Danny Saucedo

Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo performing at an E.M.D. concert
Background information
Born	25 February 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 25)
Origin	Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden
Genres	Pop, Europop, Dance
Associated acts	E.M.D.
Website	http://www.dannysaucedo.se/

Danny Saucedo (born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski^[1] on 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and songwriter 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.^[2]

Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles as a solo artist. His debut album Heart Beats and the three singles "Tokyo", "Play It for the Girls" and "Radio" topped the Swedish charts. He is also simultaneously a member of Swedish pop trio E.M.D. with Erik Segerstedt and Mattias Andréasson. The trio has released three albums and eight singles (of which one album and four singles topped Swedish charts). The band won a Grammis for Song of The Year 2008 with "Jennie Let Me Love You". He has competed in Melodifestivalen twice, both times as both artist and songwriter. In 2009 E.M.D. finished third with "Baby Goodbye", and as a solo artist he finished second in 2011 with "In the Club".

Danny is an established artist in Sweden, has been praised by his Swedish colleagues and is described as humble^[3] and dedicated to his fans.^[4]

He is due to release his first UK single 'If Only You', as part of a duo with Freja.^[5]

Biography

Danny Saucedo is of mixed Polish/Bolivian origin as his father comes from Poland and his mother is from Bolivia.^{[citation needed]}

Idol

Auditions

Danny 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 convincing voice.

Day 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 comments were harsh after Danny's performance of Nick Lachey's single "What's Left Of Me" in the Idol 2006 semi-finals, however, as they claimed his voice did not suit this song. In the top 11 finals, Danny sang The Jacksons' "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, while Danny sang the ballad "Öppna Din Dörr" by Swedish singer Tommy Nilsson.

Performances

Round	Song	Original artist	Theme
Audition	I Swear	All-4-One	-
Final audition	No One Else Comes Close	Joe
Final audition	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	Bryan Adams	Duet (with Felicia Brandström)
Final audition	Isn't She Lovely	Stevie Wonder	-
Qualifying round	What's Left Of Me	Nick Lachey	-
Final 1	Blame It On The Boogie	Jackson 5	My Idol
Final 2	Öppna din dörr	Tommy Nilsson	Swedish Hits
Final 3	So Sick	Ne-Yo	Hits from the 2000s
Final 4	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns 'n' Roses	Rock
Final 5	Lately	Stevie Wonder	Favourite from auditions
Final 6	End Of The Road	Boyz II Men	Acoustic

After Idol

Danny Saucedo at Gröna Lund in 2007

In 2006, after end of the Idol season, he released his first single, a cover of "Öppna din dörr", a song by Tommy Nilsson. The debut single charted at #24 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Danny formed with previous Idol contestants Erik Segerstedt & Mattias Andréasson the Swedish pop trio E.M.D., at the same time putting his solo output as well.

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 took part in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. The couple place 12th in the final on September 6 in Glasgow.^[6]

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.^[7] Danny's new album "Set Your Body Free" was released on Christmas Eve 2008 in Sweden.^[7]

He appeared in the music video for "Victorious", by Velvet and Linda Bengtzing.

Saucedo participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 as a solo artist, singing the song "In the Club".^[8] He qualified for the final that was held on 12 March 2011 and came second in votes to the winning song "Popular" by Eric Saade. Danny garnered 149 points to Saade's 193 points.

Danny presented the Swedish votes at Eurovision 2011.

As a songwriter, he has composed songs for Alcazar and Pulse.

Discography

As solo artist

Albums

Year	Album	Peak Position (SWE)
2007	Heart Beats	1
2008	Set Your Body Free	2
2011	In the Club	3

Singles

Year	Single	Peak position	Peak position	Album
		SWE	POL
2006	"Öppna din dörr"	24	-	Det bästa från Idol 2006
2007	"Tokyo"	1	6	Heart Beats
	"Play It for the Girls"	1	-
	"If Only You" (feat. Therese)	3	1
	"Hey (I've Been Feeling Kind of Lonely)"	-	12
2008	"Radio"	1	28	Set Your Body Free
2009	"Need to Know"	39	-
	"All on You"	17	-
	"Emely" (feat. Sasha Strunin)	-	2
	"Just Like That" (feat. Lazee)	-	68
2011	"In Your Eyes"	-	-	In the Club
	"In the Club"	2	-
	"Tonight"	-	-

As part of E.M.D.

Main article: E.M.D. discography

Albums

• 2008: A State of Mind
  • 2009: A State of Mind (Deluxe Edition)
• 2009: Välkommen hem
• 2010: Rewind

Singles

• 2007: "All for Love"
• 2008: "Jennie Let Me Love You"
• 2008: "Alone"
• 2009: "Baby Goodbye"
• 2009: "Youngblood"
• 2009: "Välkommen hem"
• 2010: "Save Tonight"
• 2010: "What Is Love"

References

1. ^ Ronny Larsson. "Hur gay är Danny?", QX, maj 2007. Läst den 15 mars 2011.
2. ^ Niklas Strömberg, Ylwa Svensson. "Dannys slut - i tårar", Aftonbladet den 4 november 2006. Läst den 15 mars 2011.
3. ^ Intervju i TV4s Nyhetsmorgon med Tilde de Paula
4. ^ Anna Bill. "Idol-Danny lockade tonårstjejer", UNT, 29 november 2008. Läst den 16 mars 2011.
5. ^ http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=5388
6. ^ "Eurovision Dance Contest info page". http://www.esckaz.com/edc/2008/. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Official Website". http://www.danny.nu/. 
8. ^ Vinker, Barry (2010-10-19). "Eight more Melodifestivalen acts announced". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16177. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 

External links

• The New Official Website
• The Official Website
• The Official Fanclub^{[dead link]}
• Danny's Official Idol Blog^{[dead link]}
• Danny's Myspace Fanclub

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