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MARIO VAZQUEZ

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Mario AdriÃ¡n VÃ¡zquez (born June 15, 1977) is a Puerto Rican American singer from The Bronx, New York. He competed on American Idol's American Idol (Season 4)|fourth season which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX network in early 2005.

Biography
Vazquez is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. He was also involved in the City Kids Repertoire Company in New York City, which enabled him to travel the country and perform in front of the President and at major charitable functions and shelters.

After making it into the final round of twelve contestants on the hit reality show ''American Idol'', Vazquez suddenly dropped out of the competition for "family reasons" a few days before the finals started. When the press contacted his mother regarding his decision, she wasn't aware that he had made it to the finals. Vazquez was replaced by Nikko Smith who had previously been voted out.

Some{{who?|date=September 2007 believed that Vazquez quit the show in order to avoid the highly restrictive contracts that the final twelve must sign. Vazquez, however, appeared the next morning on "Good Day New York" on WNYW ''FOX5'', and quashed rumors of a feud with "American Idol" producers or any of his competitors. "''American Idol'' was only positive. They were only wonderful to me, from t... read all