This Video of the Day comes from the show America’s Got Talent. It’s a variety competition show akin to American Idol. This is Tarry Fator’s audition for the second season of the show. Fator is a talented ventriloquist. But initially, the judges weren’t impressed.

Fator does something I’ve never seen a ventriloquist do before. He sings. Not only that, he can impersonate famous singers through his puppets. For his audition, he brought out his puppet Emma. He does an amazing impression of Etta James’ At Last. You won’t believe your ears. And he does it without moving his lips!

Fator had been a ventriloquist for 20 years without much success. He won that season of America’s Got Talent. That netted him a $1 million prize. He’ll soon be headlining at the Mirage casino in Las Vegas. That netted him a $100 million contract. Talk about a turn of fortune.