Chris Medina（克里斯·梅迪纳）曾经是星巴克的服务员，他向和她相恋8年的女孩求婚并且约定在两年后结婚。但是后来那个美丽的女孩因为车祸事故使脑部受到重创，康复后智力只有2岁，生活完全不能够自理，但Chris仍然不离不弃，依然选择了和她结婚。 后来Chris参加了美国偶像，为的就是想赚到更多的钱让妻子受到更好的治疗过上更好的生活，虽然最后还是止步于全国24强，但 What are words 这首歌已经牢牢地印在人们的心里 ！有一种感情，能让旁观者为之动容，那就是爱！
He made it to the top 40 out of 327 contestants on season 10 of American Idol. The night 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 serious car accident on October 2, 2009, two months before they were to be married. She remained in a coma for 2 months with Medina at her bedside. 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, 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.