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American Idol: Katy Perry cries while listening spellbound to former prisoner Calvin Upshaw audition
Katy Perry cried listening to a former prisoner sing his heart out on Sunday's episode of American Idol.The 36-year-old Grammy winner and new mom grew emotional as Calvin Upshaw, 26, delivered a beautiful, broken rendition of the Calvin Richardson song Falling Out Of Love.Katy has just learned along with viewers that the printer line manager from Marks, Mississippi, had served a prison stint as a young man and was trying to turn his life around. Emotional episode:Katy Perry cried listening to former prisoner Calvin Upshaw sing his heart out on Sunday's episode of American Idol'I will never end up back in prison, because I know what I left,' Calvin said in a pre-taped video, as he was shown caring for his eight-year-old son, Calvin, Jr.