Yesterday was the first anniversary of Stan Walker being named the winner of the seventh series of Australian Idol. During his Idol journey International superstar Michael Bublé heard him sing and said, “That voice is like God kissed his throat.”
After one performance during Idol he left Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte speechless. Joel said that listening to Walker sing made him want to sing R&B music and Benji said he’d watch him perform whether he won the competition or not.
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy told Stan that if he had no where to go after Idol to give him a call.
A year on and Stan Walker has continued to build a strong career with a number of hit singles and a growing fan base. He’s in Perth for Summerbeatz tonight at Burswood Dome. He joined me in the studio this morning at 98.5 Sonshine FM.
We spoke about everything from his trip to Haiti following the devastating earthquake that took thousands upon thousands of lives to his excitement about having his first holiday in over a year.
We also touched on his recent visit to London, Altiyan Childs winning X Factor, Speedos and Stan scoring the role of singing the theme song for Chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
You can hear our conversation by clicking the play button on the audio player below.
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I can not wait for this movie! There is also a great interview with Douglas Gresham about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I will have to check out Stan’s song on Itunes!
Thanks for dropping in, Alejandra.
Our family is very much looking forward to seeing the movie too. We loved the first two and this one looks just as exciting.