As much as I do not like watching reality shows, this got caught my eye because he grew up in the same town as my girl. Great humility and spirit. I hope he wins.

I hate to expose my softer underbelly, and I don't typically watch reality (or TV in general) much, but I'm a sucker for the sentimental, underdog storyline. He did real well.

Thing that always occures to me RE the power of music: after he performs, how many of those chickadees in the audience watching intently could he roll with after the show vs. the zero before ??

He did well, but certainly not Susan Boyle-esque at all. This type of singing is a lot easier than Susan's material--one must have range, vocal strength, and a developed lung/diaphram capacity.

He's above-average, at best, honestly.

If he's going to ever be successful, he's going to have to polish himself up a lot.

Damn guy has me bawling, and when I saw him doin' it at the end I couldn't even see my monitor.

I saw this when it first aired last week.

I don't even like country music, but he definitely did his thing.