Dalton Rapattoni says his past experience in the boy band IM5 definitely helped him during his third-place run on American Idol‘s farewell season — but not for the reasons you might expect.

Dalton Rapattoni may have lost, but he made it. He’s really made it. Sunnyvale's overnight success story made the top 3 of American Idol’s farewell season and even though he didn't win ...

Dalton Rapattoni doesn't seem to be slowing down after the breakneck pace of the final season of American Idol. The third-place finisher is exhausted, yes. But the musician from Sunnyvale is still ...

Jennifer Lopez thinks Dalton Rapattoni is "soo cute." There's a lot more to Dalton Rapattoni than "cute," they quickly learned during his American Idol audition. For starters, the Sunnyvale ...

As Dalton Rapattoni followed his police escort to a stage at Town Center Park on Saturday afternoon, he looked a little freaked out. With thousands of people filling the streets of his hometown to ...

The stakes were high last week on American Idol, but our Dallas contestant, Dalton Rapattoni, squeaked through for the fifth spot in the final season’s top 6. At the start of the show ...

And speaking of the final winner, we got one step closer to that Thursday night, when one member of the Top 4 – MacKenzie Bourg – was sent home, leaving just Dalton Rapattoni, Trent Harmon and ...

Dalton Rapattoni sang his way to the top three on American Idol Thursday night. The Sunnyvale-native teaches at a local 'School of Rock' where students and fans held a watch party. Dalton attended ...

American Idol contestant Dalton Rapattoni has a new superfan! The 19-year-old performer killed it on Wednesday with a soulful, powerful reimagining of the Billy Idol classic "Rebel Yell," and ...

Dalton dedicated Blue October’s “Calling You” to his hometown and impressed the judges with his energy. The judges were less confident about what he would do with Bruce Springsteen’s “Da ...

We know you were on the edge of your seat watching last night’s episode of American Idol, but we are here to remind you that Dallas’ own Dalton Rapattoni has made it into the top 10 of the ...