The Voice’s Aydan Calafiore reflects on his Young Talent Time stint
At only 17 years old, Aydan Calafiore is kicking goals on this season of The Voice Australia. This isn’t the first time that the Victorian teen has had his performances beamed around the nation and into people’s lounge rooms, having appeared on the reboot of Young Talent Time in 2012. “It was so different because I was so young and I didn’t know what was really going on,” Aydan tells WHO. “Mum used to handle everything and I went on stage, went into wardrobe and I didn’t take it for what it was: national television at 11 years of age.”
The differences between his experiences on The Voice and YTT don’t just come down to age. “The one thing that stands out as different between YTT and this – it wasn’t fighting for a spot,” he says. “I just got to go up on stage [on Young Talent Time]. This is not just a jam with your friends, you have to bring your A game. The stakes are higher.”
Since his appearance on the revived talent series, Aydan has kept in contact with his fellow contestants via social media. “But I haven’t seen a lot of them in a good couple of years,” he says. “A lot of them wouldn’t have changed too much because they were a bit older, but for me, I was really young and I had long hair and a fat face. It would be funny if they saw me now!”
