1. Christopher Rene is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
21 Facts About Chris Rene
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Chris Rene was in a band called Diversion and had a solo career, releasing the album Soul'd Out.
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Chris Rene was the last contestant eliminated in the competition, behind winner Melanie Amaro and runner-up Josh Krajcik.
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Chris Rene is most popular in New Zealand, with his single "Young Homie" reaching number one in the New Zealand charts.
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Christopher Rene was born to Joan Rene and Rafael Leon "Googie" Rene.
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Chris Rene's father was a songwriter and jazz pianist in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Chris Rene has two brothers, Mike and Gabriel, and a sister, Gina.
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Chris Rene continued to work as a solo artist and in 2009 released the album Soul'd Out on an independent label.
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On September 21,2011, Chris Rene auditioned by singing one of his original songs, entitled "Young Homie", getting a standing ovation from the audience and four "yeses" from the judges.
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Reid has confirmed that Chris Rene has started recording music for a post-The X Factor album.
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On January 17,2012, it was confirmed that Chris Rene had signed with a joint venture between Syco and Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
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Chris Rene re-recorded his original song "Young Homie", which was made available on iTunes on March 13,2012.
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Chris Rene shot the music video for the song on February 16,2012 in his hometown of Santa Cruz, California, and it was released on YouTube and Vevo on March 20,2012.
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On May 22,2012 Chris Rene performed "Young Homie" at the first Q102 Springle Ball 2012 concert.
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Chris Rene has made several appearances on television singing his own music.
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Additionally, after a hiatus from social media, Chris Rene returned to the platforms in late 2018.
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Chris Rene released an independent EP, "2020", on April 21,2020.
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Chris Rene is a drug addict and alcoholic, who revealed he had just been out of rehab at Janus Rehabilitation Center of Santa Cruz, and had been clean for just ten weeks before taking part in The X Factor auditions.
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Chris Rene began writing songs and playing guitar at age 12, teaching himself the pentatonic scale and beyond.
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Elijah has since been adopted by a family in Santa Cruz and Chris Rene has been included in that adopted family and visits regularly.
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Chris Rene is famous for writing "Rockin' Robin", a hit for Bobby Day and for Michael Jackson.