Dalton Rapattoni

Dalton Rapattoni

Dalton Rapattoni (born February 6, 1996) is an American singer from Sunnyvale, Texas who finished in 3rd place on Season 15 of American Idol.

Background

Born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Sunnyvale, Texas, Dalton, who first began playing guitar at age 11, first gained notice when he took part in a national talent search and became a part of a boy band called IM5 in 2012. He left the group in 2014 and reformed his original band, Fly Away Heroes, with some new members. He had even released a single called "Stop" in 2014. He was working as a vocal coach at the School of Rock when he decided to try out for Idol.

Rapattoni was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 6, 1996, to Kiva Jackson Rapattoni and Fran Rapattoni. He has two sisters, Rebecca, and Sophie. When he was two the family moved to Sunnyvale, Texas where he was raised.After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 9, he was withdrawn from school after medications used to treat the condition caused seizures.

He began to learn to play guitar when he was eleven. When he was twelve, he started attending the School of Rock in Dallas and also at Frisco, Texas. Later he also worked as a teacher at the School of Rock at Dallas and Rockwall.He formed a local band with friends called Fly Away Hero.

When he was 15, he went to Los Angeles to audition for a boyband IM5 and became part of the band.He lived temporarily in California during his time with IM5. In March of 2014, Dalton revealed that he had left IM5. He returned to his band Fly Away Hero and began to write and record an EP with the band, who at the time already had a few EP's out prior to Dalton's time with IM5.

American Idol

Dalton Rapattoni auditioned in Little Rock, Arkansas with "Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and received a ticket to Hollywood. During Hollywood's Lines of Ten, he performed "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & The Papas where he advanced passed the Group Round and performed "Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Olivia Newton-John for his Hollywood Solo round. He then advanced to Showcase week where he performed "It's Gonna Be Me" by NSYNC and advanced to the Top 24. During the Top 24, he performed "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol and performed a duet with Chris Daughtry singing "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder. Afterwards, he advanced to the Top 14 where he received a designated spot in Season 15's Top 10 by the Judges and didn't have to perform for America's Vote. During the Top 10, he performed "Hey There Delilah" by The Plain White T's. He advanced to the Top 8 and performed "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. He made the top 6 where he performed "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles. However, his performance of it was seen as polarizing by some because of it being seen as similar to the version done by David Cook during season 7. His result is yet to be announced.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song choice	Original artist	Order #	Result
Audition	Auditioner's Choice	"The Phantom of the Opera"	Andrew Lloyd Webber	N/A	Advanced
Hollywood Round, Lines Of Ten	A Capella	"California Dreamin'"	The Mamas & The Papas	N/A	Advanced
Hollywood Round, Group Round	Group Performance	Treasure	Bruno Mars	N/A	Advanced
Hollywood Round, Solo Round	Solo	"Hopelessly Devoted to You"	Olivia Newton-John	N/A	Advanced
Showcase Week	Personal Choice	"It's Gonna Be Me"	NSYNC	N/A	Advanced
Top 24	Contestant's Choice & Idol Duets	"Rebel Yell"	Billy Idol	11	Advanced
		Duet "Higher Ground" with Chris Daughtry	Stevie Wonder	10
Top 14	Favorite Moment	No Performance	-	-	Advanced
Top 10	Contestant's Choice	"Hey There Delilah"	Plain White T's	5	Safe
Top 8	Contestant's Choice	"Radioactive"	Imagine Dragons	1	Safe
Top 6	American Idol All Time Song Book	"I Want It That Way" duet with MacKenzie Bourg	Backstreet Boys	3	Safe
		"Eleanor Rigby"	The Beatles	9	Safe
Top 5	America's Twitter Song Choice	"Numb"	Linkin Park	2	Bottom 2
		"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	6	Bottom 2
Top 4	Classic Rock	"God Only Knows"	Beach Boys	4	Safe
	Sia	"Bird Set Free"	Sia	8	Safe
Top 3	Hometown Dedication	"Calling You"	Blue October	1	Eliminated
	Scott Borchetta's Choice	"Dancing In The Dark"	Bruce Springsteen	4	Eliminated
	Judges' Choice	"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"	Tears for Fears	7	Eliminated
Top 2 (Eliminated at Third Place)	Winner's single	"Strike A Match"	Dalton Rapattoni	A	Eliminated

Post Idol

After his time on the show, Dalton did several interviews and released his first post-Idol single, "Strike A Match", which peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart.

Discography

Singles:

• "Stop" (2014)

• "Strike a Match" (2016)