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Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo at Gröna Lund in 2007
Background information
Born	25 February 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 24)
Origin	Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden
Genres	Pop, Europop, Disco
Associated acts	E.M.D.
Website	http://www.dannysaucedo.se/

Danny Saucedo (born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski on 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated. His mother is from Bolivia and his father is from Poland. In 2006, he released his first single, a cover of “Öppna Din Dörr” by Tommy Nilsson which charted at #24 on the Swedish singles chart. Danny is also a songwriter, composing songs for Alcazar and Pulse. Danny is also a member of Swedish pop trio E.M.D. with Erik Segerstedt & Mattias Andréasson. In January 2009 the band won a Swedish Grammi for Song of The Year with “Jennie Let Me Love You”.

Auditions for Idol

Danny Saucedo embarked on his journey in Idol 2006 by auditioning with the song "I Swear" by the 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", which according to the jury was the best performance so far in the Idol contest. The jury was unanimous in its opinion that if both were to continue at that level of that performance, they would easily end up in the Idol final.

The jury's suite of good words faded away after Danny's performance of Nick Lachey's single "What's Left Of Me" in the Idol 2006 semi-finals, however. 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" - Michael Jackson
• 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

Saucedo was a contestant on the television show Let's Dance 2008 (Swedish version of Dancing With The Stars). In September 2008, Saucedo along with professional dancer Jeanette Carlsson will take part in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. The couple place 12th in the final on September 6 in Glasgow.^[1]

In October 2008 Danny revealed that he would be back with a new album in early 2009 and that the first single from the new album would be "Radio", which has been released top radio for airplay, the track is written by Michel Striton who composed the song "If Only You" from the album Heart Beats.^[2] Danny's new album "Set Your Body Free" was released on Christmas Eve 2008 in Sweden.^[2]

Trivia

Danny Saucedo shares both his name and birth day with artist, musician, designer, writer Danny Saucedo from San Francisco, CA. Though the rumors of collaboration have been brought up, there is of yet no conclusive evidence to suggest the validity to this statement.^[3]

Discography

Album

Singles

References

External links

• The New Official Website
• The Official Website
• The Official Fanclub
• Danny's Official Idol Blog
• Danny's Myspace Fanclub