10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘American Idol’ Contestant Devin Velez

By Jill Pankow | 03/27/2013 - 13:28 | 0 Comments

We were out of our seats cheering when Puerto Rican Devin Velez’s name was announced as one of the five males to make it into the top 10 of American Idol’s 12th season. It was clear he would be a front-runner from the moment he hit his first note, but it wasn’t until he belted out an immaculate bilingual version of “Somos Novios” that we knew we’d seen Idol gold.

In a celebration of Velez’s solid success thus far, we thought it might be nice to fill you in on a few things you might not know about this talented high school senior.   

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He’s Batty for Starbucks

Anyone who follows Latino Idol contestant Devin Velez on Twitter should have noticed that the 18-year-old seems to harbor a bit of a Starbucks addiction. Not only does he work at the popular coffeehouse chain in Portage Park, his Twitter page background displays delicious looking Starbucks coffee beans, and if those alone don’t convince you, his constant tweets will, “That moment when you feel like youre going to die without coffee….lol #starbucks.” 

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