Jesse Sludds

And then my followers on TikTok and Facebook and Instagram started tagging me in the post that you guys put up.

And I was like, all right, I'll give it a shot then.

So I posted it up to let people know that I applied and I didn't think anything would come of it really.

And then I got the email saying, oh, yeah, you might be getting put through the final.

We're going to do an interview with you.

I was like, oh, my God.

Then I got the email saying that I was in the final.

I was over the moon.

I was like, wow.

Brilliant.

I take great influence from Gavin James and Ed Sheeran and a few newer country artists.

It's starting to develop a more poppy sound, is what I'm starting to see.

Yeah, I kind of have a folky, poppy, indie sound.

That's what I've been told, so that's what I'm going with.

Any Zac Bryan song.

He has been.

One of his songs was a great part of my life to the point where I got a tattooed on me.

Something in the orange.

So as I was talking about my country roots, it started with my nanny and granddad.

They had a country band back in the day.