Christian Guardino is our favorite to win this season of AmericanIdol! A longtime Penn Medicine patient, Christian was born with a rare eye disorder that causes severe vision loss and, inevitably, blindness. In 2013, after living his first 13 years in darkness, he was given his sight back by Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, and Albert Maguire, MD. Spouses and co-directors of the Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, Drs. Bennett and Maguire developed the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy to reverse blindness. Almost overnight, Christian could see the moon, stars and sunset for the first time. christianguardino, we are so inspired by you and all you have overcome. Best of luck for the top 14 tonight! Click the 🔗 in our bio to watch Christian sing John Lennon’s “Imagine” last night, which had katyperry — and all of us — in tears. #americanidol #americanidol2022 #thenextidol #blindness #blindnessawareness