Anwar: I'm going to be singing 'I'll Never Love This Way Again' by Dionne Warwick. And that's from 1979, the year I was born. Oh, I was so shy when I was a child, I didn't say anything. They thought that something was wrong with me because I didn't speak. But when I started going to school and socializing and then taking, you know, chorus class, I discovered I could sing, and I haven't shut up since.
Anwar sings...
Randy Jackson: Anwar. Yo man! I'm going to give you your props man, tonight. You know what? Technically, I think you're the best singer in this competition, and it was a great song choice. Great, great job dude, I'm proud of you tonight! I'm proud of what you did tonight baby. Proud of it.
Anwar: Thank you. Thank you Randy.
Paula Abdul: Anwar, you consistently just are so pleasing to the ear. Your voice just is like... the tone of your voice, the openness of your voice is mesmerizing. Consistently great. (Paula claps)
Anwar: Thank you Paula.
Simon Cowell: I think one of your better performances for a while, for sure. (Cheers) I think ahm, you've turned into the equivalent of ahm... a blanket. You're just sort of comforting and safe, aren't you?
Paula Abdul: Oh That's nice.
Randy Jackson: Oh yeah...
Simon Cowell: It's nice.
Randy Jackson: ...warm, warm.
Ryan Seacrest: Anwar, there he is, there he is. Good feedback from the table. Good stuff. Does it get harder for you? Because as this competition goes on, you guys have been working for weeks now. Does it get harder to step it up each and every time you're on this stage?
Anwar: Yeah, you just want to get better and better every time you get up here and give more and more and dig deeper so that it just gets better and better.
Ryan Seacrest: Apparently, you have time to go to the gym as well.
Anwar: (Grins) That's important!