
♪ for you ♪
I had to, you know, just prove myself.
Today's performance is so important to me.
You know, I have to get past this round, show them that I can
make it on to the live shows and that I have what it takes.
I've got to take it up a notch, because it would be a shame to
not show the judges absolutely everything.
I think my entire life has been in preparation for this moment.
Hello.
What's up, Reed?
Ah, it's amazing.
Holy cow.
Whoo!
So we're ready whenever you are.
All right.
♪ Oh, it's what you do to me ♪
♪ whoa, it's what you do to me ♪
♪ 1,000 Miles seems pretty far ♪
♪ but they've got planes ♪
♪ and trains and cars ♪
♪ and I'd walk to you ♪
♪ if I had no other way ♪
♪ whoa, delilah ♪
♪ I can promise you ♪
♪ that by the time ♪
♪ we get through ♪
♪ the world will never, ever ♪
♪ be the same ♪
♪ and you're to blame ♪
♪ oh, it's what you do to me ♪
♪ what you do to me ♪
Thank you.
I think he was nervous, and I think that he could deliver a
little bit better than what he did.
I'm happy with my performance.
I rushed it a little bit, but I think that was just a little
bit of nerve just trying to cut its way in, but I tried to shun
it as best as I could.
If you pick him as one of your four, if you, like, remind
him to sing the way he speaks normally... 'cause he's like a
little emperor.
He's like little emperor kid.
He needs to put that in his performance.
He does, yeah.
I gave it everything I had.
It's not up to me anymore.
It's up to the judges.
I think that it's a really hard competition, because I've
got six acts, but I can only take four through with me to live shows.
This is going to be the most important performance of their lives.
We're ready whenever you are, sweetie.
♪ I'm on ♪
♪ a moneymaking mission ♪
♪ but I party like a rock star ♪
♪ riding down 20 ♪
♪ looking good in my hot car ♪
This is the last performance before live shows, so it's
important that I nail this.
♪ You know I party ♪
♪ like a rock star ♪
Me being the only rapper in the competition is actually, I think, pretty tough.
♪ Party like a rock star ♪
♪ party like a rock ♪
♪ party like a rock star ♪
♪ party like a rock ♪
♪ t-t-totally, dude ♪
♪ ugh ♪
I really hope that I did enough.
I'm just anxious.
What did you think about him?
I thought he was very entertaining.
I'm just not convinced it's... Strong enough.
There's so many kids that auditioned this year.
There are over 70,000 total.
Just think about, like, 250,000 people auditioning for a
show, and you were in, like, top 24 right now.
It feels really good to be back here at judges' houses for a second time.
Last year I was here with intensity, but I was in the group category.
Yeah, I made it to the live shows, top 12, but really now
it's different, because I'm by myself, and I don't have nine
other people to rely on, but to get this second chance is amazing.
It means the world to me.
The advantage that you have, right?
You've been here before.
Yeah.
So you want to take that and learn from it and just spill it
all out onstage.
Like, that's what I do.
I spill.
It means so much to me to win this competition, you know.
Like, it's my second time here.
I have to... like, I have to do my best.
Just stay confident, be true to yourself, and, you know, bring the goods.
I got to prove myself as a solo artist to Britney, but it's
super competition this year, so I got to step my game up.
Like, I can't mess up.
Okay, whenever you're ready, you can start.
♪ Hmm ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ starships are meant to fly ♪
♪ hands up, and touch the sky ♪
♪ can't stop ♪
♪ 'cause we're so high ♪
♪ let's do this one more time ♪
♪ starships are meant to fly ♪
♪ hands up and touch the sky ♪
♪ can't stop ♪
♪ 'cause we're so high ♪
♪ can't stop, no ♪
♪ whoa, whoa ♪
♪ whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ starships are meant to fly ♪
♪ hands up and touch the sky ♪
♪ can't stop ♪
♪ 'cause we're so high ♪
♪ let's do this one more time ♪
Thank you.
What do you think?
He has something.
You have to work with him a little bit, but he definitely
has a potential x-factor in him.
He needs to work on his vocals a little bit, but I love
watching him.
My fate is in the judges'
hands right now.
I'm just hoping that they like what I did.
If I make it, I make it.
I really want to make it, and I would do anything to make it.
Even though I'm only 13 years old, I have been working for
this moment in my life for as long as I can remember.
My life really does revolve around music.
You could ask anyone.
All I do is listen to music or sing a song.
It's like an instinct for me.
If I think about how much pressure I have to go to live
shows, it's going to make me upset, because I need to do
really, really well.
I just wish I didn't feel so crappy in my stomach.
Beatrice, the judges are ready for you.
It's just the most important thing in the world to me, and.
I'm so close.
No, I can't.
I'm crying.
Hold on a second.
Sorry, hold.
Okay.
Go get 'em.
It's all or nothing.
If I'm not going to be here after tomorrow or whenever,
I'm going to feel heartbroken, like I failed myself.
It's scary to be so close, but so far away from my dream.
This is my one chance.
What's up, Beatrice?
So we're ready whenever you are.
♪ I'm criticized ♪
♪ but all your bullets ♪
♪ ricochet ♪
♪ you knock me down ♪
♪ but I get up ♪
♪ I'm bulletproof ♪
♪ nothing to lose ♪
♪ fire away, fire away ♪
♪ ricochet ♪
♪ you take your aim ♪
♪ fire away ♪
♪ you shoot me down ♪
♪ but I won't fall ♪
♪ I'm titanium ♪
♪ you shoot me down ♪
♪ but I won't fall ♪
♪ I'm titanium ♪
♪ stone hard ♪
♪ machine gun ♪
♪ I fired at the ones who run ♪
♪ stone hard ♪
♪ as bulletproof glass ♪
♪ you shoot me down ♪
♪ but I won't fall ♪
♪ I'm titanium ♪
That was the right song for her.
That was fresh.
I think so too.
I feel like... and she needs to control her voice a little bit
more.
She's loud.
Yeah.
But she needs to control the loudness.
I do feel like I did the best that I could do.
I don't know if it's what they're looking for.
I don't know if it's going to get me to live shows, but I'm
satisfied with what I did.
We need to get these six down to four.
She'll crack under pressure.
It's just tough.
It's going to be hard to... Tell him no.
You sure you're making the right decision?
I think I am.
I am only 13, but I have been working for this moment ever
since I could sing, which was when I was about two years old.
My first audition was so exciting.
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪
I'm from Westchester, New York.
My mom is graphic designer, and my dad is a copywriter, but
I want to be a superstar.
I think that I bring something different, and in this
performance, that has to really show, but I'm kind of nervous,
because if I'm not what they're looking for, I might not get
through to live shows, and that's really, really, really hard to think about.
Hello.
Hi.
Nice to see you.
Good to see you.
Are you a competitive girl?
I'm competitive, because I'm kind of, like, soft-spoken, but
then when I sing, I just kind of, like, forget about that, and then I just...
that's the way you let it out.
You could take the competitiveness and put it into
your heart when you perform, and, you know, it can come alive even more.
Yeah, definitely.
To have a performer, especially Britney Spears, as my mentor is just crazy.
But that's definitely intimidating.
I'm not going to lie.
Oh, my God.
I've prepared a lot for this song, but I don't think there's
anything that could really prepare you for this.
I want it really, really badly.
I have to focus on this moment to give the best performance of your life.
It really needs to be.
Hello.
We're ready whenever you are.
Thank you.
♪ This is more than ♪
♪ a typical kind of thing ♪
♪ felt the jolts in my bones ♪
♪ when you were touching me ♪
♪ oh, oh ♪
♪ didn't want to take it slow ♪
♪ in a daze, going crazy ♪
♪ I can barely think ♪
♪ you're replaying ♪
♪ through my brain ♪
♪ I find it hard to sleep ♪
♪ I'm waiting ♪
♪ for my phone to blow ♪
♪ see, I've been waiting ♪
♪ all day ♪
♪ for you to call me, baby ♪
♪ so let's get up ♪
♪ let's get on it ♪
♪ don't you leave me ♪
♪ brokenhearted tonight ♪
She's so good.
♪ And honest, baby ♪
♪ I'll do ♪
♪ anything you want to ♪
♪ so can we finish ♪
♪ what we started? ♪
♪ don't you leave me ♪
♪ brokenhearted tonight ♪
♪ 'cause I can't seem ♪
♪ to let you ♪
♪ go ♪
Thank you so much.
Whoa.
She just killed it.
She's possessed.
She's definitely possessed.
She's like a little caterpillar.
Yeah.
And then you think she's going to turn into a butterfly...
dragon, burning up and scorching the town.
She's a very talented young girl.
Yeah.
I'm just kind of scared that she may not be able to cope with
the pressure of everything.
So that's it... all six contestants have performed.
It's been a really nerve-racking day for all of us.
Now I have to decide which four I'm taking with me to live shows.
Okay, we need to get these six down to four.
First we should off by the two main keepers.
No matter what we do, two people are going to go home.
My fate is in the judges'
hands right now.
It's just crazy.
I think you and I are brain-melting.
Yeah, definitely.
Getting sent home would be like, I was almost there, and I didn't make it.
I really like her, but I'm just kind of scared that she may
not be able to cope with the pressure of everything.
I'm really superstitious, so I don't like to jinx anything,
but I would be shocked if I didn't make it to live shows.
She's great, but I think maybe she'll crack under pressure.
I think that I've done everything in my power, and hopefully it was enough.
He's great.
And his personality is so strong that it's going to be hard to...
Tell him no.
It's not just about, like, your singing.
It's about, like, what they see in you.
I don't know.
It's just tough.
He's a yes.
And... it's between these two.
You sure you're making the right decision?
I think I am.
Next week, the judges reveal who they've chosen to make it to
the live finals.
Do you have the confidence to stand up against all these other artists?