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Jack Vidgen wins Australia’s Got Talent

14 year old singer Jack Vidgen has won Australia's Got Talent for 2011 and takes home the $250,000 cash prize.

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14 year old singer Jack Vidgen has won Australia’s Got Talent for 2011 and takes home the $250,000 cash prize.

He beat illusionist / magician Cosentino who came second.

Singer / dancer Timomatic was third.

“It’s incredible. I never thought I’d do anything like this. Thankyou so much, Australia,” he said.

The young singer is tipped for a recording contract with Sony Australia and a single release of his song “Yes I Am,” co-written with vocal coach Erana Clarke and her husband. Since performing his audition song “I Have Nothing (If I Don’t Have You)” Vidgen’s performances have wowed audiences and pulled in excess of 2 million views on YouTube.

The win capped off a stunning season for the Seven series with bumper ratings and an impressive array of talent including dancers, mimics, barbershop, comedians, opera singers and more.  The show opened with a show-stopping number drawing upon past contestants and finalists.

The final also included appearances from 2010 winners Justice Crew and singer Jessica Mauboy. Seven also cleverly included promotions for The X Factor (with upcoming guest appearances from Beyonce, Mel C and Jason Derülo), Wild Boys and Packed to the Rafters.

The FremantleMedia Australia series has also defied the trend of many variety contests that diminish with subsequent years and eclipsed its own records, last week nudging 2.2m viewers.

Host Grant Denyer announced the search was now on for acts for a new season in 2012.

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  1. Well done to Jack, just enjoy the win. I hope he has a strong family around him to keep him grounded and not believe all the hype. Whether he has a career after this does not matter, he is only 14 and has got 250k in the bank. Not a bad place to be at this stage of your life……

  2. Jack can actually Sing–and a major credit of that should go to his singing teacher.He is way beyond needing the fickle young girls to advance his career-it is mature ears who recognise the quality and ability of his voice that will be his audience.The only thing he[his new manager?] has done wrong so far-is to get new teeth-they are Soooo bad–thank goodness they[the teeth] didn’t alter his voice.

  3. next Tuesday is four weddings and hopefully all the scheduling finally goes back to Normal.I found it rather frustrating having to wait till 9:15-9:20pm for Winners and Losers It might have been alright last years when Greys Anatomy came on after Australia’s Got Talent but that is no way to treat the W&L fans.

  4. @Jerome I think they were just saying that the Wild Boys promo was rated PG….but it definatly looked really good.

    Thought Jack would win but didnt want him to….should of been Ben Price, Old Fella or Timomatic in my books

  7. Has this kids voice broken yet, or will it? I can’t really see anyone other than tween girls enjoying him, and we know how fickle they can be. He will want to stop singing show tunes and diva songs too if he wants any sort of career with the young kids.

    Best of luck to him though, I hope he spends the money wisely.

  9. jack is good ,but do not forgetthat he only won because of votes. More votes does not always mean you are better .Every one tonight was good ,This show should be called “”Australia got talent with the most votes.”” or Australia top talent with a vote.””

  10. Great show, Congratulations Jack. The opening production number was fantastic, and the use of crowd favourites that didn’t make it to the grand final was a good call. Jack has got an amazing talent and really deserved the win

  11. Congrats to the kid…I just hope he changes his hair cut. Reminds me of some other tween pop sensation that gets on peoples nerves.

    I loved the magician He was awesome to watch. I wouldn’t mind going to see his show. The dancers were also fantastic to watch.

  13. i think seven screwed up by announcing the commission of xfactor 2011 after the auditions of agt 2011, i thought there were some good singers on the agt this year and maybe they would of nominated for x factor instead if they knew it was definitely coming back before the agt auditions started., maybe jack would of done xfactor instead.

  14. The Right Act Won.I do totally agree though that this is a channel that thinks Home and Away is suitable for Primary/Early Secondary School Kids and Family Guy belongs on a late night Hour and a network that ditched Morning Cartoons for Sunrise almost fifteen years ago.

  15. Jack is phenomenal! Of course, there are those cynical souls who will insist that it was rigged, but no one can deny that the guy is ridiculously talented. The only real surprise for me was Instant Bun’s ninth place. They toured schools to drum up support (free shows at lunch time) and had a much bigger potential “personal” voting pool of friends/relatives etc. (and they were also brilliant), but obviously, not enough people picked up the phone to vote for them (oh…wait…that’s right…the whole thing was rigged, so the producer’s obviously didn’t want them to come anywhere near the top spot :p). Australia definitely got it right! Well done, Jack!

  20. I was sure he would come 2nd no matter who won, and follow in Susan Boyle, Anthony Callea, and Adam Lambert’s footsteps as part of the runner-up club.

    Wild Boys looks excellent, X factor promo was underwhelming for such a great promotional opportunity. did anyone notice Wild Boys is rated PG, that is surprising.

  22. Yes, those promos were cleverly placed. X Factor has probably been given the best advertisement it can get. Hopefully it does better than last year. Wild Boys promo came out of the blue, wasn’t expecting it to debut right after the show. It just blew me away. I am almost certain that Wild Boys will do well. Finally Packed to the Rafters promo was just great and people will probably be coming back to that show in droves. It’s only been a five month break but it feels like ages since Rafters was on.

  24. Congratulations Jack.

    I would have liked Consentino to win, but good on him. There’s no denying Jack has talent.

    Wild Boys also doesn’t look too bad but will Australian audiences embrace Melissa Rafter hooking up with Daniel MacPherson?

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