Taylor Henderson

Taylor James Henderson (born 23 March 1993) is an Australian singer and songwriter.

He was born on 23 March 1993 with Marcus Gunn Jaw-winking Syndrome.

Henderson has an older sister named Bridey and a younger sister named Gemma.

Their parents Sonja and Cameron Henderson are divorced.

Henderson was a member of the Geelong Revival Centre, but has since parted ways with the church.

Originating from Ceres, Victoria, Henderson rose to fame after placing third on the fourth series of Australia's Got Talent in 2010.

Three years later, he became the runner-up on the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.

In 2010, Henderson and his father Cam auditioned for the fourth series of Australia's Got Talent as a guitar and singing duo called Father & Son.

After they sang Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" during the audition, judge Brian McFadden suggested that the pair should be solo artists.

Henderson then sang an original song, "My Baby Sister", which earned him three yeses from the judges.

He and Cameron were put through to the semi-finals as soloists competing against each other.

Henderson appeared in the fourth semi-final on 1 June 2010 and sang an original song, "What Goes Around Comes Around".

Henderson made it to the grand final, where he sang "Man on the Side" by John Mayer.

He finished in third place, while Cameron was runner-up to dance troupe Justice Crew.

Henderson was a student at Kardinia International College in Bell Post Hill, Victoria and graduated in 2011.

He worked as a labourer with his father.

In November 2013, Henderson released his self-titled debut album, which debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

Additionally, the album included his number-one debut single "Borrow My Heart".

The following year, Henderson released his second studio album Burnt Letters, which became his second number-one album and yielded the top-five hit "When You Were Mine".

Taylor James Henderson is from Ceres, Victoria.

Henderson auditioned for the fifth season of The X Factor Australia in 2013.

He sang "Some Nights" by Fun and progressed to the super bootcamp round of the competition.

On the first day of bootcamp, Henderson was placed in the Boys category and sang "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers in front of his entire category and judges Redfoo, Ronan Keating and Dannii Minogue.

On the second day of super bootcamp, he was put into an ensemble of 10 and they sang "Last Request" by Paolo Nutini in front of the judges.

Henderson made it to the third day of bootcamp, where he sang "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson to the judges and a live audience of one thousand.

He then progressed to the home visits round in Los Angeles and sang "Isn't She Lovely?" by Stevie Wonder in front of his mentor Keating and guest mentor Kelly Osbourne.

Keating later selected Henderson, along with Omar Dean and Jai Waetford, for the live finals—a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated by public vote.

For the Judges' Choice-themed first live show, Henderson sang "I Won't Let You Go" by James Morrison and received a mixed feedback from Keating, who noted that it was not his best performance of the song.

Henderson's performance of "I Won't Let You Go" debuted at number 84 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

For the Legends-themed second live show, he sang "Run to You" by Bryan Adams and played the electric guitar for the first time.

Minogue thought the guitar playing was a bit absent at times and that Henderson's song choice did not work for him.

For the Top 10 Hits-themed third live show, he sang "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons and received a positive feedback from the judges.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte called Henderson's performance "insane" and thought the song choice was perfect for him.

His performance of "I Will Wait" debuted at number 64 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Henderson received a standing ovation from the judges for his performance of Passenger's "Let Her Go" in the Latest and Greatest-themed fourth live show, and it debuted at number 85 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

For the Rock-themed fifth live show, Henderson sang "Choirgirl" by Cold Chisel and received another standing ovation.

Redfoo said it was his best vocal performance on the live shows.

Henderson's performance of "Choirgirl" debuted at number 51 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

For the Family Heroes-themed sixth live show, he sang Daryl Braithwaite's "The Horses", and his performance debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 27.

Henderson received another standing ovation from the judges during the Judges' Challenge-themed seventh live show, for his performance of Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which was chosen by Minogue.