Ryan Seacrest: (Introduction) Up next is Ace.
Intro clip... Kenny: (With Ace in the rehearsal room) So you're doin' a Keith Urban song?
Ace: Yep, I'm gonna do ah, "I wanna cry".
Kenny: (To camera) Ace is a very passionate kid and he sings with his heart and I think people believe that.
Ace: (Singing in rehearsals) ¯ Alone in this house again tonight ¯
Kenny: (To Ace) A great singer knows how to squeeze a note and how to bring the passion out of that, and you do it incredibly well.
Kenny: (To camera) Ace, matched with this song, is the best combination of music and singer of the whole bunch.
Ace sings...
¯ Alone in this house again tonight ¯ I got the TV on, and sound turned down and a bottle of wine ¯ There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me ¯ The way that it was and could have been surrounds me ¯ I'll never get over you walkin' away ¯ Well I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show ¯ And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control ¯ But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain ¯ To hell with my pride ¯ Let it fall like rain, from my eyes ¯ Tonight I wanna cry ¯ Mmmmm hmmmm ¯ Har-ah-ah-e-ah-ah-e-ah-e-ah-ah-ahhhh ¯
(Cheers and applause)
Background voice: (Possibly Simon) Jump in Randy.
Randy Jackson: Yo! So dude, once again, these are really hard... these are hard songs to bring some of your own personality to. These are like... these are really tough songs. I mean just singin' a simple melody is really hard. I mean it was 'nice'... it was really boring for me... (Ace laughs) ...but the good thing for you is at the end at least you showed a little falsetto. It's like "Okay, well there's Ace at the very end at least".
Ace: (Laughs)
Paula Abdul: I totally disagree with you Randy.
Randy Jackson: (Pointing to Ace) That was boring! That was boring. Come on!
Paula Abdul: Nope. I think Ace, you have a knack for picking the right songs for your voice and when you go into the high falsetto that's your signa-ture (tongue tied) sig-na-ture...
Randy Jackson: Sig-na-ture.
Paula Abdul: ...and you know what? That's who you are... and I thought that it was a contemporary, nice take on the song. (Applause)
Randy Jackson: (Grunts)
Simon Cowell: Ace, um, interestingly I think the last couple of weeks you haven't chosen the right songs. Tonight however I think you did. (Cheers) I think you had a good night tonight. Very good.
Ryan Seacrest: (Meets up with Ace on stage) 'Ace' ladies and gentlemen... and ladies you should know he is officially single, F.Y.I. (Ryan gives out the voting numbers) ...Good luck Ace.
Ace: Thank you sir.
Ryan Seacrest: Thank you very much brother. Good to see you man.
Ace: It's good to see you.