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The Resume

    (December 1, 1987- )
    Born in Melbourne, Australia
    Birth name was James Gabriel Keogh
    Recorded the albums 'Dream Your Life Away' (2014) and 'Nation of Two' (2018)
    Recorded the singles 'Riptide' (2013), 'Mess Is Mine' (2014), 'Fire and the Flood' (2015), 'Lay It On Me' (2017), and 'Saturday Sun' (2018)

Why he might be annoying:

    He studied law for six years, but admitted, 'I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer.'
    His reason for changing his name: 'People always mispronounce 'Keogh' because it's got the 'gh' at the end.'
    He dueted with contestant Quentin Alexander on the finale of the 14th season of American Idol (2015).

Why he might not be annoying:

    Before his music career, he was a promising Australian rules football player, winning the Victorian Football League's award for best first year player (2008).
    He said, 'I'm attracted to songs where you can hear someone singing with passion and being vulnerable.'
    'Riptide' stayed on the Australian top 100 singles chart for 120 weeks, breaking the previous record of 106 weeks held by Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 28 Votes: 96.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 74 Votes: 47.30% Annoying