Australia’s Jack Vidgen is In It To Win It!

Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen

In January of this year I introduced Jack Vidgen on this site for the first time.  He not only had captured my attention with his great vocals but he captivated me with his performance prowess and sincere interpretation of the songs he sang.

Much has happened for Jack since his first article appeared here.  After auditioning for Australia’s Got Talent, he was awarded an opportunity to perform on the show. Not only did Jack perform but he literally blew everyone away with his powerful performance of Whitney Houston’s song “I have Nothing”.

It seemed a bit ironic, that this boy who had everything to offer vocally, was singing these lyrics. When in fact the lyrics should have rung out; “I Who Have Something”! Something to prove to the world!  Jack did so well with this audition performance that he even merited a kiss from one of the judges.   However,  not quite from the one he may have expected it from.

“I like the look on people’s faces when I sing. It’s just the best feeling to stand up there in front of an audience.” Jack Vidgen

By now, I imagine you have seen this audition performance, but for those of you who may have been sleeping under a rock the last couple of weeks, here it is once more in its entirety.  This video has actually had more than 526,000 views to date, but when you add up all the views of his different videos for this performance he now has surpassed 1.5 Million views. Maybe this article will push it to 1.6 Million. Enjoy it again!

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Watch Jack's Audition Performance

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Marco Konegger Austria’s Ardent Vocalist

Marco Konegger
Marco Konegger

 

What makes for a winning personality? What causes some young boys to overcome challenges and rise from obscurity to a place of notoriety or fame? What gives a youth the determination to go on and pursue hopes and dreams that seem to be just out of reach. You may think it would be a great host of family encouragement or being born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Or maybe enjoy the very best that a childhood could offer. But this is not the case with today’s featured young artist.

Fourteen year old Marco Konegger from Spittal an der Drau, Austria was a young boy living at home alone with his Mother. While this scenario has become all too common in the world, it does not make it any easier for those who have had this as part of their childhood experience.

But all this changed one day after meeting a man who not only was a kind individual and teacher, but also a songwriter of children’s songs. At the young age of nine Marco auditioned for Ronald Baj, singing two songs “Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer” and “Ich bau dir ein Schloss”. Continue reading “Marco Konegger Austria’s Ardent Vocalist”