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Posted: 2023-06-14T12:33:15Z | Updated: 2023-06-14T12:33:15Z

John Wines said he kept waiting for the red Xs of rejection to appear as he performed a guitar solo on Tuesdays Americas Got Talent . (Watch the video below.)

By the end, though, the 59-year-old contestant had morphed into a rock god who wowed the judges and had the audience chanting for more.

I was not expecting that, Simon Cowell said after Wines absolutely shredded a rendition of Queens We Will Rock You.

You did become a rock star, Heidi Klum said.

An overwhelmed Wines, an electrician-turned-music teacher from the U.K., was still feeling a little creaky.

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My legs are going, he said.

Wines skills are no secret to his 1.3 million Old Grey Guitarist followers on TikTok.

But his virtuoso audition on television might elevate his profile a bit more. Hell get another shot, too. All four panelists gave him a yes to advance to the next round.

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