On Wednesday's American Idol, wannabe singers in Kansas City turned out -- including Michael Castro, the pink-haired brother of last year's finalist Jason Castro. Michael, 20, impressed the judges with his performance of Gavin DeGraw's "In Love With A Girl.""Not bad," Paula Abdul remarked, while Simon Cowell called his performance "goodish." New judge Kara DioGuardi said it was "ballsy" of him to audition after his brother did the show last season. After he advanced, Jason (who was waiting for him in the lobby), joked, "I'm blown away. I've never heard him sing in real life!"
The show had another stunner: Daniel Gokey, whose wife passed away four weeks before his audition and who almost didn't try out because he was so wrought with grief. "I think you're one of the best we've seen," judge Randy Jackson remarked after Gokey sang "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." Gokey (whose best friend also auditioned and made it through) dedicated his win to his late wife.
DioGuardi was most impressed with the night's final singer, 23-year-old Lil Rounds. The mother-of-three -- whose family survived a tornado -- sang a soulful rendition of Stevie Wonder's "All I Do."
Jackson called her "a mixture of Fantasia and Mary J Blige," while DioGuardi said she was "one of the best" the judges have seen. "You are absolutely fantastic," praised Cowell. "There's something retro about you, very classy. A singer's singer."
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