{"id":3796,"date":"2011-02-09T20:16:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T20:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2011\/02\/stefano-langone-survives-to-wo.html"},"modified":"2011-02-09T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T20:16:52","slug":"stefano-langone-survives-to-wo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/02\/stefano-langone-survives-to-wo.html","title":{"rendered":"Stefano Langone Survives to Wow American Idol Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A horrific accident almost took his life, but Stefano Langone was too tough to give up. It took 4 months of intensive therapy to recover, but his passion for music and the piano lit a fire inside of him that kept him going. Tonight he stood in front of the Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, and Randy Jackson with a piano-key belt buckle (&#8220;It would be cool if it actually worked, but it doesn&#8217;t&#8221; he joked) and impressed them with both his personality and his voice. &#8220;You have a great big S-T-A-R all over you,&#8221; Lopez said after his gorgeous rendition of Marvin Gaye&#8217;s &#8220;Heard It Through the Grapevine.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you why you survived [the accident],&#8221; said Steven Tyler. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to Hollywood!&#8221; Cheers and tears followed Langone out the door as he embraced his family. 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