Danny Noriega FANCLUB!

Sierra high School

Singing

American Idol

Fantasia, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, M.I.A., and Ashlee Simpson

America's Next Top Model

He is 18 years old and hes from Asuza, California. You all know I auditioned in San Diego. When he auditioned in front of the American Idol judges, he sang “Proud Mary,” seems like he stunned Randy, Paula and Simon with my voice. Unlike Hollywood last year.

(career and personal life)
He is a solo singer that was a participant in the seventh season of American Idol. He made it to the top 16, but was controversially voted off before the top 12. After he was eliminated from the competition, Danny returned to his home in Azusa, California and has stated that he plans to move to Hollywood, California with his family.Noriega grew up with his mother and four siblings in Azusa, California. He has said he is of Mesoamerican (mostly Mexican) and German descent. In an interview with American Idol, Danny confessed that he was once part of a punk rock band during high school, and he noted that his most embarrassing moment when he was tripped on the stairs at a movie theaters in front of one of his crushes. Danny names Fantasia Barrino, the American Idol Season 3 winner, as one of his musical inspirations. He also names Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Chris Brown, and M.I.A. as some of his favorite recording artists. Danny has claimed that he began to sing at the age of 1.Danny originally auditioned for American Idol during the season 6 auditions and he made it to the Hollywood rounds. He cut his hair and wore baggier clothes, planning to impress the judges with an image, and he was ultimately sent home before making the top 100. Danny auditioned a year later in San Diego and promised himself that he would be himself no matter what.[2] . His rendition of Proud Mary was praised by the judges and he made it through the Hollywood rounds again. Danny continued to impress the judges and he made it the top 24 cut. During his time on American Idol, Danny became very close to Ramiele Malubay and Kady Malloy. He also became good friends with Colton Berry, who was eliminated during the top 24 elimination. In a Good Day LA interview, Danny referred to David Archuleta as his "little brother." Danny also acknowledged that he connected with performer Chikezie, as they both were cut from the Hollywood rounds a year earlier, and subsequently made it to the top 24 during season seven.Despite earning praise for his vocal capability in earlier rounds, Danny was highly criticized for his song choices, and Simon Cowell noted some of his performances as "grotesque" and "useless." While both Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul enjoyed Danny's rendition of Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock", Simon criticized it and Danny hit back at him with a sarcastic comment, even though it was unconventional for contestants to talk back to the judges at this stage of the competition. Danny became notorious for talking back to Simon, and even Simon found his comments humorous. Though Simon complimented Danny on improving with "Superstar", Danny continued to joke around by sarcastically admitting that he agreed with Simon's critique of his previous performance. When Danny sang "Tainted Love", the audiences loved it, but Randy felt that Danny was being vocally shy, though both him and Paula agreed that the arrangement of the song was superb. Simon criticized Danny's performance and called it useless, which lead Danny to hit back with making a hand gesture that Simon Cowell became known for using during the course of the season.Danny's fanbase worked to get him back on the show, by signing petitions for a wildcard entry and sending emails to FOX. When the American Idol website conducted a poll asking which contestant the viewers would most like to see return, Danny won with a staggering 87% of votes over one week, with none of the other eliminated contestants recieving over 5% of the votes. Danny's fans still express hope in a wildcard entry, but Danny has stated in a youtube vlog that he "highly doubt[s] there will be a wildcard this season".

All of Danny's semi-final performances were released as singles on iTunes, along with the season's other top 24 contestants.

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