Jamie Archer (also known as Jamie Afro) is a 33 year old musician from Putney, London and finalist in the 2009 series of The X Factor. He is the oldest entrant in the competition in 2009, and keenly aware that it’s his last chance for the big time.
He has considerable experience on the London gig circuit and plays a number of instruments, chiefly the guitar and, reportedly, finds performing without an instrument challenging. As a member of the over 25 category, he is happy that his mentor for the series is Simon Cowell.
His MySpace page lists his influences as: “So many to say and from different areas of music, but here are a few Faithless, The Killers, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Kings Of Leon, Blur, Oasis, Luciano Pavarrotti, Micheal Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Verve and the list goes on and on….”
Last night, Jamie performed Christina Aguilera’s Hurt proving he had an unexpected ability to deliver a softer, slower melody as well as being able to belt out rock anthems. He has stage presence and a likability. One to watch.
Nice meeting Jamie Archer. Hope to see him on You Tube. Good Luck
Jamie nice one …..no competion
Woah, nice hair! Almost every artist Simon Cowell mentors is successful. Good luck to him!
Pretty sick hair.
Jamie Archer is my pic for “Breakout Artist of the Year”. His audition on X Factor was and truly is Amazing. Without any studio editing Jamie can truly sing really, really good. Thank goodness he didn’t win X Factor, because now he can control his direction in the music industry. Jamie you’ve made it; Now hurry and produce some material, my ipod is waiting to be fattened up with JAMIE AFRO JAMZ!!
Even if he doesn’t win, his hair should get an “Honorable Mention” trophy.
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