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Things are set to change quickly for Stan Walker after he beat fellow finalist Hayley Warner for the Australian Idol title last night.
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Things are set to change quickly for Stan Walker after he beat fellow finalist Hayley Warner for the Australian Idol title last night. With his victory, Stan 'The Man' wins a Sony recording contract and an artiste development fund of $200,000. As if his future wasn't bright enough already, his first single, 'Black Box' will be released within the next few weeks. This, despite the finale being a television event that failed to reach the same ratings levels as last year's finale.
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The shop assistant-turned-pop star saw his family coming all the way from New Zealand, where he was raised, to support him. When Stan was announced the winner, the ecstatic relatives burst into a spontaneous haka to celebrate his victory.
The soulful crooner from the Gold Coast can look forward being courted by the top dogs of the US music industry. His consistent performance, some of the most memorable of which included renditions of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters', Prince's 'Purple Rain' and James Brown's 'It's A Man's, Man's Man's World' (sic), has attracted the attention of Joel and Benji Madden (Good Charlotte) and Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), who want to sign him to their labels.
With Michael Buble also intent on introducing him to his producers, the circumstances could hardly be more different for the 19-year old who experienced a troubled childhood in New Zealand.
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