His audition: Daniel Passino, 21, of New Boston, Mich., auditioned with Charlie Puth’s “Marvin Gaye.” His solid vocal prompted an early chair turn from Christina Aguilera. Blake Shelton also turned at the last moment, praising Daniel for a falsetto note he hit near the end of the performance. Daniel decided to join Team Christina.
His background: When he was 8, Daniel said his mom bought a Christina Aguilera album. “I would practice singing ‘Beautiful,'” Daniel recalls. “And she was telling her friends one day, ‘He sounds just like Christina.’ I’m like, ‘Mom, I’m a boy; no I don’t.” All that said, Daniel said he was more into sports than music as a child. Then in middle school, his dad encouraged him to learn the trumpet. His older brother played the tuba and his younger brother also learned the trumpet. “We were kind of our own little brass section,” Daniel says. He was returning from band camp one day when he director heard him singing on the bus and encouraged him to continue. He wound up studying opera at the University of Michigan School of Music. “I wish they had a master’s degree in Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson. They are the epitome of music and performance. That’s what I want to be like one day.”
What the show didn’t show:
On iTunes: Just his performance from The Voice.
Keeping up with Daniel:
Twitter: @danielpassino
Facebook
“Sherry” (with the Friars)
“Latch” (with the Friars)
FROM THE VOICE
Blind audition — “Marvin Gaye”
Battle round — “Turning Trees” (with Kristen Marie)
Knockout round — “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
Live playoffs — “When I Was Your Man”
Top 12 — “Human Nature”
Top 11 — “Time After Time”
Top 11 (save song) — “Jealous”
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