2011: ''Australia's Got Talent'' Vidgen auditioned for the fifth season of ''Australia's Got Talent'' in 2011, singing a rendition of
Whitney Houston's "
I Have Nothing". The performance earned a standing ovation from both the judges and the audience. Vidgen was dubbed Australia's answer to
Justin Bieber and inundated with international and local interest. He also attracted the attention of celebrity gossip blogger
Perez Hilton, who posted several blogs of Vidgen's performances on his website. Vidgen performed on the first semi-final show, singing a cover of "
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the
Dreamgirls soundtrack. After the performance, he earned another standing ovation from the judges and audience. After his performance, judge
Dannii Minogue said, "Your voice lifts everybody who listens to it", while McFadden joked that he was jealous of Vidgen because he spelled the end for other guys in the music industry. A few days later, Vidgen was the centre of criticism over the song when it was revealed that it was co-written with two other people. Critics questioned how involved Vidgen was in the writing of the song. On 7 August 2011, Vidgen appeared on
Sunday Night and said, "I sort of wrote the lyrics, and then I took them to
vocal coach Erana Clark's studio, and we had the producer – I didn't write the music, I can say that, but I did write the lyrics." Vidgen was announced as the winner of the season during the grand final decider show, which aired on 2 August 2011. He was awarded a prize of $250,000. The song peaked at number 35 on the
ARIA Singles Chart. song with former
Australian Idol vocal coach Erana Clark and producer A2, who also penned the song, "Fly", for Vidgen's debut studio album also titled
Yes I Am. He performed the song on ''Australia's Got Talent'' the next day.
2019–2020: The Voice and Australia Decides On 2 June 2019, Vidgen returned to television on
The Voice Australia. In an interview with
Who magazine, Vidgen said "After winning ''Australia's Got Talent'' there was Facebook pages with death threats... life was hard..." adding "I stopped singing five years ago. I think I just burnt out. I just fell out of love with singing." Vidgen selected
Guy Sebastian as his coach, eventually finishing as a semi-finalist before elimination. In December 2019, Vidgen was announced as a participant in
Eurovision – Australia Decides 2020 in an attempt to represent
Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. He competed with the song "I Am King I Am Queen", co-written by him and Andrew Lowden and placed eighth.
2020–present: ''America's Got Talent'' and other television appearances In January 2020, Vidgen appeared as a contestant on the second season of ''
America's Got Talent: The Champions,'' however he didn't make the cut to the semi-finals. In January 2021, he appeared on the
seventh season of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia and was the first contestant to be eliminated. In October 2021, Vidgen was revealed as the "Kebab" on The Masked Singer (Australian season 3)'', making it to the semi-finals and placing fourth overall. In 2022, Vidgen appeared as a celebrity guest contestant on the
sixth season of
Australian Ninja Warrior alongside athletes
Emily Seebohm and
Archie Thompson as a part of the celebrity challenge. He ended up winning the challenge, being the only celebrity to make it up the warped wall, and took home the $10,000 donation to his chosen charity the Trish MS Research Foundation. Later that year in 2022, Vidgen was announced as a contestant for the Australian adaption of the all new franchise
The Challenge, titled
The Challenge: Australia. Vidgen and his episode 2 teammate,
Love Island Australia contestant Audrey Kanongara, were the second pair to be eliminated, exiting on the second episode. ==Personal life==