Although the world first met Danny Noriega on the seventh season of American Idol, their drag alter-ego, Adore Delano, would launch the singer to newfound success after appearing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2014. Following Idol, Noriega became a YouTube personality, performing skits as themselves, in drag as Adore Delano, or as their other character, Angel Baby. In June 2009, Noriega released the music video for "24/7," featuring Diamonique. Delano made her debut in 2011, where she began performing regularly after winning a drag competition in North Hollywood.

After appearing on RuPaul's reality competition, where she made it all the way to the final three before being crowned joint runner-up with Courtney Act and Delano followed this with appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons. Delano returned to the Rupaul's Drag race stage in 2016 for All-Stars 2 but left the show due to personal reasons. Delano has continued making music and touring since her departure from the hit television show. Delano has released 3 studio albums; Till Death Do Us Party, After Party, and Whatever. Delano has appeared in two films; TupiniQueens, a documentary about Brazil's drag scene, and Dragged.

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