Jeff Trachta

{{short description|American actor and singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Jeff Trachta (born October 6, 1960, in Staten Island, New York{{cite web |author=The Broadway League |title=Jeff Trachta – Broadway Cast & Staff |website=IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jeff-trachta-82897 |access-date=2024-03-03}}) is an American actor and singer, best known for portraying Thorne Forrester on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful{{Cite news|url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2017/06/01/bold-and-beautiful-star-jeff-trachta-is-singing-trump|title=Watch B&B's Jeff Trachta as 'The Singing Trump' (VIDEO)|work=Daytime Confidential|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en-us}} from 1989 to 1996. He was the second of four actors to play this role; he was preceded by Clayton Norcross and succeeded by Winsor Harmon. In June 2008, Trachta was seen performing on the Holland America ship, M.S. Amsterdam heading to Alaska. He appeared in the twelfth season of America's Got Talent as "The Singing Trump", impersonating President Donald Trump. He advanced past auditions receiving three "yes" votes from the judges.{{Cite news|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/07/19/americas-got-talent-singing-trump-palm-springs/490973001/|title=The Singing Trump from Palm Springs wowed on 'America's Got Talent' with his song and dance skills|work=Desert Sun|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/07/19/americas-got-talent-singing-trump-palm-springs/490973001/|title=The Singing Trump from Palm Springs wowed on 'America's Got Talent' with his song and dance skills|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en}} However, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.{{Cite news|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/08/16/trump-impersonator-palm-springs-eliminated-americas-got-talent/575108001/|title=Trump impersonator from Palm Springs eliminated from 'America's Got Talent'|work=Desert Sun|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en}}