Instruments Vocals and guitar Labels Sony Music Australia Siblings Banj Pilon, Gabbi Pilon Genres Blues, Acoustic music | Years active 2014–present Record label Sony Music Australia Albums Banjo | |
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Born 6 April 2001 (age 15)
Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia ( 2001-04-06 ) Similar Ky Baldwin, Jack Vidgen, Sophie Monk Profiles | ||
Fletcher Pilon (born 6 April 2001) is an Australian acoustic singer and songwriter, known for winning the eighth season of Australia's Got Talent in March 2016. Fletch has previously appeared on shows such as The Voice Kids, Nickelodeon's SlimeFest and BalconyTVSydney. Before appearing on various TV series, Pilon played at markets and restaurants. Pilon also writes his own songs. He auditioned for Australia's Got Talent, shown during Auditions 4 on 14 February 2016, and won the season on 14 March 2016.
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2014–2015
In 2014, Fletcher appeared on the Australian version of The Voice Kids in the fifth blind auditions. He played the song "Flying with the King" by Lee Kernaghan and had all three judges turn but chose The Madden Brothers as his coach. In the battle round, he sang "Let Her Go" by Passenger with two other contestants, but did not win the round and was eliminated.
Pilon released his first EP on 10 December 2015 on iTunes. The EP also includes "Infinite Child".
2015–
In August 2015, 10 year old Banjo Pilon, Fletcher's brother, was hit by a car while skating and died. After his death, Fletcher wrote the song "Infinite Child" in honour of his brother and decided to audition for Australia's Got Talent with the song. He received an emotional appraisal by all judges and made it through to the Grand Finale. He reprised the song during the Grand Finale and was acclaimed by the judges, audience and guest judge Jack Black. A voting line opened for five minutes to the public to vote for the winner and Fletcher received the most votes, leading him to win the Grand Finale and receive a prize of $250,000. On 25th February 2017, Pilon released a single named 'Water' on Sony Music Australia.
Songs
Infinite ChildBanjo · 2015
Everything's Gonna Be FineBanjo · 2015
PeaceBanjo · 2015