"Luke Friend"
Luke Samuel Friend was born on April, 30, 1996 in Leeds and grew up in the Chapel Allerton area of the city. He also used to live in Shipley, Bradford, where he attended Beckfoot School, before moving to Devon when he was 13. He then attended Coombeshead Academy. In July 2013, he won TeenStar 2013.
Luke's room audition, in which he sang "Stand by Me", was the first audition of the series to be broadcast.
In the final on 14 December, Luke Friend performed a duet with Ellie Goulding and later finished in third place after Sam Bailey and Nicholas McDonald.
On 19 January 2014, Luke won 'Rising Star of 2014' in the Best of 2013 awards.
Some of his favourite artists include Pearl Jam, Bob Marley, Cyndi Lauper, Matt Corby, Ben Howard, Bob Dylan, U2, The Kooks, The Smiths, The Cure and others.
