'American Idol': Was Chris Medina's audition the most touching 'Idol' moment ever, or the most exploitative? | PopWatch | EW.com

'American Idol': Was Chris Medina's audition the most touching 'Idol' moment ever, or the most exploitative? | PopWatch | EW.com: "'American Idol': Was Chris Medina's audition the most touching 'Idol' moment ever, or the most exploitative?
by Mandi Bierly
Categories: American Idol, Reality TV, Television, Why Am I Crying?
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We are used to American Idol pulling our heartstrings during the audition round, and in last night’s stop in Milwaukee (fittingly, the home of Danny Gokey), we got one that probably made you cry like a baby. Contestant Chris Medina has been with his fiancée for eight years, almost three of which they’ve been engaged. In October 2009, two months before their vows, she was in an accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her in a coma for a month-and-a-half. Medina and her mother are now her caregivers"