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But it was a shock. i mean, i remember just everybody assuming little jackie, the little angel, was going to walk this. >> i thought she was too, piers. >> what did you think when your name was announced? >> i thought they announced the loser at first because i knew she was going to win, and honestly when they said my name, i had to think did they really just say my name? you know, but yeah. next to her, she's a powerhouse. and what a great girl. what a great little personality. >> she is. and she's selling millions of records, too. now, your new album is about to hit the world. are you please...

When i first met you, you were earning, i don't know, 500 bucks a week, going up and down america in your little van. >> that's right. >> can you quite believe what's happened to you? >> no, it's absolutely phenomenal. it's the true story of the american dream, of what we all hope and aspire for. and i love that it's an overnight sensation, but it took me 32 years to get there, you know? >> that is amazing. and what was extraordinary, and tell me the story properly, because it is an amazing one. your act didn't used to be you doing singing impressions through the puppets. what was the act? >> ...

And terry, first of all, congratulations. what a story. >> thank you. >> you're indisputably the greatest breakout star from any show. the figures are mind boggling. you're one of the highest paid stars in vegas history. when i first met you, you were earning, i don't know, 500 bucks a week, going up and down america in your little van. >> that's right. >> can you quite believe what's happened to you? >> no, it's absolutely phenomenal. it's the true story of the american dream, of what we all hope and aspire for. and i love that it's an overnight sensation, but it took me 32 years to get there...

>> i thought she was too, piers. >> what did you think when your name was announced? >> i thought they announced the loser at first because i knew she was going to win, and honestly when they said my name, i had to think did they really just say my name? you know, but yeah. next to her, she's a powerhouse. and what a great girl. what a great little personality. >> she is. and she's selling millions of records, too. now, your new album is about to hit the world. are you pleased with it? >> i'm very happy. >> is it the culmination of the dream for you? >> this is something i've worked my whole l...

Because it is an amazing one. your act didn't used to be you doing singing impressions through the puppets. what was the act? >> well, i was always a singer, and i had a band for about 15 years, and i was the lead singer of the band, and i would do impressions of singers. i didn't know i was an impressionist. i thought i was just a singer. i didn't realize until i was probably close to 30 years old that nobody else could sing like everybody that they wanted to. and then i would pull out a puppet, occasionally, and i would do a little ventriloquist act. and i would have the puppet sing like gar...