Bravo ! - He stays !

"With a pleading look in his eyes and a spare arrangement, Allen performed a moving rendition of "Falling Slowly," the Oscar-winning waltz-like ballad from the sleeper 2007 indie flick "Once," the only song of the night to come from the 2000s. Like the scrappy songwriters behind the tune, Irish rock survivor Glen Hansard (the Frames) and former girlfriend and first-time actress Markéta Irglová, Allen has at times seemed like the underdog. But with the roll of the dice on a song that judge Kara DioGuardi feared many in the audience might not know, Allen delivered what she deemed one of his best moments to date on the show. "