Chris Medina

Who is Chris Medina?

Christopher Edward "Chris" Medina is an American singer born in Chicago, Illinois. Medina is most notable as a former Idol contestant during the tenth season of American Idol. He released a single called "What Are Words" on February 25, 2011, the day after his elimination. Chris Medina went on to perform on The Jay Leno Show. The single went to #1 in Norway and Sweden and spent 19 weeks at number 1 combined. 11 in Norway and 8 in Sweden.

He made it to the top 40 out of 327 contestants on season 10 of American Idol.The day he was eliminated, Jennifer Lopez, one of the judges on American Idol, could not control how terrible she felt that she was the one who had to tell him he would not advance further, she wept uncontrollably on the show that night. The song, What Are Words is about Medina's fiancée, Juliana Ramos, who suffered a brain injury as the result of a car accident on October 2, 2009, 2 months before they were to be married. She remained in a coma for 2 months. The song What Are Words debuted at #22 on the Heatseekers Songs chart, and then reached #83 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since sold 105,000 copies. He performed the ballad on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 28, 2011 and on Good Morning America on March 4, 2011. On Regis and Kelly March 14. On March 12, 2013 Chris Medina signed a major motion movie contract, that will be released in theaters across the nation. It is based on the true story of Chris Medina and Juliana Ramos. It will be called What Are Words? scheduled for released in 2014.