Many America’s Got Talent fans have a bone to pick over Wednesday night’s crowning of Kevin Skinner as this season’s champion. The country-singing chicken farmer beat out the operatic sounds of crowd favorite Barbara Padilla to take the $1 million grand prize. Nonetheless, the shy husband and father will headline the AGT stage show, hosted by Jerry Springer and opening on the Las Vegas strip next month.

In case you missed it, here’s a video of Kevin’s live performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday.