Rock Daily apologizes for not bringing you this astonishing news yesterday: During Tuesday night’s finale of America’s Got Talent, ventriloquist Terry Fator and his dummy beat out three boring ol’ human singers to take home the American Idol for People With Freakish Skills show’s million-dollar prize. To be fair, Fator and his turtle puppet delivered stunning versions of tunes by Garth Brooks and Etta James during the course of the competition, and performed a rendition of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” to celebrate his win. Fator’s fellow finalists included a reggae singer called Cas Haley, Butterscotch the beatboxer and a country crooner named Julienne Irwin, all of whom perform with their mouths open and are therefore obviously less impressive than Fator (imagine if Blake Lewis had knocked off the wack Bon Jovi routine and just put a sock on his hand?). So what is this master of puppets going to do next? Head to Vegas of course. Fator will be headlining at the city’s Bally resort beginning next month. And don’t forget that Idol spin-off American Band is heading your way soon, too. Maybe Sad Kermit will make a cameo.


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