Jaymie De Boucherville arrived at The X Factor Australia with a special reason to celebrate. He had turned 21 just one day earlier. He came from Clyde, in Victoria, and his whole family was there to cheer him on.
Music had been part of his life since he was about nine. It was his stepdad who taught him his first guitar chords, and from that moment he never really put the guitar down.
His working days look very different from his dreams. In a factory, he packs steel into boxes, stacks them on pallets and moves them around with a forklift. He told the judges the days are long and hard, but the job pays the bills, and music is what helps him unwind when he gets home 🎶.
Jaymie explained that he does not make music because he wants to, but because he has to. For him, it is everything, and he wants to do it for the rest of his life.
He chose Wonderwall by Oasis and turned the famous song into something soft and personal. One judge said they loved the song, but loved his version even more. Another reminded him of his own words and told him it was time to follow his passion. The yeses came one after another, Jaymie went through to bootcamp, and his family celebrated with him ❤️.
