Danny Noriega's Journey on American Idol

[@DarkNebulae]

Now Adore has more followers on Instagram than Simon lol

[@cobaltbomb3519]

Damn boi

[@michaelstrout3839]

He is still WAS born male

[@ameliahart2898]

I love how this was him butching it up. He is so sweet I love Danny/ Adore :)

[@sarahsm3166]

I mean he said it himself. Everything happens for a reason and he was meant for so much more than American Idol. He’s out there living his best life touring and doing what he loves to do as Adore and I couldn’t be more proud of him

[@roykoopa4real]

Dang this is so weird especially when she sasses Simon, like she was meant to be a drag star

[@zombieleelee]

He?

[@charisahood6571]

@@zombieleelee She's a famous drag queen now. Either pronouns work!

[@RyutaShinohara]

@@charisahood6571 Not all Drag Queens use either pronounce but Adore does plus she identifies as non-binary.

[@MermieInWonderland]

Danny's also known as "Adore Delano" now, for those of you wondering. He's a drag queen

[@sagebriarwood6672]

I actually never knew he was on American Idol until i looked him up on google lol

[@pepper7247]

Lol everyone knows that

[@jennabarlow9690]

i just cant stand 'Know it alls'! im all tbe way over in Scotland and even i know that. do you think we all live with our eyes and ears closed and under rocks?? lolz!! i guess u r just an.over enthusiastic fan!!

[@pepper7247]

Jenna Barlow lol I agree

[@jennabarlow9690]

@@pepper7247 Amen!! Pffffft!! thinking they are the biggest fan in the world n.prob fantasizing Danny will read this and be like 'OMG!! IHAVE TO MEET THIS PERSON!!' And they skip off into the sunset together living happily ever after!! Jeez. oh dear i just sound like a bitter old hag now !! lol! im honestly not, bitter that is. the other 2, well....ummm, im a realist n honest so I'm just gonna keep 'shtoom' (ie🤐 🤫) on that. PFFFFFT!! love the name 'Pepper' as well. Peppers /pepper is/are great . makes me yhink of so much! sweet, juicy, spicy, colourful, vibrant, tasty, versatile, flexible, can be nice and soft or have a bit of bite and most of all Loved world wide!! even here in Bonnie ScotlandHaha!!

[@morganwebster5816]

Adore: "I had to Butch it up" Danny: 4:06

[@jarrinclark544]

love the comment about the many colors of danny and now he's an amazing drag queen(: that's colorful to the max!!

[@DexterHaven]

1:11 love this part. Now he's doing what he said as Adore, bringing the house down. His reactions are amazing, in real time, just ad libbing with his interesting mind.

[@80sKitty]

He was just born to be Adore. Such an entertainer, so beautiful, so much sas. Absolutely gorgeous human 😍

[@DexterHaven]

Chickeezee knew Danny should have been in the top 12 too. 4:58 he was ready to admit Danny won. That was the hardest cut to take in Idol history along with Nicole Tranquillo's cut.

[@DexterHaven]

1:24 oh, that fierce face. hehe He was such a natural ball of emotion unfiltered.

[@candiecanie274]

Adore is my favorite oh my gosh ❤️

[@DexterHaven]

Glad you uploaded this...

[@oliviahaas2828]

I love rewatching this and seeing just how freaking much he's grown and how many people have been changed by Adore including myself ❤️ Everyone starts from something and I'm so proud of his (her) journey.

[@michaelstrout3839]

He is a male

[@michaelstrout3839]

U can put lipstick on a pig it's still a pig. Men can pretend to be women because he will never birth a child.

[@cailingrace4364]

this is so cute omg

[@bammargeraswife2b]

I definitely agree that Danny should've made it to the Top 12.

[@DexterHaven]

3:01 and 3:12 he could really make a connection with the viewer at home, unlike the others; he jumped through the TV screen, as it were, and shook your hand or whatever he could grab. ;)

[@EzraInk]

"but SOME PEOPLE weren't liking it" lmao! Yas bitch!

[@shan12stones]

years later i'm still pissed he did not make it farther

[@coleglassner449]

He made it farter then Simon ever will... YASS ADORE DE LANOOOOOO... get it.

[@solongsuicide9]

*further *than

[@ks.7856]

What a beautiful voice 🥰

[@prunellalefay]

Check out Adore's rendition of Bang, Bang in Cardiff.The richness & range are so good 🎼🎶🎶🎶💙😸✌

[@michaengsauce1392]

IM DYING WITH THE FACES AND WHEN HE SINGS OMFG I LOVEE My baby was so young😭

[@sawyerknickmeyer6819]

if only Simon saw him now... hmmm, ADORE IS THE BESTESTTTTTTT!

[@SlpBeauty333]

Thank you for posting this! I love Adore/Danny. It's cute to see his younger self. There's so many fan videos of him these days, I'm sure Simon regrets it! I'll try to link 2 other Adore/Danny videos, just want to check that they're PG enough!

[@SlpBeauty333]

Here's one by RuPaul's Drag Race: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGjCgqenmZuNgNk So adorable!!! "Insecure Superhero"? 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@SlpBeauty333]

This is from the channel Adore's Dirty Tights. Little bit of language and one or two sexual references. Nothing terrible. It's literally titled "Adore being a wholesome sweetheart". Facts!! Proof? Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZPZf3Sogc-EfMk

[@SlpBeauty333]

This one is a bit more adult, mostly language. It's also one of my life goals to be that happy about doing laundry!! It's from the channel Adore Delano Brazil, which has a lot of his live streams. Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/emivk4J_nMyka8k

[@annaestrada2299]

Danny AKA "Adore" you are Amazing! I can see you with a tv show of your own bigger than "Hanna Montana" you are contagious! Keep being you love your videos. 😊💕

[@charizardzar8216]

XD hes in hollywood undead

[@jakemagnificentkiwi]

Definitely not. This Danny isn't the Danny in HU, Danny Noriega is now a drag queen.

[@charizardzar8216]

Why does people say he's in HU

[@jakemagnificentkiwi]

People aren't doing their research. Google is your friend.

[@charizardzar8216]

Thanks :D and idrc I like both of em :D

[@Dirtymousey]

He’s grown so much! Love me some adore too

[@Slayryana]

This made me cry

[@mariepennington1749]

One of the greatest talents😇

[@ailenrazzetto8107]

QUEEN

[@amandageyman8033]

Adore!

[@pepper7247]

I love adore/Danny so much it’s unhealthy

[@alishapedano6770]

Now that he's Adore he showed you Simon! I thought he was adorable then and absolutely is now. "Hello I Love You" is hilarious

[@Gravitation3Beatles3]

I thought it was going to show the songs lol

[@jeonghanists1004]

a d o r e m y b a b e

[@manuvasquez6135]

Mi querida Adore!!

[@DexterHaven]

Danny was the best contestant ever for me, the most fun. The other greats were Norman Gentle and Casey Abrams and Taylor Hicks and Adam Lambert and Clay Aiken.

[@NsomniAtl]

now on RPDR # 6

[@alenyaus]

I remember I cried when he was eliminated

[@seal3081]

Funny just randomly looking up old AI vids. Had no idea Danny got popular on youtube. I remember really liking his voice in the competition, at a certain point though he got really stagy and it was more about his personality than voice. I thought he would have gone farther if he chose better songs he was really young then, a little too inexperienced at that point to know what was right for him.

[@stagefrights]

he is not actually a dog queen who competed on a show called rupauls drag race and has two albums and a whole fandom lol

[@barbarabonetti1664]

*crying*

[@cammiigurl]

aww..:) danny's amazing. i do his little TMTH..and some people werent liking itt:) awhhh.

[@lauras.6339]

Simon doesn't understand using *colors* to describe music. I have Synesthesia, but I'm pretty sure everyone can see *Danny*'s colors!!!

[@shunuuu]

she should audition again

[@Littletjones]

Ryle Dan hes already super famous and more famous than almost everyone whos ever been on american idol. hes now a drag queen named Adore Delano and was a finalist on rupauls drag race.

[@Kit2ThaKat]

He has albums of his own out.

[@jugheadjones6266]

Paula Abdul judging Danny Paula Abdul judging Adore

[@justfranxis1570]

Now he is a succesful drag queen

[@petermasefield8403]

Simon's everything I wanna be when I'm 57. Oh he's gonna kill me.

[@kitkatblake1049]

Anybody else waiting for "partyyy"

[@roykoopa4real]

This was do long ago goshhhhh

[@giabella7]

Danny is so talented. He should have been in the final two with David Archuleta. He's definitely a better singer than David Cook.

[@Kiki-wz6gl]

Now Danny has became a famous dragqueen called Adore Delano and has a music career

[@cobaltbomb3519]

No shit sherlock

[@totally_not_a_witch9897]

Party

[@spencelec3196]

I think it was all a bit of a joke with Simon and him

[@luna4837]

PARTY!

[@MonroeReacts]

I always have something to say to Simon >.> I just wish I had the talent to make it on the show to back-talk him xD

[@MsBadJedi]

Party!

[@charlottepajares3134]

1:46 BITCH Adore snaPPEDT! 🤣

[@ir_455]

5:45 song?

[@narutotyger]

Graham Colton - Best Days

[@nivek0991]

what did he say instead of 5?

[@letsdothis3332]

I just wanted to grab him and take him home and protect him from the world and sit on the couch and eat enchiladas and margaritas and eat chips and Rupaul's drag race ALL seasons and then tuck him in the bed and say girl I'll see you in the morning. And then I go to bed with my husband like he's our little gay son. Then take him shopping and buy him whatever he wants and then he grows up spoiled and can't get a job because he doesn't know anything but singing and so he has to come home and stay and set him on the couch and stare at him just to see what happens next hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaha.

[@forcetengal2451]

Montrosesister12 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@sanctusignis9746]

That's a very specific fantasy. at least it isn't sexual, very motherly in fact ...this is why I love the internet

[@federicamustaro8974]

The lst entence of the video happend in an unexpected way

[@smoothandsassysingleton8280]

Chikeze, shantae you stay lol

[@jhaeon2353]

Aww look at my lil imitation Jonas brother go

[@beckybonez]

lol he's awesome

[@angelinagonzales909]

He is my cousin!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😄

[@annabelle1694]

Angelina Gonzales if you are lying then...get out, if that's true then OMG BITCH THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL...sorry bout that I just love danny 😂

[@annabelle1694]

Angelina Gonzales omg aha I'm so jealous !

[@angelinagonzales909]

:)

[@boribaybee07]

@xEmoBubbleGum3x he is 22. :)

[@boribaybee07]

@nivek0991 he said 8.

[@nonamesorryaboutthat]

Aww No He shud av Went Through

[@TheYadiel30]

PARTY

[@lamb2004]

now with adore delano, she made it to top 3 of rpdr and became more successful today as a nonconformist drag queen

[@gamjey08]

poor ramiele!

[@Sandro987456321]

It's tough ... he deserved a loner way to go ...

[@officialxavierflowers]

it got on my last nerves when he said he turned as red as a cute tomato.....

[@Bwgsoccer16]

4:25 - lool

[@alishawiles3081]

Ok when Danny Noriega got eliminated it like really depressed me 💔 I just wanted everyone to know that! Lol

[@cobaltbomb3519]

Damn boi

[@ebonimom6964]

I love Adore as a drag queen but I never thought the she could sing very well. When she sang on season 6 and on All Stars 2, I thought that it was just ok. I mean... she's cool. But she doesnt blow me away with her singing. I never understood how she made it so far on here.

[@cobaltbomb3519]

Screw you idiot

[@ebonimom6964]

@@cobaltbomb3519 so what's this for? It's my opinion. So shut the fuck up

[@deannanorris03]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@littlepancake639]

so... my american idol crush is now a drag queen??... interesting...

[@tikag5753]

It's so wierd that he is a drag now

[@taissalerno]

I think its great

[@sanctusignis9746]

I don't think so...im surprised he didn't have eyeliner here...hes gorgeous as a drag queen,and as danny...i love him/her/both of them...im glad he shared both sides of him with us.

[@berilo.8044]

How old were you when you wrote this? Because honey, that grammar was atrocious.

[@kenzieduggan1550]

why is it so hard for me to understand that adores real name is danny and not adore? like i guess in my head she’s a✨ biological woman ✨

[@fbiusportle8914]

why he become in a clown? adore delano? what? man please, you start pretty well in american idol but then he became a clown in Rupaul drag race. too bad.

[@jakemagnificentkiwi]

He's now making 10x the money he ever initially did with his music career..... Sooooo?

[@abigfishinabarrenswamp]

+fbius portle He's certainly by no means a clown if he's doing what he loves as he loves, and successful for it. Many people dream to have the career and life he has.

[@emilywardle9756]

fbius portle when you've earned more than 1,000,000 you can judge him/her I love adore as much as I love Danny smh

[@oliviatreip2613]

If Danny ever sees this comment, I bet the first thing he's going to think is, you know what? fbius portle is right. I look like a clown and I should abandon all the publicity, money and joy I got from drag race because that's for losers and because fbius portle said so. Yeah, no.. Im pretty sure that he and doesn't give a fuck what you think about his career. Drag is beautiful, and if you can't see that then it's only you thats missing out.

[@annabelle1694]

fbius portle Fuck you...that's all I have to say cause I'm speechless at how horrible and homophobic that last comment was...