Chris Medina brings his brain damaged fiancée Juliana into the audition room to meet the judges in last night's episode of American Idol.Here is the emotional moment when American Idol contestant Chris Medina introduced his brain damaged fiancée to the judges.The 26-year old barista from Illinois appeared on Wednesday's tryout episode of the national singing competition, and brought with him his girlfriend, Julia Ramos. She was there for a different kind of inspiration: two weeks before they were to marry, Ramos was in a car accident, leaving her with brain damage.Now Ramos' caretaker, Medina tried out for the show, bringing Ramos along and introducing her to judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. Did he make the cut? Watch below.
Watch Chris Medina’s American Idol audition in Milwaukee (video)Chris Medina sings “Break Even” by The Script and he’s very good.American Idol focuses heavily on Chris Medina’s story – he’s engaged and his fiancee got in an accident in 2009, suffering a traumatic brain injury.Medina is caretaker for his girlfriend…
Randy, Steven and Jennifer want to meet Chris’ girlfriend and he brings her in to meet them. It’s hard not to cry over this story, but at the same time, didn’t American Idol exploit the situation?
Watch Chris Medina’s American Idol audition in Milwaukee : video
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