Another Pinoy in American Idol 7: Danny Noriega

February 4, 2008 · Filed Under American Idol, Danny Noriega, Ramiele Malubay

In my earlier post about Pinoys in American Idol Season 7,

Danny Noriega or Daniel Noriega was not mentioned as the info are still slowly coming in about Filipinos who made it to American Idol Season 7 top 24. Apparently, Danny Noriega made it to Top 24. He auditioned in San Diego, California.

$Daniel Noriega.thumbnail Photo\\$ So that makes two Idol wannabes with Philippine roots. The other one is Ramiele Malubay, although sometimes spelled as Ramielle Malubay who auditioned in Miami, Florida. Danny Noriega’s Philippines connection though is still sketchy. He may have a Filipina mother.

$Danny Noriega Cute Sana Lola Mo.thumbnail Photo\\$ But yeah, its been reported that Daniel Noriega a.k.a. Danny Noriega has roots from the Philippines. Danny Noriega is rumored to be the son of Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega. If you don’t know about Manuel Noriega, he has a biopic called whatelse but, “Noriega.”

Also, Danny Noriega is no t just any American Idol contestant of AI7. Danny Noriega not only has Philippines roots/folks but he is openly gay too, a first for American Idol. That is, if you can count out Sanjaya Malakar and the original queen! Clay Aiken out of the picture.

Danny Noriega’s myspace profile ( which btw, is always private, not good for someone starting out in showbiz! ) says:

Danny Noriega
Age: 18
Birthdate: September 29th, 1989
Hometown/Residency: Azusa / Los Angeles, California
Orientation: What do you think?

Since Danny Noriega would be controversial as it is, and obviously cannon

fodder for attacks, American Idol didn’t show his audition $Zrobbed Photo\\$ . Only a snippet of who made it through at the end of an audition, as seen in a photo here.

$Danny Noriega Gay.thumbnail Photo\\$ $Danny Noriega.thumbnail Photo\\$

Comments

9 Responses to “Another Pinoy in American Idol 7: Danny Noriega”

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danica Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Danny is NOT Filipino! He told us on stickam, but he really wished he was
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jamie Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
danny is latino!
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Slammer Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 12:15 am
David Archuleta is NOT Pinoy.
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bigma Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
what kind of hogwash is this??? son of panama’s Manuel Noriega???? Didn’t you see the parents during the show??? That is no Manuel Noriega!

The mother is more of Mexican, not Filipina. C’mon, aren’t you all just glad that we have Ramiele?????
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kirby ramos Says:
February 20th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
is david archuleta filipino?
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February 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
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E Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
David Archuleta is Latino. I saw his Dad in the video when he hugged his friends and family.
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dazedblu Says:
February 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I heard there were three, - Danny Noriega, Ramiele Malubay, and David Archuleta?

dazedblu’s last blog post..the prophecy fulfilled
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