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Chris Trousdale

No chair turn in the blind auditions, The Voice season 3 (2012)

Latest: . Died, at age 34.

Chris Trousdale auditioned for The Voice season 3 in 2012 and went on to play Joshua in the 2014 film Dance Off. He played Gavroche in the Broadway and third national tour companies of Les Misérables. He was a member of the boy band Dream Street, which was active from 1999 to 2002, and he released the soundtrack The Biggest Fan on Columbia Records in November 2002. On television, he played Justin Starr on Shake It Up in December 2010 and Rupert, a member of the boy band Boynado, on Austin & Ally in August 2015. He released the single "Dance for Love" in March 2018 and the solo single "Summer" in June 2019. He played a wedding singer opposite Chris Noth in the film A New York Christmas Wedding, which was released in 2020 after his death on June 2.

The story so far

Before the show

Broadway, Dream Street and The Voice

Chris Trousdale played Friedrich von Trapp in the 1998 Broadway revival of The Sound of Music. He was a member of the boy band Dream Street, which was active from 1999 to 2002, and released the album Dream Street in July 2001 on Edel America Records. He competed on The Voice season 3 in 2012, with no chair turn in the blind auditions.

Chris Trousdale played Gavroche in the Broadway company of Les Misérables.

2014 to 2015

Solo album plans and screen roles

Chris Trousdale played Joshua in the 2014 film Dance Off and announced on Twitter in June 2014 that he had joined the Spectra Music Group to work on a solo album. He played Rupert, a member of the boy band Boynado, in the Austin & Ally episode "Burdens & Boynado", which aired in August 2015.

2018 to 2020

Singles and A New York Christmas Wedding

Chris Trousdale released the single "Dance for Love" in March 2018, followed by the solo single "Summer" in June 2019. He died on June 2, 2020, at age 34. He played a wedding singer opposite Chris Noth in the film A New York Christmas Wedding, which was released in 2020 after his death.

Roles

  • GavrocheLes Misérables (Broadway)
  • 1998Friedrich von TrappThe Sound of Music (Broadway)
  • 2008Ed DinesThe Candlelight Murders (film)
  • 2010Justin StarrShake It Up (TV)
  • 2011CoryDays of Our Lives (TV)
  • 2014JoshuaDance Off (film)
  • 2015RupertAustin & Ally (TV)

Poster and logo images: English Wikipedia.

Round by round

The Voice season 3 · No chair turn in the blind auditions

Blind auditions ·

“Glad You Came”

No chair turned

Music

Discography (4 releases)

Releases of Chris Trousdale
TitleTypeYearLabelBillboard peak
Dream StreetDream StreetAlbum2001Edel America RecordsNo. 37Billboard 200
The Biggest FanDream StreetSoundtrack2002Columbia Records
Dance for LoveSingle2018
SummerSingle2019

Cover images: Apple Music.

More to listen to

Wikipedia views

57,846 in the year to September 2026.

Monthly Wikipedia views, July 2015 – September 2026. The most views were in June 2020: 172,782.
Sep 2026: Chris Trousdale 3,881 views

Personal info

Died
June 2, 2020
Labels
Spectra Music GroupSigning announced 2014Edel America Records from 2001Columbia Records from 2002FRFz from 2018
Associated acts
Dream Street member, 1999–2002

The Voice season 3 finalists

The Voice season 3: all finalists and their careers · Semifinalists · Earlier rounds

Photo credits (2 photos)
  • Myles Frost performing with a microphone: u s department of state from united states · Public domain · Photo source · cropped.
  • Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre: epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source.