10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘American Idol’ Contestant Lazaro Arbos!

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He’s Been Singing Seriously for Less Than Five Years

While other Idol hopefuls have been “singing their whole lives,” the 21-year-old singing sensation admitted to his hometown newspaper, the Naples Daily News, that he didn’t begin taking his music seriously until he was 17. After graduating from Gulf Coast High School, Arbos even started taking lessons from a local vocal coach. “I kinda wish I would have started earlier ’cause then I would be that much better,” he said.