BLAKE O’Connor is the winner of Toyota Star Maker 2019.
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He’s also a genuinely good bloke.
This morning O’Connor woke up to a slew of interviews and a live performance at Tamworth Country Music Festival – he can expect much of the same as he kicks off his tour.
“It’s been all guns blazing,” he said.
O’Connor performed an original song, Worth a Little More, and a cover at the competition on Sunday night, about meeting someone who makes you feel better about yourself.
“When I first started writing I had no life experience and I was writing into other people’s shoes,” he said.
“I was writing all these loves songs and I’d never had a girlfriend, people were like, where is this 14-year-old getting this stuff from?”
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Sage advice from a friend taught him to sing about real moments, because if it relates to him it will relate to the crowd.
As Star Maker, O’Connor will tour Australia and perform at 40 Years of Star Maker Concert on Wednesday 23.
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