The judges on American Idol have gotten used to fighting back tears from watching heart-wrenching performances.
But it was emotion of a different kind on Thursday night that brought on the waterworks as a mom serving overseas surprised a heartbroken teenager at her audition.
Tristan McIntosh, 15, of Nashville, Tennessee, had spoken at length at how devastated she was that her mother Major Amy McIntosh was serving in the Middle East and unable to see
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'It's just a really weird feeling that she's not here for something of this magnitude, something as big as this,' Tristan said. 'I just want to make my mom proud, I owe it to her.
'When I walk in the room I feel like my mom's gonna be there in spirit.'
Tristan's stunning version of Why Baby Why by Mickey Guyton left Jennifer Lopez in tears and comparing her to Alicia Keys.
Harry Connick Jr then read Tristan an email message from her mom.
'You've always called me your big hero - but today you're my big hero because you are doing something that you've dreamed about since you were 10 years old,' her mom wrote, leaving the teen in tears.
Telling her that 'my sister's in the military and I get what it's like to miss somebody,' Harry finally told the contestant: 'Well Tristan, she wouldn't miss it.'
At that Major McIntosh calmly walked out in a pink blouse, hugging her daughter who was too overwhelmed with tears to talk.
Outside, even the rest of her family seemed shocked to see her, including Tristan's dad Freddie McIntosh who asked: 'How did she get here?'
J-Lo's eyes were still watery, with a crew member running tissues over to them.
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