Daniel Anthony Noriega, better known by the stage name Adore Delano, is an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, and television personality. Noriega appeared as a contestant on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008 and later competed as Adore Delano in the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, reaching the final three. Noriega then went on to compete in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars - Season 2, placing ninth after voluntarily leaving the competition, feeling her heart was not in it. In June 2019, New York magazine published the results from their panel of judges and writers which ranked her in the top twenty Drag Race superstars. Delano has recorded and released three studio albums: Till Death Do Us Party (2014), After Party (2016), and Whatever (2017).
Also known as
Singer-Songwriter, Television Personality
