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"American Idol capped its two-night season 12 premiere with Lazaro Arbos, a 21-year-old Florida resident with a speech impediment. Arbos stuttered while introducing himself but impressed the judges with a stutter-free rendition of \"Bridge Over Troubled Water.\"\n\"Just sing all the time,\" new American Idol judge Keith Urban told Arbos after the audition.\nFellow judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson joined Urban in advancing Arbos to the next round. Arbos and other hopefuls will congregate in Hollywood to audition again.\nSEE ALSO: 'American Idol' Season 11 Sets Four Social TV Records [STATS]\n \nViewers quickly reacted to the emotional audition on Twitter using hashtag #IdolInspire: \n\nI haven't watched American idol in years and I'm going to watch every episode just to cheer for Lazaro #idolinspire\n\u2014 Meagan Issa (@ItsMeggles_) January 18, 2013\n\n\nOmg LAZARO ARBOS is my favorite. He's beautiful, he's sweet, and he's AMAZING. I'm in tears!!! I love him. #IdolInspire\n\u2014 Rachel (@mjrockinrobin90) January 18, 2013\n\n\nLast one again crushes me #Idolinspire. The stutter disappears when Lazaro sings. Like Durban. That's God as I see it.\n\u2014 Billy Bush (@billybush) January 18, 2013\n\n\nCurious why Lazaro Arbos doesn't stutter when he sings? Read this - bit.ly/stutterproject - Good luck to Lazaro. @americanidol #idolinspire\n\u2014 Music Court (@musiccourt) January 18, 2013\n\n\nI seriously got the chills from Lazaro .... such a moving story and his voice was heavenly #idolinspire\n\u2014 Abstract \u00E2\u0161\u00A1 Zack (@THEGAYBARBIE) January 18, 2013\n\n\nLazaro's story is the most inspiring thing I have ever seen in my life. It is amazing how God works in people's lives #idolinspire #4xYES\n\u2014 Kevin MacCudden (@MacCudden22) January 18, 2013\n\n\nKeep on singing Lazaro! Don't let anyone keep you down. You're beyond inspirational!#idolinspire #SingLoudAndProud\n\u2014 Rhiannon (@rhirhi0706) January 18, 2013\n\nMeanwhile, Arbos has been busy replying to fans (he calls them #Lazis) on Twitter:\n\nAhh the support has been amazing I love you love you all!! I'm trying to respond to as much people as possible :) #lazis\n\u2014 Lazaro Arbos (@lazaromusic) January 18, 2013\n\n\nI'm sorry I can't stop saying thank you to each and everyone of you!! #lazis everyone has been so incredible\n\u2014 Lazaro Arbos (@lazaromusic) January 18, 2013\n\n\n#lazis it's been fun but I'm finally going to bed :) goodnight world this has been the most amazing nights of my life :) thank you all again\n\u2014 Lazaro Arbos (@lazaromusic) January 18, 2013\n\nThumbnail image via American Idol's YouTube Video\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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