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JUDGES, R & B LEGEND, DEBORRA
***.
(Cheering)
SUPERSTAR JORDAN KNIGHT!
MUSIC INDUSTRY TITAN RON FAIR!
AND OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST
JUDGE, PAUL ANKA!
(Cheering)
(Cheering)
>> Nicole: THANK YOU, DEBORAH.
JORDAN?
>> YES, INDEED, I WAS ALWAYS
VERY NERVOUS WHEN I HEARD THE
FIRST FOUR BARS, I SAID DON'T
MESS THE SONG UP, IT'S SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL SONG, AND YOU PULL IT
OFF.
YOU REALLY DID.
(Cheering)
AND I THINK YOUR CUTENESS AND
YOUR SASSINESS AND, OF COURSE,
YOUR GREAT VOICE WON THE DAY FOR
>> Nicole: THANK YOU, DEBORAH.
JORDAN?
>> I THINK THIS PERFORMANCE WAS
THE PERFECT MARRIAGE OF EMOTION
AND TECHNICALITY.
THE BAND WAS AMAZING.
THE ARRANGEMENT WAS AMAZING.
(Cheering)
AND IT WAS SUNG FROM THE HEART.
>> YEAH.
>> BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL JOB.
>> Nicole: THANK YOU, DEBORAH.
JORDAN?
>> PELVIC THRUST IS GETTING RAVE
REVIEWS TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE PIANO, THE CHORDS, THE
GROOVE WAS ALL AMAZING.
I THOUGHT.
(Cheering and Applause)
IT WAS GREAT.
I THOUGHT YOU GOT UP, THAT WAS
THE MAGIC, BUT YOU GOT UP
LIKE -- YOU WENT FOUR BARS AND
THEN YOU STOOD UP AND STARTED
DOING LIKE SHE SAID DIRTY DIANA
MOVES.
RIGHT.
AND IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE
IRREVERENT FOR A SONG THAT WAS
WRITTEN BY A 15-YEAR-OLD.
>> Nicole: OKAY, THANK
(CROWD BOOING).
>> Nicole: DEBORAH, THANK YOU.
JORDAN?
>> OOH BOY, I MIGHT GET BOOED,
TOO.
I REALLY DON'T THINK -- THIS
SONG, YOU'VE LISTENED TO THE
ORIGINAL, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT WAS
SUNG WITH SUCH EMOTION AND PAIN
AND, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
(CROWD BOOING)
IT'S SO IMPORTANT WHAT YOU WEAR,
I CAN'T THINK OF A YOUNG TEENAGE
PERSON IN A HIKED UP RED DRESS.
I JUST -- SORRY.
(CROWD BOOING)
SORRY.