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Landen Starkman of Calabasas, Calif., auditioned for American Idol Season 18

Among the artists who have announced they announced is Landen Starkman.

Here’s more about Landen.

* He’s a 21-year-old graduate of Calabasas High School in Calabasas, Calif.

* While performing locally, he’s attending the Berklee School of Music Online for a degree in music business, according to his Panic Productions bio.

* He’s been performing since a young age. He started dancing at his grandmother’s dance studio when he was 3 and started singing at the same age; his dad was a singer.

* In 2009, he appeared with The Rage Boyz Crew as featured guests on Season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance.

* You’ll also find him on IMDb thanks to appearances in a pair of short films — “Spit” in 2011 and “Sessions” in 2014.

* He’s spent a lot of time on stage in musical theater performances, including “Next to Normal” in 2018 and “Shrek The Musical” last year.

* Landen released his first original music last February in the form of a five-song EP called “Freshman Year.” Check out his impassioned vocal on a track called “Please, Don’t Walk Away” below.

* “These songs that have been in my head and my heart for a while, but the feeling of finally having these words reach other people’s ears was so incredible,” he wrote on Facebook after performing the songs at a release party. “My blood, sweat, a few tears went into this EP.”

* Along the way, Landen has gained a bit of a following, to the tune of more than 6,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and more than 22,000 for his Instagram page.

Keep checking back. Lots more Season 18 profiles will follow.

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