10 Facts About Chris Medina

Christopher Edward Medina was born on November 30,1983 and is an American-Norwegian singer born in Chicago, Illinois.

Chris Medina is most famous for his hit "What Are Words", which reached number 1 in Sweden and Norway; it charted in Denmark and made it to number 83 on Billboard Hot 100.

Chris Medina stated publicly the song was about his fiancee, Juliana Ramos, who suffered a brain injury two months before they were to be married, and the storyline was heavily used during his American Idol tryout.

Chris Medina has performed the ballad on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, and on Live With Regis and Kelly.

Chris Medina was able to help raise millions for this charity.

Chris Medina sang the song at the funeral of 18-year-old Monica Iselin Didriksen, one of the victims of the Norwegian terror attacks.

On March 12,2013, two years after being cut from American Idol, Chris Medina signed a major motion picture contract with MCS41, operated by producer Jim Schramm.

In 2019 Chris Medina was announced as a candidate to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Chris Medina was engaged to Juliana Ramos, who suffered a brain injury two months before they were to be married as the result of a serious car accident on October 2,2009: Chris Medina has since stated that Ramos had been drinking, texting, and driving erratically.

In 2015, Chris Medina started dating Norwegian Silje Skylstad Gotaas, and on 3 July 2017, Skylstad gave birth to their daughter, Mila.