Jason Dean Bennison1 (born September 1, 19731), better known by his stage name J. D. Fortune is a Canadian rock singer, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS,1, was the lead singer of Australian rock band INXS from 2005-2009, and is known for his sultry good looks.2
Biography
Bennison was born in Mississauga, Ontario,1 and raised in Salt Springs, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.1 J.D. grew up listening to his grandfather sing and started performing at a very young age.1 He attended Cawthra Park Secondary School and West Pictou Consolidated School but dropped out before graduating.1 Bennison is his estranged father’s name, and Fortune is his mother’s maiden name.1 He has a sister, Sarah-Jane, and a pug named "Presley" (after Elvis Presley).1
After several years in and out of the music world, he finally began to strike gold as an original musician.1 Fortune drew bigger and bigger audiences, ultimately performing at the Friendship Festival and at Toronto's Skydome in front of tens of thousands of people. He also worked as an entertainer and pop songwriter for an Ontario TV show.
He was living in his car, under a bridge,1 when he applied for and was offered a job on CBS's TV show, Rock Star: INXS. On September 20 2005, after an eleven week audition televised on CBS Rock Star : INXS, Fortune was told "You are right for our band INXS" by Tim Farriss of INXS.3
INXS, complete with Fortune, released their album 'Switch' in November 2005. Three singles from the album were released over the next twelve months including the track 'Pretty Vegas' which was co-written by Fortune and INXS's Andrew Farris, amongst others.
On Friday April 7, 2006, J.D. appeared on Australian radio station Triple M with fellow band member, Tim Farriss. Speaking to Triple M's morning show team, The Cage, J.D. and Tim spoke of how much acceptance they were receiving as the new INXS, especially in the United States and Canada. J.D. said that he had always dreamed of singing INXS songs in front of thousands of people where they all sing the words right back at him, but he never thought he'd see the day. J.D. sang acoustic versions of their hit single "Pretty Vegas" and "Mystify", an earlier INXS hit.
2009 -- JD Fortune is currently working on multiple new projects and launched an official website at www.jdfortune448.com.
Personal life
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "J.D. Fortune :: Rock Star INXS :: ROCKBANDLOUNGE.COM" (bio), ROCKBANDLOUNGE.COM, April 2007, webpage: RockBL-JDF.
- ^ http://www.rickey.org/?p=669#tpe-action-posted-6a00d8341c6f2053ef0115703fd992970c
- ^ http://www.cbs/primetime/rock_star/ep11/s?=b
7. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496464,00.html
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