Idol returned to ABC on Monday, Jan. 26 with the judging trio of Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and Lionel Richie. Audition episodes will continue to air Mondays through Feb. 16.
Here’s more about Jackson:
* He’s a 20-year-old singer-songwriter who grew up in Nashville and who has already released music.
* And that fact that he’s pursuing music as a career comes as no surprise since he’s the son of Bryan White, who scored a string of country hits in the 1990s, including four songs that reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
* Jackson’s music has taken a different route. On Spotify, he describes it as a blend of pop energy and soulful emotion.
* He lists his major musical influences as Justin Bieber, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer and The Jonas Brothers.
* He’s been releasing music since 2023, including a Christmas EP that year and a pair of single in 2024, one “Had U Back” as a collaboration with Isabella Doyle.
* His most recent single, “Malibu,” dropped in October. Writes Jackson: “Malibu is one of my favorite places in the world and I wanted to write a song about how beautiful it is and match the essence and beauty of Malibu to a girl that is just as amazing and beautiful as Malibu is, and waiting on her to come into my path.”
* Jackson didn’t announce his Idol audition until mid-January, calling it “such an honor and one of the coolest experiences” to sing or the celebrity judges.
* And it’s clear his dad, also a producer, is invested in Jackson’s career. In one Instagram video, they’re on tour together. In another, they’re producing music together. And in several, Bryan plays guitar for his son’s covers.
* Jackson was also a track and field standout in high school and in 2023 posted that he planned to continue in the sport at Samford University in Alabama.
* Pre-Idol, Jackson had more than 2,200 followers and more thn 78,000 likes on his TikTok.
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