- Hello. - Welcome.
- Thank you. - Tell me your names.
- I'm Gabriel Brown and... - I'm Nate Brown.
- Tell me about yourself.
- We're both Navy veterans and...
- Thank you for your service. - Thank you.
- And we're also autistic,
so socializing is difficult,
and this is kind of terrifying really.
[chuckles] - Aw.
- My brother's more extroverted,
so I let him do the talking.
- Oh, wow. - Most of the time,
high-functioning, I figure,
means that we're good at pretending that we're normal.
[laughter] - I don't like that word,
normal. - I don't either, 'cause
I've never met a normal person. - Me either.
- I don't know what normal is. And what is the hope?
- That we can be a voice for and inspire people like us.
- That's amazing. Good luck.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you.
- There you go. Yeah.
So I have these cards.
If I could bring them down to you?
Would that be okay? - Yes.
- Okay, thank you.
This is how Nathaniel communicates.
This is just an excuse to see you guys up close.
[whispers] You look amazing.
Okay.
These are character cards, and these are...
- Shall I pass these out? - Song titles.
And yes, if you could please select one of each.
- Oh, I know which one I'm keeping.
- And then please place them
on these easels that we made in my garage.
Okay, I'm gonna go. - One yellow and one blue.
- Thank you. - You can put it here.
- So you guys know,
there's actually 576 possible iterations.
So this is a little nerve-wracking
because we have no idea what's gonna happen.
- [laughs] I mean, look at him.
Of course. - Yeah, yeah.
[Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" on piano]
- "Tiny Dancer," Kermit the Frog.
- ♪ Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer ♪
- Yeah.
- ♪ You count the headlights on the highway ♪
[mimics Kermit the Frog] ♪ You lay me down
♪ In sheets of linen
♪ Had a busy day today
- "Photograph" and Donald Duck.
- ♪ Look at this photograph
♪ Every time I do, it makes me laugh ♪
♪ How did our eyes get so red - He's great.
- ♪ And what the hell is on Joey's head ♪
[mimics Donald Duck] ♪ And this is where I grew up
♪ I think the present owner fixed it up ♪
♪ I never knew we ever went without ♪
♪ The second floor is hard for sneaking out ♪
[Train's "Drops of Jupiter" on piano]
♪
- All right, Howie,
"Drops of Jupiter" and Sponge Bob.
- ♪ Tell me, did you sail across the sun ♪
♪ Did you make it to the Milky Way ♪
♪ To see the lights are faded
♪ Where heaven is overrated
[mimics Sponge Bob] ♪ Tell me
♪ Did you fall for a shooting star ♪
♪ And one without a permanent scar ♪
♪ And did you miss me
♪ While you were looking for Patrick out there ♪
[Sponge Bob laugh]
[Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved" on piano]
- "Someone You Loved," Simon Cowell.
- [laughs]
- ♪ And now the day bleeds into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here - Oh, what?
- ♪ To get me through it all
[mimics Simon Cowell] ♪ I let my guard down
♪ And then you pulled away
♪ I was getting kind of used to being someone to judge ♪
♪
Terry Crews.
♪
- Oh, that was funny.
- "You'll Be Found," Ben Platt. - Oh, that's perfect.
♪ Even when the dark comes crashing through ♪
♪ When you need a friend to carry you ♪
♪ When you're broken on the ground ♪
both: ♪ You will be found
- ♪ So let the sun
both: ♪ Come streamin' in
♪ You'll reach up and you'll rise again ♪
[harmonizing] ♪ And if you only look around
- ♪ You will be found
- ♪ Oh, whoa
both: ♪ You will be found
- ♪ You will be found
- Yes. It's amazing!
[wild cheering]
- Wow.
- Thank you.
- Yes. - Wow.
That was amazing. I'll start with you, Heidi.
- I loved it. I mean, you gave it your all
and you got everything so spot on.
You were so good. - Thank you so much.
- Simon, has anyone ever done your voice this good ever?
- No one. - No.
No, actually, no. - I mean, it was crazy.
- Yeah, that was incredible.
- That was extremely close. - Frightening.
- Genuinely, I love your personalities as well.
- Thank you! [wild cheering]
- Sofía. - I mean, I love that you guys
are brothers because I can feel the love between you two.
And the performance was just spectacular.
Fun. It was on point.
- Thank you.
- The choices that we had were so funny.
I mean, the people are loving you guys.
[wild cheering]
- It checked so many different boxes.
You're a very good singer and you're good musicians.
You're a very skilled impressionist.
I will give you your first yes.
Heidi.
- I'm gonna give you a second yes.
- Sofía. - Three yeses.
- No, four yeses.
- Oh, my God. We did it.
- I can't believe it.
- Yes! - That was crazy!