Tony Lucca

He has toured with several acts, including Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, *NSYNC, Marc Anthony, Sara Bareilles,[1] Matt Duke, Tyrone Wells, and the late Chris Whitley.

He finished in third place on the second season (2012) of the American reality television singing competition talent show, The Voice, broadcast on NBC.

[2] Lucca grew up around a large and musical extended family,[3] as his mother Sally was tenth of twelve children of the Detroit jazz piano player James "Jimmy" Stevenson.

Lucca moved to Orlando, Florida, with his mother and lived in an apartment complex with other castmates and traveled back to Michigan between seasons.

[2] Other famous cast members on the show included Britney Spears, JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, and Keri Russell.

Russell and Lucca were cast and played leads together on the Aaron Spelling-produced Malibu Shores,[10][11] a television teen drama series, which lasted for one season.

In 2001 and 2002, he served as opening act for boy band NSYNC, whose members were fellow Mickey Mouse Club co-stars Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez.

[7][17] Lucca briefly returned to acting in 2010, starring in a 901 Silver Tequila commercial, which was directed by the brand's founder Justin Timberlake.

Solo, an acoustic CD composed of b-sides and previously unreleased recordings was released in November 2010, and given away for free in conjunction with Amazon.com's MP3 web store.

On May 8, 2012, Lucca made his last performance on the show duetting with fellow contestant Jordis Unga formerly of Team Blake on the Fleetwood Mac song, "Go Your Own Way".

Lucca would later share that the 2015 album took a personal toll on him, like "going through a really bad breakup,"[21] and told Billboard that after the record he "was in no hurry to get back in the studio" but instead elected to co-write as many songs as he could with Nashville collaborators.

The album received critical acclaim, with PopMatters calling it an "expanding of his musical boundaries" and likening Lucca to contemporaries Amos Lee, Jason Isbell, and Ben Schneider.

"[26][27][28][29] Many of Lucca's songs have been featured in various TV shows, including Friday Night Lights, Brothers & Sisters, Shark and Felicity and in the movie Open Range.