A REAL AMERICAN IDOL

I CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT I'M AN AVID DIE HARD AMERICAN IDOL FAN. I MEAN IF THE TV'S 


ON I'LL WATCH IT BUT  OTHERWISE NORMALLY I WOULD'NT CARE IF I MISSED AN 


EPISODE. BUT THIS GUY CHRIS MEDINA IS SOMEONE WE ALL SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT 


FOR. AS I'M WRITING THIS MILLIONS OF VIEWERS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THEIR PICK ON 


WHO THEY WANT TO WIN FOR THE SHOW'S 2011 SEASON. 


EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ON THE SHOW WE'VE LOVED FOR TEN SEASONS NOW WE MEET 


PEOPLE WITH THEIR DIFFERENT STORIES OF HOPE, DETERMINATION AND REASONS FOR 


COMING UP ON THE SHOW HOPING FOR THAT FAME AND FORTUNE THAT AMERICAN 


IDOL PROMISES OF GIVING. 




BUT THIS GUY TAKES THE CAKE.


 HIS STORY ABOUT HIS ENGAGEMENT TO LONG TIME 


GIRLFRIEND JULIANA AGAINST ALL THE OTHER CONTESTANTS WHO HAVE AUDITIONED 


IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WITH THEIR OWN STORIES OF HOPE PALES IN 


COMPARISON  TO WHAT CHRIS MEDINA HAS GONE THROUGH IN LAST  TWO YEARS OF HIS 


LIFE. 


WHY? BECAUSE IT MADE MILLIONS OF VIEWERS CRY. 


JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE ENGAGING TO JULIANNA, THE LATTER GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT 


THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THE COUPLE MAYBE FOREVER. COMPILED VIDEOS 


FROM THE COUPLE REELS IN WITH BACKGROUND MUSIC FROM IRON AND WINE'S NAKED 


AS WE CAME SHOWS   THE LAST DAYS OF NORMALCY FOR THE COUPLE, WITH CHRIS IN A 


COFFEE SHOP PROPOSING TO THE THEN VERY LOVELY AND BEAUTIFUL JULIANNA. THEN 


IT CUTS TO THE PART AFTER THE ACCIDENT WHERE WE SEE JULIANNA WHEELCHAIR 


BOUND AND CHRIS ATTENDING TO HER EVER SO LOVINGLY.  HALFWAY THOUGH THE 


FLASHBACK CHRIS MEDINA IS HEARD COMMENTING ABOUT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE- " 


ON OCTOBER 2ND 2009 SHE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT..EVERYTHING CHANGED, SHE 


SUFFERED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.. A MONTH AFTER SHE WOKE UP. ( VIDEO OF 


JULIANNA CREEPS IN, SHE'S ON A WHEELCHAIR, SPEECH SLURRED AND MUSCLES 


SPASMED, CHRIS MASSAGING HER LEGS IN SOME KIND OF THERAPY RELATED 


INTERACTION.), THEN CHRIS CAPS IT OFF BY SAYING- " WHAT KIND OF GUY WOULD I BE 


IF I WALKED OUT WHEN SHE NEEDED ME THE MOST?". 


 AT THIS POINT I WAS REDUCED TO TEARS. AND I DON'T CRY THAT EASILY. 


CHRIS MEDINA'S STRONG AND POWERFUL RENDITION OF  BREAK 


EVEN BY THE SCRIPT GUARANTEED HIM THE GATES TO HOLLYWOOD EVEN WITHOUT  HIS 


STORY OF COMMITMENT AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. I HOPE THIS GUY MAKES IT ALL 


THE WAY THROUGH TO THE FINALS AND EVENTUALLY WIN THIS THING.


BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE NEED IDOLS, I BELIEVE WE NEED HEROES MORE.