Nutsa Stuns 'Idol' Judges With a Powerful Performance of Celine Dion Ballad

The 'J-Lo from Georgia' gets a standing ovation from all three judges.

From the response that Nutsa received from American Idol judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan for her powerful rendition of Celine Dion's "I Surrender," she seems a sure bet to make it though the night one cuts during the Hollywood Week challenges.

The 25-year-old singer, who hails from Tbilisi, Georgia in Eastern Europe, but works as an entertainer in Dubai, hit just the right note in her second time singing for the judges, who had previously told her to tone down her act.

"Wow! What happened?” Lionel said, and even as he posed the question, Nutsa hit a note that had even her competition in the audience standing up to applaud, along with the three judges.

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For her initial audition, Nutsa performed LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade,” and while the judges appreciated her voice, Katy told her, “I think it was turned up too hot,” so they had her perform her second song, Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All,” and Katy instructed, “Don’t push it. Don’t perform it. I don’t want to see a dance move. Give us like natural beauty.”

When Nutsa took the direction and ran with it, Lionel commented, “Great vocal work. You took that instruction in terms of, ‘OK, too much, tone it down. Let me hear your voice.’ You nailed it.”

Katy added, “It needs to be real and then it could be something.

And Luke joked, “The J-Lo from Georgia.”

And that’s how Nutsa got three yeses.

American Idol’s Hollywood Week airs Sunday and Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC this week. Tune in to find out if Nutsa makes it through.

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