"American Idol" finalists Chris Daughtry brought down the house Wednesday night with his rendition of "Hemorrhage," a song from the multi-platinum rock group Fuel. And today, "Extra" discovered that his performance put him on radar with the band members themselves!

Fuel's very own bass player, Jeff Abercrombie, came only to "Extra" to declare what he truly thought of the performance. "Wow," he said. "What a great job. This guy delivered. And he delivered like he'd written the song himself."

The normally disagreeable judges unanimously sang Chris' praises Wednesday. Randy revealed he loved the performance, while Paula asked, "Do you know how good you are?"

Simon wouldn't comment on that, but he had plenty to say about the rest of the guys' performances. He took the "Extra" stage to sound off to his girlfriend (and "Extra's" own) Terri Seymour about the good, the bad and the downright inexplicable.

First, Terri asked how he really feels about Kevin. "Everybody roots for that guy because he has a sweet innocent little face," Simon revealed. "I mean, again, you can't listen to those vocals and go, 'We've found the next Luther Vandross here.'"

While the rest of America loves Kevin, the only thing Simon loves about him is his new nickname: "Mr. Potato Head."

While interpreting the King of Mean can be tricky business, Terri attempted to decipher the world according to Simon.

Simon revealed he looks up to Donald Trump because, "I like happy billionaires. Most of them are miserable."

And with the Oscars right around the corner, who will Simon root for? No one! "When you're at one of these things, you despise everybody there if they win something," he revealed. "And yet everybody's pretending to be happy when deep down they're not."

"I want to make the real awards show where everybody really shows how they feel," Simon continued. "Like when 'The Amazing Race,' which is a terrible show, beat 'American Idol,' I wanted to get up on the stage and say, 'I'm not being rude, but whoever voted for this, you're nuts.' Not that I'm bitter."

He may be a little bitter, but don't look for sarcastic Simon to run home crying! He's content with where he is in his life. "If you could trade places with anybody, who would it be?" asked Terri. "No one because I have you, darling," Simon said.

Looks like we caught a glimpse of Mr. Softy! But don't expect to see that side of Simon on "American Idol," every week of FOX!