Former Tricycle Driver on ‘American Idol’

HE DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE HOLLYWOOD round of “American Idol,” but the 45-year-old Filipino-American Renaldo Lapuz has achieved the seemingly improbable: 15 minutes of global fame for a former tricycle driver in Sikatuna Village, who worked as a janitor in Wal-Mart Reno when he migrated to America.

Make that 15 minutes and counting.

The world-famous reality talent search devoted 11 minutes to Lapuz in its two-part season premiere last week.

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