AMERICAN IDOL's Chris Daughtry to Appear in, Write Music for FOX Pilot STUDIO CITY

According to Deadline, singer/songwriter Chris Daughtry, who rose to fame on FOX's AMERICAN IDOL, will play a recurring role and write original music for the network's STUDIO CITY pilot.

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Written by Krista Vernoff and helmed by Sanaa Hamri, STUDIO CITY is "inspired by Veroff's real-life experience growing up as the daughter of a drug dealer to the stars." It "tells the story of a young singer's (Florence Pugh) path to stardom as she comes of age living with her songwriter father Rob (Eric McCormack) -- who turns out to be a drug dealer to the stars."

Daughtry will play 'Keith Rhodes', described as "a drug-addicted rock star."

Daughtry, who placed fourth on AMERICAN IDOL's fifth season, has also appeared on TV in CSI: NY. His rock band's self-titled album hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 2006.

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