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Dennis Lorenzo of The Voice season 27

The Voice returns Monday, Feb. 3 with the coaching quarter of Adam Levine, John Legend, Michael Buble and Kelsea Ballerini.

Here’s more about Dennis.

* He’s an artist from Philly currently releasing music as Renzo and seven years removed from a highly successful appearance on American Idol.

* Twenty-six at the time and competing on Idol’s first season on ABC, Dennis made it all the way to the Top 10 and turned in a dazzling duet of “Unaware” with Allen Stone during the Top 24 round.

* His dad was murdered on the streets of Philly when Dennis was just 3, something that “heavily inspired” his art, he said at the time.

* According to his Spotify bio, he picked up his first guitar at age 15, launching a musical journey that took him first to Atlanta, then to L.A. in pursuit of a career in music.

* He now calls him music a blend of rock, soul and modern hip-hop. And while older music he released as Dennis Lorenzo is no longer available, there’s lots of new music from Renzo that is.

* Renzo released six singles in 2024, then followed up with a five-track EP called “Renzo Vo. 1: Another Part of Me.” Check out “Star to Me Still,” one of the tracks from that EP, below.

* That landed in December. Wrote Lorezno on social media: This EP “isn’t about perfection or popularity. This is an artist finding their sound, and writing and producing all of it. Some of y’all have heard these songs before, some of you haven’t. But that’s the other important part about this project, it’s the first piece to a much bigger puzzle. Let me cook 🔥 This is really just the beginning of something major.”

* In another social media post, he says: “Five years ago, my sound was very different than what it is now. What helped me develop that was my overall experience in the industry.” He explains that he decided to stop being defined by one genre and “that I was just going to experiment with what I love” in music.

Check back each day between now and Feb. 3 for profiles of more Season 27 artists on The Voice

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