American Idol: Chris Medina Made the Judges Get Emotional (Video)

5:21 AM PST 1/27/2011 by Lindsay Powers

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He wowed Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson with his rendition of “Break Even” - and his story of sticking with his fiancee Juliana Ramos after her traumatic brain injury from a car accident.

Chris Medina made the American Idol judges get emotional with the devastating story of his fiancee, Juliana Ramos, who got into a car accident and spent a month in a coma -- before awakening with a traumatic brain injury.

"If I were to make it Hollywood, I feel like it would get her to be happy again. I would feel like I would already won," said Medina, before singing "Break Even" by The Script.

Then he brought his fiancee inside the audition room in her wheelchair.

"I got to tell you man, I am so happy right now," Steven Tyler said. He, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson greeted Julianna, then Tyler gave her a huge hug, and a kiss , and rubbed his eyes.

They sent Medina through to Hollywood.