Name Jackson Owens Music group Far Young | Role Musician | |
Jackson owens
Jackson Owens (born 5 November 1997 in Turangi, New Zealand) is a musician and recording artist who is currently a lead singer for the boy band Far Young.
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Jackson Owens / Aotearoa's Most Talented
Early music career
Born into a musical family of Maori origins, Owens first gained fame in his native New Zealand as a contestant and live-audition performer on the TV program New Zealand’s Got Talent. He also performed Michael Jackson's Who's Loving You on the nationally televised Maori Affairs Programme.
In 2010, at age 12, he was selected to be NZ’s singing representative at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles where he won a gold medal and two silver medals and was named “Best Overall Boy Vocal: Junior Section 8-15 years old.”
After winning the 2009 Australian Idol title, Stan Walker chose Owens to open for him at the Winner’s Tour concert stop at Rotorua, New Zealand.
Singer for Far Young
In 2013, Timothy Coons, Vice-President of Omicron Media Group and former producer for the Backstreet Boys and other acts, saw Owens perform on YouTube and chose him to be a lead vocalist for a new boy band, Far Young.
The group, which also includes American Idol contestant Eben Franckewitz and Christian Wossilek as members, began performing live in March, 2014, making appearances at the 2014 Winter Park Art Festival in Winter Park, Florida, the 2014 Playlist LIVE Orlando event, and the 2014 New Revolution Music Tour in Cincinnati and New Orleans.
In April 2014, Far Young released its first single, a cover of John Legend’s All of Me, on iTunes.
In May 2014 Owens became the subject of a social media campaign, #WeWantJackson, wherein his fans were urged to promote his chances of obtaining resident status in the United States by showing their support.