You gotta love Simon Cowell .

The persnickety panelist appeared to diss singer Kechi Okwuchis stirring rendition of You Are The Reason on Americas Got Talent : The Champions Monday.

Im gonna be honest with you, Cowell said. I didnt really like it that much.

Jeers ensued and rightfully so. Kechi returned to the AGT stage a more confident performer after making the finals in 2017. She impressed with her vocals and the odds she had overcome just to be there. The singer survived a plane crash that killed 107 fellow passengers and endured more than 100 surgeries to treat her burns and other injuries.

On Mondays show, Kechis performance brought the house down.

What was Cowell thinking? Well, it turns out he was just messing with Kechi and everyone else.

I actually loved it, Cowell said after a pause.

Then he pushed the Golden Buzzer to vault her into the finals.

Watch the performance above.

Thats more like it.