Barry Southgate
Based in Sydney
About this act
Barry Southgate is a singer from Sydney, New South Wales.
Competition history for Sydney singer Barry Southgate takes in Australian Idol's second season, an audition for The Voice Australia and a run on The X Factor, plus a film role as a singing sailor in the film The Sapphires. He worked as a vocal teacher before entering The X Factor, and support slots have covered Joe, Eric Benét, Brian McKnight, Tinie Tempah, Craig David and K-Ci & JoJo, alongside international touring dates with Darlene Zschech and Israel Houghton. A spell in the singing and dancing group Jireh, which brought him to Sydney in 2003, came before the solo competition path. Away from performing, the act has held ambassador roles with the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation and Dry July.
