James Durbin butted heads with the mentors over his “Heavy Metal” song choice. “Give metal a chance, America,” James begged before wailing on stage. The face-melting solos and the “outstanding” vocals won over the judges, who all thought we could totally be on our way to having a metal Idol.
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