Simply put, Stefano Langone wants this.
The 21-year old Washington native shared his personal story with American Idol judges in San Francisco last night: in 2009, he survived a terrible car accident, from which was doctors gave him little chance to walk or function normally again…
… but he was back on his feet within four months.
Inspiring stuff, to be sure, but it was Stefano’s rendition of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (below) that helped him advance to Hollywood. Then again, those “movie star good looks,” as J. Lo said, likely didn’t hurt.