Just a man and his will to survive … and make it to next week’s America’s Got Talent finals.

On Wednesday’s semifinal episode of AGT, fan-favorite singer Richard Goodall proved just how much he wanted to stay in the competition by choosing to cover the ultimate fighting song: Survivor‘s “Eye of the Tiger,” the theme from Rocky III.

He rose to the occasion of the classic track — a six-week No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 — by squeezing every ounce of drama out of it, opting for a slowed-down a cappella intro before forging into the famous chorus with a full band behind him. Fiery graphics and pyrotechnics lit up the stage behind him as the 55-year-old singer nailed Jim Peterik’s sky-high vocal riffs for the pumped-up crowd.

The judges were in the palm of Goodall’s hand following his Survivor cover, with Simon Cowell saying, “There’s something ironic about the fact that you’ve chosen a real underdog song, and you are like the underdog in a way, but in a really positive way. And it was like you just got to the top of the steps,” he said, referencing Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky running up the famous Philadelphia Museum of Art stairs. “I love that!”

Check out Richard Goodall’s other jaw-dropping covers below

Reba McEntire – Back To God

“Back to God” was originally released on January 20, 2017 as the second single from McEntire’s twenty-ninth studio album “Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope.”

Whitney Houston – Star Spangled Banner

“The Star Spangled Banner” is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War.

Celine Dion – Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day

This song was co-written and recorded by Celine Dion on her first English-language holiday album, These Are the Special Times.