60-485: Reece John Phillip Mastin (born 24 November 1994) is an English-born Australian singer and songwriter who won the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011. Mastin subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia . His debut single " Good Night " reached number one in Australia and New Zealand, and became Sony Music Australia's fastest-selling digital single. Mastin's self-titled debut album debuted at number two on
120-483: A "romantic song", which sees Mastin "heading back to more traditional pop ." In an interview with the Herald Sun , Mastin revealed that the song is about his girlfriend Rhiannon Fish . The album's fifth song "Dirty Paradise" is a pop punk song, which "features fast lyrics such as 'You gave it up last week / now I've been losing sleep / thinking about what we used to do'". "Alive" is an "uplifting" rock song, which uses
180-542: A Potbelleez track – but it's cool, what we came out with is awesome". The album's first single " Shut Up & Kiss Me " was written by Mastin, Hayley Warner , and Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci of the production duo DNA Songs . The latter two also wrote the second single " Shout It Out " with Mastin. He also collaborated with other songwriters and producers, including Lindsay Rimes, Khalil Walton , Michael Gerrard, and Jenna & Wac of Tonight Alive . In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald , Mastin described
240-723: A fun ride. I'm really easy to get on with and I'm a hard worker. I'm firm but nice." Guy Sebastian and Ronan Keating were the only judges from the season 2 who returned. In 2011, the minimum age for contestants to audition was changed to 14 years old, having previously been 16 years old. Auditions in front of the show's producers began in March 2011 in five cities: Perth (Parmelia Hilton, 27 March), Adelaide ( AAMI Stadium , 29 March), Brisbane ( Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre , 2–3 April), Sydney ( Australian Technology Park , 8–10 April) and Melbourne ( Moonee Valley Racecourse , 15–17 April). The successful auditionees chosen by
300-416: A pin by Callaway. Contestant Emmanuel Kelly appeared on the first episode of the season's audition show on 29 August 2011, and performed a rendition of John Lennon 's " Imagine ". His performance earned a standing ovation from the judges and the audience. Keating was full of praise for Kelly, who then moved into the next round of competition. Keating told Kelly: "I don't think I've ever been moved as I
360-447: A slap." Mel B appeared on the same radio show the following day and said, "They're all scared of me and I love it, there's got to be one bitch on the show so I might as well take that bloody crown." More controversy occurred after Sebastian took aim at contestant Mitchell Callaway's attitude to the competition following his performance of " Run to Paradise " on the third live performance show. Sebastian told Callaway: "You've got to have
420-515: Is a pop rock song, which features "American sounding guitar riffs ". A writer for Take 40 Australia likened the song's sound to Wheatus and Jimmy Eat World . Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun noted that the song "channels" Wheatus' " Teenage Dirtbag " (2000) Avril Lavigne 's " Sk8er Boi " (2002). The album's title track "Beautiful Nightmare" is a dubstep and horror rock song "slightly reminiscent of Muse ". "Stars" has been described as
480-460: Is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series , to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011 and ended on 22 November 2011. The winner was Reece Mastin and his debut single " Good Night " was released after
540-518: Is the follow-up to Mastin's self-titled debut album , and his first album to be made up of solely original material. In composing the album, Mastin collaborated with several songwriters and producers, including DNA Songs , Benji Madden , Lindsay Rimes, Damon Sharpe , Louis Biancaniello , Brian Howes and Rune Westberg , among others. Beautiful Nightmare debuted at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and number two on
600-460: The ABC2 show Tattoo Tales. The then 20-year-old singer appeared on the series, which is filmed at Bondi Ink, located at Bondi Beach Australia , as he got a design of his grandfather wearing Indian war makeup and a wolf headdress finished. He joined Sheppard on their Australian tour late 2017. In February 2018, Mastin announced the release of new material under the single name, Mastin . Mastin explained
660-522: The ARIA Albums Chart and was certified double platinum. His second studio album Beautiful Nightmare (2012) included the hit singles " Shut Up & Kiss Me " and " Shout It Out ", the latter became Mastin's second number-one single in Australia. "Good Night" and "Shout It Out" earned him two ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards . In 2015, Mastin parted ways with Sony and signed with independent label Social Family Records . His third studio album Change Colours
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#1732872801336720-704: The ARIA Albums Chart on 29 October 2012, becoming Mastin's second consecutive top-five album on the chart. That same week, the album debuted at number two on the New Zealand Albums Chart . Beautiful Nightmare was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting shipments of 35,000 copies. It was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), denoting shipments of 7,500 copies. Beautiful Nightmare
780-597: The New Zealand Albums Chart . The album was preceded by the lead single " Shut Up & Kiss Me " in April 2012, which debuted at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart and number two on the ARIA Singles Chart . The song was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The second single " Shout It Out "
840-519: The iTunes ' Top 100 chart overnight and landed O'Dell thousands of fans on social media and his official YouTube channel. The song title also became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for more than two hours, following his television performance of the song. Overnight commentary on Twitter and Facebook quickly labelled O'Dell as the Australian version of Rebecca Black , who found fame with her song, " Friday ". However, O'Dell failed to move through to
900-458: The third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011, Mastin withdrew from his high school and said that he would hire a mentor to help him finish Year 12. However, he later dropped out of Year 12 to focus entirely on his music career. Mastin successfully auditioned for the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011, singing Rooster 's " Come Get Some ". Before entering The X Factor , Mastin had already recorded an EP . He eventually reached
960-503: The tom-tom drum . Its lyrics depict the tale of Mastin "learning to believe in himself again". He stated that the song is about his X Factor mentor Guy Sebastian , saying "It's an important thing for me; that's where it all started for me. I changed so much over the show and Guy definitely helped with that." "She's a Killer" features a "funky Panic! at the Disco -esque" introduction and contains lyrics about "a super-hot girl". "Freakshow",
1020-478: The 10-year anniversary of winning The X Factor in 2011. Mastin said of the tour "It dawned on us before COVID happened that we wanted to do an anniversary tour, the show is about reminiscing on the things we have been able to achieve for the past 10 years, it has songs from all the records and all the hits". He also released the single "On the Run" on 31 October 2022. The X Factor (Australia season 3) The X Factor
1080-684: The ARIA Music DVDs Chart and was certified platinum. Mastin released the single " Girls (All Around the World) " on 25 October 2013, and it only managed to peak to number 59 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In January 2014, Mastin embarked on the Restless Tour, his third headlining concert tour, in regional Victoria . In September 2014, he embarked on his fourth headlining concert tour, entitled the Wolf in
1140-515: The Aussie way. I'm not gunna let al u beautiful ppl dwn. Or Natalie after everythyng she's done." On the third live results show, Sebastian apologised to Callaway and said he "chose the wrong time and place to say it". The Seven Network insiders revealed that a clash between Callaway and another contestant, Declan Sykes, was the real reason behind Sebastian's on-air rebuke. Sykes, who battles Asperger syndrome , reportedly took offence at being pricked with
1200-453: The Girl" is a rock song that makes reference to Superman . Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun awarded Beautiful Nightmare three and a half stars, writing that the album "Sounds like teen spirit". The Border Mail ' s Jamie Horne also gave the album three and a half stars, calling it "fun and punchy — there's equally great pop to rock moments". Beautiful Nightmare debuted at number three on
1260-642: The Groups. On the second day, the Boys each had to sing a song made famously by a female artist, the Over 25s got styled for a photo shoot and later each had to perform one song, the Girls had to perform choreography to either Adele 's " Rolling in the Deep " or Lady Gaga 's " Born This Way ", and the Groups held recording sessions with vocal producer Erana Clark . On the third day of bootcamp,
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#17328728013361320-516: The New Zealand leg. " Shut Up & Kiss Me " was released as the album's lead single on 20 April 2012. The song debuted and peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart , and became Mastin's second number-one single on the New Zealand Singles Chart . "Shut Up & Kiss Me" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). " Shout It Out "
1380-553: The Woods Tour. In February 2015, it was announced that Mastin had parted ways with Sony Music Australia and signed with independent label Social Family Records . Along with a new label, fellow musician and friend Mahalia Barnes became Mastin's new manager. He released " Rebel and the Reason " on 27 March 2015 as the lead single from his debut EP of the same name. The EP was released on 1 May 2015. Mastin's third studio album Change Colours
1440-532: The acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Callaway was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. Judges' vote to eliminate Judges' vote to eliminate Notes Johnny Ruffo received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated. Guest performers: The Fray (" Heartbeat "), Luke O'Dell ("Introvert Extrovert"), Guy Sebastian (" Don't Worry Be Happy ") and Kylie Minogue (" I Should Be So Lucky ") Three days before
1500-410: The age of seven, he was diagnosed with glue ear syndrome , a condition that is "caused by a chronic build-up of fluid in the middle ear and is the biggest cause of hearing loss in young children". Mastin taught himself how to sing at a young age, by singing along to his favourite songs on the radio. He began writing songs at the age of 12. Mastin attended Golden Grove High School . Following his win on
1560-517: The album for fans. To further promote the album, Mastin embarked on The Summer Nights Tour across Australia and New Zealand, which began on 1 December 2012 in Perth , and ended in Dunedin on 24 February 2013. Justice Crew and Janoskians served as the supporting acts for the nine capital city show dates of the Australian leg of the tour, and Evan Sinton was the supporting act for all eight show dates of
1620-475: The album's sound, saying "[It's] a lot of fun. It's rock blended with everything. If you think of your favourite rock song, it's that combined with pop stuff and club stuff [...] to make it awesome. It's Reece from all angles, really – it's everything I could think of." Musically, Beautiful Nightmare is of the pop and rock genres. Its first song "Addictive" is a synth -driven rock song, which features "light reggae segments". The second song " Rock Star "
1680-513: The album. He described the material as a mixture of old school and modern sounds "that's not really on the radio at that moment, which I think is cool". Mastin went on to say that most of the lyrical content in the songs "are about girls [...] But there's [also] a lot about going out with the boys and having a good night". In April 2012, Mastin announced he was in the studio writing songs with Benji Madden of Good Charlotte , and Ilan Kidron of The Potbelleez . Mastin and Madden collaborated on
1740-592: The competition, disappointed that he had forgotten words to his song the day before. Emmanuel Kelly appeared and gave an inspirational performance (speech and song) at the UN Youth Dialogue on 30 May 2018. Another contestant, Luke O'Dell, appeared on the third audition show on 31 August. After failing to impress the judges with his rendition of Kelly Clarkson's " Since U Been Gone ", O'Dell then sang an original song he wrote titled, "Introvert Extrovert", which made him an overnight internet sensation . The song entered
1800-634: The contestants to three each. Key: Act's colour key: Act in Team Mel B Act in Team Guy Act in Team Natalie Bassingthwaighte Act in Team Ronan Judges' vote to eliminate Notes Judges' vote to eliminate Notes Judges' vote to eliminate Judges' vote to eliminate With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each,
1860-551: The fastest selling digital single by an artist signed to Sony Music Australia. "Good Night" debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified five times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales of 350,000 copies. It also peaked at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand for sales of 15,000 copies. Mastin's self-titled debut album , which features "Good Night" and selected songs he performed on The X Factor ,
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1920-502: The final. Mastin was mentored throughout by Guy Sebastian , who won as mentor for the first time. There was only a one percent difference in the votes between Mastin and runner-up Andrew Wishart. The season was presented by Luke Jacobz . Ronan Keating and Sebastian were the only judges from the previous season who returned, while Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Mel B joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Natalie Imbruglia and Kyle Sandilands . The competition
1980-428: The first day of bootcamp, each judge was given a category to mentor and were joined by a celebrity guest judge to help them decide their top twelve acts. Sebastian was assisted by Wynter Gordon and was given the Boys, Mel B was assisted by her husband Stephen Belafonte and was given the Girls, Bassingthwaighte teamed up with Darren Hayes and was assigned the Over 25s, and Keating was assisted by The Veronicas and had
2040-447: The highest rated television episode of the season. On 16 March 2011, judge Kyle Sandilands announced on his breakfast radio show, Kyle & Jackie O that he would not be returning to the judging panel for season 3. Of his decision, Sandilands said, "Not because I didn't like it. I thought the show was great and it was great fun to do but it's just too hectic, it's too much work. So, I've told Channel Seven, no." On 31 March 2011, it
2100-537: The highest the following night with an audience of 1,690,000 viewers. The first live performance show on 19 September 2011, gained 1,452,000 viewers and topped the night's overall ratings. The live grand final decider show on 22 November 2011, was the highest rated episode of the third season with 1,998,000 viewers. Beautiful Nightmare (album) Beautiful Nightmare is the second studio album by British-Australian recording artist Reece Mastin , released on 19 October 2012, by Sony Music Australia . It
2160-472: The issue: "It makes me feel sick actually, I feel sick in the stomach ... I feel Mitchell did the best performance that he's done so far, I think Guy made the mistake of commenting on stuff that didn't happen on camera. He said he's rude to crew and needs to check his behaviour ... When he [Mitchell] got off stage he said, 'I'm not coming back'." However, later that same day, Callaway tweeted , "I'm not gunna quit guys ... It's not
2220-399: The judges along with their celebrity guest judges, narrowed down the contestants to six each. The 24 successful acts were: The final round of the selection process, the home visits (formerly the "judges' houses"), saw the judges reduce their six acts to three. Each judge took their six acts to exclusive locations around the world. Sebastian and the Boys travelled to New York City, where he
2280-459: The live shows and was mentored by Guy Sebastian . On 22 November 2011, Mastin was announced as the winner and received a management contract and a recording contract with Sony Music Australia . His winner's single " Good Night " was released shortly after, via digital download. "Good Night" had sold over 30,000 units within 24-hours of its release. On 24 November 2011, the song sold an average of one copy every 2.7 seconds, becoming
2340-542: The name change was "To change people's idea of what the record really is and who I am as an artist. And [to] draw a firm line in the sand." The single "Not the Man for You" was released on 2 March 2018 with the EP Suitcase of Stories on 6 April 2018. On 20 March 2020, Mastin released the single "The River", returning to his full name Reece Mastin with this released. In August 2022, Mastin embarked on an Australian tour to celebrate
2400-401: The next round of the competition. Both Kelly and O'Dell returned to perform on the live grand final decider show. The premiere episode on 29 August 2011 topped the night's overall ratings with 1,319,000 viewers, compared to the 1,186,000 viewers who tuned in to watch the premiere episode of the second season. All six of the audition episodes ranked first on their respective nights and peaked
2460-438: The ninth song from Beautiful Nightmare , is a contemporary rock song with influences by Muse. " Shut Up & Kiss Me " is an upbeat pop punk song, which contains lyrics about "making out with a girl". Mastin described it as "a tongue-in-cheek , muck around song". "She Calls This Love" features lyrics about a "boy stuck in a relationship who realises that he's not in love with his girl anymore". The album's last song "Give Up
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2520-412: The other judges, labeling them dishonest and boring. Controversy also occurred between Sebastian and contestant Mitchell Callaway; Sebastian took aim at Callaway's attitude to the competition following his performance on the third live performance show. There were also claims of a clash between Callaway and contestant Declan Sykes. The grand final decider was watched by 1.99 million people, making it
2580-467: The producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience. These auditions were held in three cities: Brisbane ( Brisbane Entertainment Centre , 21–22 May), Melbourne ( Hisense Arena , 27–29 May), and Sydney ( Sydney Entertainment Centre , 2–3 June). The bootcamp stage was held in Sydney and was first broadcast on 7 September 2011. On
2640-406: The result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Audio Vixen were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. Judges' vote to eliminate With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Young Men Society were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. Judges' vote to eliminate With
2700-432: The right attitude to this competition, you've got to be focused and to be honest, not be rude to people and have the work ethic. For you to not learn your lyrics and for you to at times be rude to crew, you really have to pull that in and rein that in because you won't last long in this competition or this industry if you do that." The following morning, Callaway's mentor Bassingthwaighte spoke to radio station 2Day FM about
2760-517: The season's premiere, Mel B made comments about the other judges, labelling them dishonest and boring. She said, "I don't care much for the other judges ... Ronan thinks he knows it all [and] Natalie is just too nice and really dishonest. Guy could just be boring, like 'get on with it. Keep it moving, brother.'" During a radio interview with The Kyle and Jackie O Show on 29 August 2011, Bassingthwaighte responded to Mel B's comments saying, "I think it's in fun – I hope so otherwise she deserves
2820-472: The song "Give Up the Girl". Reminiscing on working with Madden, he said, "It was awesome, he was just a dude. He just came in and sat down, and we hung out for about an hour and a half and just started writing. We came out with something pretty awesome!." In an interview with MTV Australia in May 2012, Mastin described the songs he wrote with Kidron: "It doesn't sound like The Potbelleez – I didn't wanna go in and write
2880-479: The top-twenty and was also certified platinum. To promote the album, Mastin embarked on The Summer Nights Tour in Australia and New Zealand. On 21 September 2012, Mastin released a 40-minute documentary on DVD titled, Behind Closed Doors , which featured interviews from his close friends and family, his X Factor mentor Guy Sebastian, as well as early footage and photos of Mastin as a child, and his music videos thus far. Behind Closed Doors debuted at number one on
2940-466: Was announced that Natalie Bassingthwaighte would join the judging panel as a replacement for Natalie Imbruglia . When speaking of her role as a judge, Bassingthwaighte said she would focus on bringing an honest critique to the show and would guide "the artists through the competition". In late April 2011, it was confirmed that Mel B would be Sandilands' replacement. Mel B said, "[The contestants] are either going to love me or hate me but it's going to be
3000-438: Was assisted by Beyoncé and her A-Team, Mel B and the Girls visited Hollywood, where they met up with Melanie C , Bassingthwaighte and the Over 25s travelled to Double Island, Queensland , where she was helped by Jason Derulo , and Keating and the Groups travelled to Los Angeles, California, where they were assisted by Good Charlotte and Leona Lewis ,. After, the judges along with their celebrity guest judges, narrowed down
3060-430: Was by that performance." Kelly and his brother Ahmed were adopted by Children First Foundation boss, Moira Kelly , who is also the guardian of the once-conjoined Bangladesh twins, Krishna and Trishna . Kelly and his brother came from Iraq , where they were abandoned at an orphanage and both suffered limb deficiencies as a result of chemical warfare . During the third day of bootcamp, Sebastian eliminated Kelly from
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#17328728013363120-613: Was given a category to mentor and had to decide on their twelve acts after day two, and their six acts after day three. Special guest judges, including Wynter Gordon , Stephen Belafonte, Darren Hayes and The Veronicas , were brought in to help the judges decide their acts. Following bootcamp was the home visits stage, where each of the judges reduced their six acts to three, with help from more guest judges including Beyoncé , Melanie C , Jason Derulo , Good Charlotte and Leona Lewis . The live shows began on 19 September 2011. The season 3 sparked controversy, namely Mel B's attitude towards
3180-640: Was released in June 2012, which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum. " Rock Star " was released as the album's third single. Beautiful Nightmare is the follow-up to Mastin's self-titled debut album , which features selected songs he performed as part of the top twelve on The X Factor (Australia) . Beautiful Nightmare also serves as Mastin's first album to include original material. In an interview with MTV Australia in December 2011, Mastin said he had already written new material for
3240-507: Was released in October 2015, and debuted at number 12. In 2018, Reece released a new EP titled Suitcase of Stories under the name MASTIN . Reece Mastin was born on 24 November 1994 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire to Deb and Darren Mastin. Mastin has three sisters, including Georgina who auditioned for the fifth season of The X Factor Australia but got eliminated in the home visits round. At
3300-620: Was released on 19 October 2012. The album debuted at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold for shipments of 35,000 copies. It also debuted at number two on the New Zealand Albums Chart. Beautiful Nightmare produced the top-five platinum singles " Shut Up & Kiss Me " and " Shout It Out ", the latter became Mastin's second number-one single on the ARIA Charts. The third single " Rock Star " reached
3360-566: Was released on 9 October 2015, and debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. "Even Angels Cry" was released as the album's lead single via a Twitter campaign which drew thousands of retweets of the album's snippets people loved the most. "Heartache Blues" was released as the album's second single in April 2016. In May 2016, Mastin travelled to Los Angeles after being chosen by APRA/AMCOS to take part in SongHubs, which aims to connect local and international songwriters. In May 2015, Mastin appeared on
3420-450: Was released on 9 December 2011. The album debuted at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified double platinum for shipments of 140,000 copies. It debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart and was certified gold for sales of 7,500 copies. To promote the album, Mastin embarked on his first headlining Australian and New Zealand concert tour in December 2011. Mastin's second studio album Beautiful Nightmare
3480-518: Was released through Sony Music Australia on 19 October 2012, as both digital download and CD formats. On 16 October 2012, Mastin performed "Rock Star" during the live results show of the fourth season of The X Factor (Australia). During the week of the album's release (19–25 October), Mastin toured several Westfield shopping malls in Melbourne , Adelaide , Brisbane and Sydney , to perform songs from Beautiful Nightmare and sign CD copies of
3540-492: Was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, home visits and live shows. Auditions in front of the show's producers took place throughout March and April 2011. The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience during May and June. After the auditions was bootcamp, where successful acts were split into four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. Each judge
3600-413: Was the second single released from Beautiful Nightmare on 29 June 2012. It was certified platinum and became Mastin's second number-one single on the ARIA Singles Chart, following his debut single " Good Night ". Mastin became the first Australian artist to achieve two number one singles during the 2010s decade. In New Zealand, "Shout It Out" reached number eight. The album's third single " Rock Star "
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