Touched...

yesterday American Idol was aired on 8tv (as usual)..

well me n my family had a hilarious time watching those ppl who can't sing.. but there was one person (he can sing though) that really made a meaningful contribution to the show..

he was an old man of almost 68 years old (clearly over the age limit as simon pointed out)...
he had in hand a petition signed by 300 ppl that supported him to make an appearance in american idol..

simon was being a lil rude (nothing unusual here) when he 1st appeared in the audition room.. we were all curious too in seeing an old man for he would have never had the chance to advance eventhough IF he has one hell of a good voice.. turns out his intentions were so so noble and touching too..

this man had a wife which was hit by cancer few years back.. the wife was always miserable no matter how hard the old man tried to cheer her up.. one day he had an idea - which is to collect a few signatures for his petition to dedicate a song to her on internatinal television.. american idol was the only was he was able to do so.. so when he return to the side of his wife's bed.. he showed her the piece of paper full of signatures.. and for the 1st time in months, the wife was happy.. over time, as he collected more and more signatures, his wife became more and more excited.. he though he finally had a chance to do something for his wife..

but poor him.. his wife passed away 2 days b4 the audition.. nontheless he did not gave up on his noble mission and proceed to the auditiom room, standing right b4 paula randy olivia ( guest judge) and simon.. as he sang his song dedicated to his wife ("because of you"-- the oldies version) paula teared.. (well me n y sis teared too)

the scene n his story was just so touching.. after everything.. all the judges shook hands with him, touched by his movements.. and gave his a warm loving applause.. finally, he told ryan he had "won".. regardless of what happened.. i think this old man had "won" too ..
what an amazingly touching scene..