Danny Saucedo - After Idol- Present

After Idol- Present

In 2006, after end of the Idol season, he released his first single, a cover of "Öppna din dörr", a song by Tommy Nilsson. The debut single charted at #24 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Danny formed with previous Idol contestants Erik Segerstedt & Mattias Andréasson the Swedish pop trio E.M.D., at the same time putting his solo output as well.

Saucedo was a contestant on the television show Let's Dance 2008 (Swedish version of Dancing With The Stars). In September 2008, Saucedo along with professional dancer Jeanette Carlsson took part in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. The couple place 12th in the final on September 6 in Glasgow.

In October 2008 Danny revealed that he would be back with a new album in early 2009 and that the first single from the new album would be "Radio", which has been released top radio for airplay, the track is written by Michel Striton who composed the song "If Only You" from the album Heart Beats. Danny's new album "Set Your Body Free" was released on Christmas Eve 2008 in Sweden.

He appeared in the music video for "Victorious", by Velvet and Linda Bengtzing.

Saucedo participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 as a solo artist, singing the song "In the Club". He qualified for the final that was held on 12 March 2011 and came second in votes to the winning song "Popular" by Eric Saade. Danny garnered 149 points to Saade's 193 points. He later presented the Swedish votes at finals of Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

In 2012, he made a return to the Melodifestivalen 2012 for another chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Amazing". He performed on the semi-final 4, on 25 February and later on advanced into the finals. However in the finals, he came in second place once again to the winning song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Saucedo had garnered 198 points to Loreen's 268 points.

As a songwriter, he has composed songs for Alcazar and Pulse.