Isaiah Firebrace Wins Australia’s “X-Factor”

Isaiah Firebrace showed everyone in Australia, that he has a phenomenal voice when he won the “X-Factor”. In fact, he won the series on his 17th birthday, which made the win even better according to the NSW teen.

This is a dream come true for the singer, and he really couldn’t believe it was all happening on his birthday. He is so thankful for the opportunity to be on the show and is grateful that he won.

Firebrace beat out Davey Woder for the win on the Channel Seven reality show. When he sang “It's Gotta Be You,” he cried. The teenager signed a label deal with Sony Music Australia and the song is will be released as part of the prize from winning the “X-Factor.”

Adam Lambert, Firebrace’s mentor and judge on the show, stated that he enjoyed the experience of watching him grow in the competition. Firebrace is so poised and grounded for this type of career. This is not the first time that Firebrace had applied for the “X-Factor,” but he kept coming back – and he’s so happy now that he’s won!

The masculine name Isaiah is taken from the Hebrew name Yesha’yahu that means “Yahweh is salvation”. The name Isaiah is given to one of the four major prophets from the Old Testament, who supposedly wrote the Book of Isaiah. Isaiah the prophet was from Jerusalem and likely lived during the 8th-century B.C., when Assyria “threatened the Kingdom of Judah.” The name was not used as a English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation.