[silent_jonny]

The sob story: A guy named Danny lost his wife 4 weeks before the audition. She had a heart condition.

I'm sorry for his loss, but the close-up on his tears is tiresome. Get to the singing.

Can he sing?

LORD YES!

Best of the night so far. Sings "Heard It Through the Grapevine" Very good.

Big smiles on the judges' faces. He gets the ticket.

[TonyWpi]

It could be the George Constanza thing. Remember he lost his fiance?

[Wolfstar]

I'm sorry for his loss, but the close-up on his tears is tiresome. Get to the singing.

So this year we'll have competing interests for the pulled heartstrings vote. Blind dude. Dude that lost his wife. Bikini girl's g-string broke. Like that.