Don't hold back, do something unexpected, the "America's Got Talent" judges urged New Orleans singer Jourdan Blue last week.
Blue did that and more in his final performance for America's vote on Tuesday night, leaving it all on the stage, as they say.
Things were different from the moment Blue walked out. Gone were the baggy T-shirt, overshirt and jeans. Finals night called for a tailored gray suit. His long, wavy brown hair shaped up, part of it pulled up into a man bun.
"You are styling from top to bottom," judge Mel B told him following his show-stopping performance of Christian metal band Demon Hunter's current smash hit, "Golden."
The charged-up audience, tossing giant beach balls and waving glow sticks, were ready for a show.
With a laser light show behind him, Blue commanded