Oliver Steele
Season 21 · Eliminated (6th–8th)
Where are they now
Oliver Steele, a singer and songwriter from Mount Juliet, Tennessee, reached the top 8 of American Idol season 21 and the top 20 with his original Too Soon. He released As It Was and Too Soon in 2023, a Better Together cover later that year, and in August 2024 the songs In the Sky and Love Begins With You. On September 3, 2024, he was scheduled to play the Ritz-Carlton Maui on September 4 and 5 and was working toward an album.
Career
- 2023
American Idol, season 21
Eliminated (6th–8th)
- 2023
On season 21 he reached the top 8.
- 2023
As It Was came out on March 1, 2023, with the copyright Southern Pacific.
- 2023
Too Soon came out on March 28, 2023. He recorded it at Pitch Studios in Nashville, and it carried him into the American Idol top 20.
- 2023
Better Together, a cover benefiting the Maui Strong Fund, came out on November 17, 2023, with the copyright Southern Pacific Music.
- 2024
In the Sky came out on August 9, 2024. He recorded it as a benefit for the people of Lahaina and the Aloha Strong Music Collective.
- 2024
Love Begins With You came out on August 23, 2024. On September 3, 2024, The Maui News described it as just released.
- 2024
As of September 3, 2024, he was working toward an album.
- 2024
On September 3, 2024, The Maui News announced that he was scheduled to perform with Dan Bankhurst on September 4 and September 5, 2024, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Alaloa Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Admission was listed as free.
More milestones
- Date not documented
He described Nashville as home.
Sources
- Oliver Steele Stuns American Idol Judges with Moving Original Too Soon — American Songwriter, April 24, 2023.
- American Idol contestant Oliver Steele making Maui debut Sept. 4, at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua — The Maui News, September 3, 2024.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- American Idol season 21 — Wikipedia, July 21, 2026.
- iTunes Search API album results for Oliver Steele — Apple.
