Danny Noriega

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Daniel 'Danny' Anthony Noriega
Background information
Born	September 29 1989 (19)
Origin	Azusa, California
Genre(s)	Pop, Dance-Pop, Synth-Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2008-Present
Website	http://www.dannynoriegaonline.net

Daniel Danny Anthony Noriega (born September 29, 1989) is an American and Filipino singer^[1] from the major music competition American Idol.

1 History
- 1.1 Post Idol
2 Discography
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] History

Danny Noriega was from the major music competition American Idol^[2]. In 2007 Danny previously auditioned with an outstanding performance and made it. However Danny did not make the cut after his second audition.

In 2008 Danny auditioned again singing "Proud Mary" giving a speechless performance to the judges. Danny made the cut luckily through the top 24 giving him more recognition on the Internet. Danny sang "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley. Superstar by The Carpenters was the next performance for Danny on the top 20. According to the performance the judges were pleased with Noriega's performance. Although on the 3rd performance of Noriega, "Tainted Love" was the selection by Softcell and Simon did not like it at all, but Paula loved it, Randy liked it. Although during the result's show Danny, and Chikezie were the one's to be announced last and it was revealed that Chikezie had earned the spot of the top 12, Danny was eliminated.

[edit] Post Idol

After the Idol show Danny appeared on the news, Ellen Degeneres Show, an performed on Rosie O'Donnel's cruise. Shortly after on Noriega's official Myspace^[3] Danny uploaded a single he had recorded with Diamond Cut Productions "24/7"^[4]. Which Danny stated on Stickam it had hit the radio station 99.1. Danny gave an link that leads to the download of the single and now is in the recording stage of an album. The song which is said to be the second single "Inside My Head" is now available on his myspace

American Idol Performances

Week #	Theme	Song choice	Original artist	Order #	Result
Audition (San Diego)	N/A	"Proud Mary"	John Forgerty	N/A	Advanced
Top 24 (12 Men)	1960s	"Jailhouse Rock"	Elvis Presely	N/A	Safe
Top 20 (10 Men)	1970s	"Superstar"	The Carpenters	N/A	Safe
Top 16 (8 Men)	1980s	"Tainted Love"	Softcell	N/A	Eliminated