Ethan Jones rocked up on last night’s American Idol episode and Twitter went crazy with thousands of enthusiastic female fans.

The handsome singer already had a bit of a following, as he had previously fronted a band in his home state of Missouri titled ‘The Well Hungarians’ (get the joke?) and has been trying to make a bit of a name for himself for the past few years.

On last night’s episode, the 22 year old opened up about some of his troubled past too and confessed that he originally started singing in a band with his dad, however his father went on to become addicted to alcohol and drugs and recently signed into rehab. He is hoping that success on Idol would help he and his parent become close again and his speech prompted some sharing from Steve Tyler, who has also struggled with addictions in the past.

Steve praised Ethan’s dad for seeking help and for being a powerful ‘example’ to his son, before Jones got started with his rocky rendition of I’ll Be by Edwin McCain.

It was a great and gritty performance, a rock song with a slight country feel and the judges were impressed as soon as Ethan started his first line.

Steve ‘loved the way’ Ethan Jones sang, while Randy Jackson liked that he appeared totally different to how he sounded. He told Jones:

““I like the kind of whole unassuming thing…. you walk in, you look nothing like the way you sound.”

Unsurprisingly all three judges give Ethan a yes and he lands a ticket to Hollywood (next week people yay!) and we were so impressed with Tyler when he even offered to meet the hopeful’s dad when he leaves rehab. Imagine that on camera!

Watch the video below and tell us, do you think Ethan Jones is good enough to make the live shows and you can find out more information on the young hunk, who he is and what he was up to before Idol here.