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That was very touching, actually. I watched it three times. Haha. But there was certainly some clever editing going on there to make it as dripping as they could. Take a close look at the placement of crowd/jury shots in time with the music ... pathos at its finest.

Honestly, he's a great singer in comparison to the average schmuck on those programs, but he's far from the next Pavarotti. Listen to a true great singing that song and you'll hear the difference. (Not that into a microphone on that stage is the best for Opera, anyway.)

The reason everyone finds it so baffling is that he's trained and trained and trained and not sang in his basement hoping to become the next Kelly Clarkson.