Danny Saucedo

Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo at Gröna Lundin 2007Background information Born February 25, 1986(1986-02-25) (age 22) Origin Södermalm, Stockholm, StockholmsLän, Sweden Genre(s)Pop

Danny Saucedo (Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski) (born 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer who competed as as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 — the Swedish version of Idol.His mother is from Bolivia and his father is from Poland. In 2006, he released his first single Öppna Din Dörr, a track by Tommy Nilsson which charted at #24 on the Swedish singles chart. In May 2007, Danny released his début album Heart Beats, which reached #1 on the album charts. To date, three singles from the album have been released Tokyo (#1), Play It For The Girls (#1) and If Only You (#3), a duet with fellow Swedish singer Therese.

1 Auditions
2 Finals
3 Idol 2006 Performances
4 Life after Idol
5 Discography
- 5.1 Album
- 5.2 Singles
6 Trivia
7 Video Clips
8 External links

Auditions

Danny Saucedo embarked on his journey in Swedish Idol 2006 by auditioning with the song "I Swear" by the R&B vocal quartet All-4-One. He was praised by the jury for his touching and his convincing voice.

Danny joined fellow contestant Felicia Brandström in a duet, singing Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do, I Do It For You", which according to the jury would become the best performance so far in Idol 2006. Every member of the jury was in consensus and explained that if both was to continue at this level of performance, they would easily end up in the final.

The jury's suite of good words soon faded away after Danny's performance of Nick Lachey's single "What's Left Of Me" in the semi-finals. The reason was, according to the jury, that his voice did not suit this song.

Finals

In the top 11 finals, Danny sang The Jackson Five's "Blame It On The Boogie" while doing some Jackson moves

In the top 10 finals, Danny stormed the stage and even made jury member Kishti Tomita weep in tears, singing the ballad "Öppna Din Dörr" by Swedish singer Tommy Nilsson.

Idol 2006 Performances

Auditions, Stockholm: "I Swear" - All-4-One
Auditions, Stockholm: "Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Bryan Adams (Duet)
Semi Finals: "What's Left Of Me" - Nick Lachey
Top 11: "Blame It On The Boogie" - The Jackson Five
Top 10: "Öppna Din Dörr - Tommy Nilsson
Top 9: "So Sick" - Ne-Yo
Top 8: "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
Top 7: "Lately" - Stevie Wonder
Top 6: "End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men - Eliminated

Life after Idol

Now in 2007, Danny got a record contract with Sony BMG, and has released his debut single Tokyo, a dance/disco-song on feb 14th. It entered the Swedish charts straight to number 2, and quickly went to number 1, where it stayed for 2 weeks. It also peaked at number 9 in the Finnish charts. He has since then released a second single on may 23rd, "Play It For The Girls", which entered at number 10 in the Swedish charts, and then went to number 1, too, for one week. A week later he released his first album "Heart. Beats", which entered straight to number 1. Danny released on August 27th his third single with Swedish singer Therese, "If Only You". It entered number 41 in Swedish charts, and currently sits at Number 3.

Saucedo was a contestant on the television show Let's Dance 2008.

Discography

Album

Year Album 2007 Heart Beats

Singles

Year Single Album 2006"Öppna Din Dörr" Det bästa från Idol 2006 2006"Tokyo" Heart Beats 2007"Play It for the Girls" Heart Beats 2007"If Only You" (Featuring Therese) Heart Beats

Trivia

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He is considered to be a favourite contestant among the younger female voters.
Danny is fluent in the languages of Spanish, Swedish, English , French and Polish.[citation needed]
He is a dedicated dancer of street dance, popping, boogalo (electric boogie) and funk.
He has been a member of various dance and vocal groups, a funk band and spends some of his time as a songwriter.
He shares the same name and day of birth with singer/songwriter Danny Saucedo. The other Danny Saucedo was born in 1985, in San Jose, California. He also speaks Spanish. The two have never met, though their fates are intertwined. Danny Saucedo, <http://dannysaucedo.com>. Retrieved on 18 November 2007
He wrote the song Dancing In Repeat sung by the winners of Dance X
He had a role as an extra in the Academy Award nominated movie Evil.